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Greenhouse Gases and Energy Intensity of Granite Rock Mining Operations in Thailand: A Case of Industrial Rock-Construction

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 18 (2016): Issue 1 (December 2016)
By: Suthirat Kittipongvises,  Orathai Chavalparit and  Chakkaphan Sutthirat  
Open Access
|Jan 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2016-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 75
Published on: Jan 27, 2017
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Emissions,
granite,
greenhouse gases,
industrial rock-construction,
Thailand
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2017 Suthirat Kittipongvises, Orathai Chavalparit, Chakkaphan Sutthirat, published by Riga Technical University
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