Petrological,chemical and depositional aspects of eastern Himalayan coals from elephant flat area,Kameng district,Arunachal Pradesh,India

The eastern Himalayan coals of India associated with Permian (Lower Gondwana) sediments in the Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh have petrographic and chemical properties differing from Peninsular Permian coals.The coals are moderately to highly crushed and have reached a semianthracitic stage. Macerals are highly reflecting and homogenized. Vitrinite and inertinite exhibit a crushing effect in the form of criss-cross fissures and cracks. Exinite is unidentifiable and has attained an inertinitic reflectivity. The Kameng coals are of high rank with average fixed carbon 88.75% and volatile matter 13.75% on d.a.f. basis. The reflectance values (R_o-max 2.02–2.31% in oil) of these coals are quite high with marked anisotropy.It is inferred that these peculiar coal properties have been attained due to prolonged tectonic disturbance in the area during the later Himalayan orogeny. The coal characteristics suggest that these coals were formed in a humid tropical climate within a deltaic regime. The depositional site experienced occasional marine influx due to tectonically controlled subsidence during peat accumulation.     

A note on the characters of some Lower Gondwana coals of West Siang district in the Arunachal Himalaya and their trace element content

Lower Gondwana coal from Garu-Gensi area in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas have been characterized with respect to their maceral constituents, mineral matter, ash composition, sulphurand trace-element contents. These are low-rank bituminous coals (V₀ = 0.64) and their vitrinite content is about 60%. A first hand data with respect to twenty one trace-elements are reported. Our data indicate that these Lower Gondwana coals of extra-peninsular region are richer in terms of their trace-element content when compared with their counter parts of peninsular India.     

Petrography and metamorphism of the lower Gondwana (Permian) coal of Rangit Valley, eastern Himalays, India

A triangular outlier of coal-bearing lower Gondwana rocks comprises a tectonic window within the Precambrian metamorphic terrain of the Rangit Valley, in the eastern Himalays of India. Due to a series of tectonic events which took place during the Mesozoic and Tertiary the succession has become reversed and the coal has undergone severe physical, chemical, microstructural and optical changes. Studies reveal that (1) the rank of the coal prior to tectonism was low, (2) the coal underwent oxidation in the peat forming stage and during subsequent orogenic stages but effect of oxidation on the properties of coal was insignificant, (3) the coal reached its present abnormally high rank mainly due to heating under tectonic pressure and (4) the heat which was generated due to tectonic pressure, affected all the coal seams of this belt.     

Petrographic characteristics and depositional conditions of Permian coals of Pench, Kanhan, and Tawa Valley Coalfields of Satpura Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India

This paper attempts to characterize the coals of Satpura Gondwana basin using a large number of pillar coal samples drawn from the working coal mines of Pench, Kanhan, and Tawa (Pathakhera) Valley Coalfields of this basin. This westernmost Gondwana basin of Peninsular India is graben/half-graben type and occupies an area of 12 000 km² with sedimentary fills (>5000 m) ranging in age from Permian to Cretaceous. The Barakar Formation (Permian) is exclusively coal-bearing with a total coal reserve of nearly 2000 Mt. The results show that the coals of this basin are equally rich in inertinite (22.8–58.7%, 24.5–62.0% mmf basis) and vitrinite (24.4–52.4%, 24.4–56.0% mmf basis). The concentration of liptinite ranges from 8.8% to 23.2% (9.0–26.0% mmf basis). The dominant microlithotypes of these coals are inertite and vitrite with comparatively low concentrations of vitrinertite and clarite. The vitrinite reflectance (Rom% values) suggests that the Pench Valley (0.30–0.58%) coals are subbituminous C to high volatile C bituminous in rank, while the Kanhan and Tawa Valley coals (0.52–0.92%) are subbituminous A to high volatile A bituminous in rank. The localized enhancement of rank in the latter two basins has been attributed to the extraneous heat flow from deep-seated igneous intrusions in the basin. The microlithotype composition of these coals is suggestive of their evolution in limno-telmatic zones, under fluvio-lacustrine control with the development of upper deltaic and lower deltaic conditions near the fresh water lacustrines. The floral input is characteristic of forest swamps with intermittent floods, leading to the development of reed moor and open moor facies, particularly in the Pench Valley basin. The Gelification Index (GI) and Tissue Preservation Index (TPI) are suggestive of terrestrial origin with high tree density. Further, moderately high GI and exceedingly high telovitrinite based TPI along with high ash content, particularly for the coals of Kanhan and Tawa Valley Coalfields, are indicative of the recurrence of drier conditions in the forested swamps. Furthermore, lateral variation in TPI values is indicative of increase in the rate of subsidence vis-à-vis depth of the basin from east to west (Pench to Tawa Valley Coalfield). The Ground Water Index (GWI) suggests that these coals have evolved in mires under ombotrophic to mesotrophic hydrological conditions. The Vegetation Index (VI) values are indicative of the dominance of herbaceous plants in the formation of Pench Valley coals and comparatively better forest input in the formation of Kanhan and Tawa Valley coals.     

宁夏煤变质规律初探

宁夏煤炭资源丰富,煤类多,在区域和垂向上呈现出明显的规律性。晚古生代煤层以中、高变质的烟煤、无烟煤为主,中生代煤层以低变质的烟煤为主,从各含煤区分布看,贺兰山、香山含煤区多为高变质的烟煤和无烟煤,灵盐、固原含煤区以低变质烟煤为主,青铜峡-固原深断裂西部的煤变质程度明显高于东部。分析认为深成变质作用对各时代煤变质具有普遍意义,在此基础上,岩浆热力变质作用和动力变质作用也是导致局部地区煤变质增高的因素,如贺兰山含煤区的汝箕沟矿区,受隐伏岩浆热力影响,以岭大井田为中心,呈现北东向展布的半环带状煤级分带;香山含煤区各时代煤类分布方向与区域构造线方向一致,推测可能在深成变质作用下叠加了岩浆热力变质和动力变质作用。     

桐柏山L构造岩形成机制构造解析及其对造山带演化的制约

桐柏杂岩中发育一套典型的L构造岩,其构造位置位于桐柏造山带核部,被两条近似对称的韧性剪切带所夹持,北侧剪切带左旋,南侧剪切带右旋。由于L构造岩构造位置特殊,其位于剪切带、桐柏背形、桐柏穹窿等多种构造体的交叉部位,L构造岩的构造成因解析可以为桐柏造山带的形成演化提供重要制约。通过对桐柏造山带L构造岩的构造成因机理解析和其变形温压条件的研究,同时结合前人对桐柏山其它主要构造单元的研究,我们提出,桐柏山L构造岩的形成主要受其南北两侧两条韧性剪切带控制,传统意义的桐柏杂岩体白垩纪之前与南北一体的韧性剪切带沿近似东西方向发生管状韧性剪切,剪切作用形成了一套典型的L构造岩。L构造岩的形成指示了桐柏山单元可能经历了一期中下地壳物质的管状的韧性的向东剪切流动,后期白垩纪桐柏山核部的L构造岩经历了大规模的岩浆上升与浮力增加,该L构造岩同剪切带一起发生隆升但管状剪切构造特征并未被改造,随着不均匀隆升桐柏山出现了现今的几何学特征。L构造岩反映出管状剪切形成了现今桐柏造山带近东西向线状构造样式的主体。     

On the effects of petrographic composition on coalbed methane sorption

The effect of petrographic composition on the methane sorption capacity has been determined for a suite of coals and organic-rich shales. Subbituminous and bituminous coals were separated into bright and dull lithotypes by hand-picking. The methane sorption capacities range between 0.5 and 23.9 cm³/g at a pressure of 6 MPa. The low volatile bituminous Canmore coal and the anthracite sample have the highest capacities with the “natural coke” having the lowest. For low-rank coals there is no significant difference between bright and dull samples except for one coal with the dull sample having a greater sorption capacity than its bright equivalent. For higher-rank coals, the bright samples have a greater methane capacity than the dull samples and the difference between sample pairs increases with rank. The boghead coal samples have the highest sorption capacities in the liptinite-rich coals suite and are higher than subbituminous to medium volatile bituminous samples. Pore size distribution indicates that methane is held as solution gas in liptinite-rich coals and by physical sorption in micropores in liptinite-poor coals. These contrasting processes illustrate that liptinite-rich samples need to be independently assessed. The positive relationship between reactive inertinite content and methane sorption capacity occurs within the subbituminous to medium volatile bituminous coals because the reactive inertinite is structurally similar to vitrinite and have a higher microporosity than non-reactive inertinite. Reactivity of inertinite should be assessed in CBM studies of dull coals to provide a better understanding of petrographic composition effects on methane capacity.     

勉—略混杂岩带构造地质特征与金矿成矿——以陕西省略阳县干河坝金矿床为例

勉略带经历俯冲叠置、碰撞造山和陆内造山3个阶段构造演化过程。即俯冲期深层次褶皱与右行顺层（片）剪切变形、碰撞期中—深层次褶皱递进变形和高角度逆冲剪切变形、后主造山期陆内造山期中—浅层次左行走滑变形和低角度逆冲推覆构造4期不同构造变形。其中前两期构造阶段对金矿成矿产生重要影响。通过对陕西省略阳县干河坝金矿研究认为：俯冲期...     

龙门山陆内复合造山带的四维结构构造特征

位于扬子陆块和松潘陆块过渡带上的龙门山造山带,是在印支期中国大陆主体拼合和秦岭造山带形成过程中开始发育、燕山期陆内构造活动中继承发展、喜马拉雅期印-亚碰撞和青藏高原隆升过程中遭受改造并定型的。现今构造面貌是扬子陆块向北漂移过程中产生的北西向推挤力、源自秦岭造山带的南北向推挤力和源自青藏高原的东西向推挤力三者联合作用的结果,因此是一个典型的陆内复合造山带。其陆内复合结构构造特征具有下列特点。 1）倾向上,龙门山造山带由茂县-汶川断裂、北川-映秀断裂、安县-灌县断裂和广元-大邑（隐伏）断裂4条主干断裂分隔显示出明显的分带变形特征,由北西向南东具有层次渐浅、强度递减、卷入层位变新的趋势,总体上呈前展式扩展。 2）走向上,龙门山造山带呈现北、中、南段三分格局,它们在基底性质及展布、地层发育及演化历史、变形特征、沉降与隆升特征、活动构造等多个方面具有差异。 3）垂向上,龙门山造山带发育多层次滑脱构造,最重要的滑脱界面是15～20 km深处的低速层和中下三叠统富膏盐岩层,由此控制了深浅构造不一致的变形幅度和变形样式。 4）时间演化上,龙门山造山带表现出倾向上的前展式扩展和走向上的分段式递进性或序次性演化的趋势：印支期,龙门山中北段活动较强,由北东向南西逐渐扩展,主要为挤压逆冲和左旋走滑作用; 燕山期,构造活动总体上趋于相对平静,具有南北分段、由北东向南西迁移的特征; 喜马拉雅山期,龙门山中南段活动较强,由南西向北东逐渐扩展和递进,主要为挤压逆冲、隆升和右旋走滑作用。     

Lead isotope ratios in Spanish coals of different characteristics and origin

Lead isotope ratios in coals of different rank from several Spanish basins were estimated and related with their characteristics. The isotope ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁷Pb ratio values of the coals studied range between 1.13 and 1.21, with the exception of some coal samples from the Cretaceous which are more radiogenic. Coals were classified into groups according to their lead isotope ratios. These in turn were related to the isotope ratios of the minerals galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and carbonates. Some of the low-rank coals, in which lead might be expected to be associated with the organic matter, were not found to be related with the isotope ratios of minerals. The isotope ratios of the individual densimetric fractions separated from a bituminous coal are different to those of the raw coal. The differences between these isotope ratios may not only be due to the diverse origin of lead in different coals, but also with the possible presence of several lead species incorporated from various sources in a particular coal. The results of this work represent an important contribution to the lead isotope ratio database essential for the accurate interpretation of data regarding pollution sources.     

Mongolian coal-bearing basins: Geological settings, coal characteristics, distribution, and resources

This paper presents geological settings, stratigraphy, coal quality, petrography, reserves and the tectonic history of the Mongolian coal-bearing basins. This is based on a synthesis of the data from nearly 50 coal deposits. The results of ultimate and proximate analyses, and calorific value, maceral composition and vitrinite reflectance data is given.The coal deposits of Mongolia tend to become younger from west to east and can be subdivided into two provinces, twelve basins, and three areas. Main controlling factor of coal rank is the age of the coal bearing sequences. Western Mongolian coal-bearing province contains mostly high rank bituminous coal in strata from Late Carboniferous. The basins in southern Mongolia and the western part of central Mongolia have low rank bituminous coal in strata from the Permian. The northern and central Mongolian basins contain mainly Jurassic subbituminous coal, whereas the Eastern Mongolian province has Lower Cretaceous lignite. The Carboniferous, Permian and Jurassic coal-bearing sequences were mainly deposited in foreland basins by compressional tectonic event, whereas Cretaceous coal measures were deposited in rift valleys caused by extensional tectonic event. Petrographically, Mongolian coals are classified as humic type. Vitrinite/huminite groups of Carboniferous, Permian, and Cretaceous coal range from 44.9% to 82.9%. Inertinite group varies between 15.0% and 53.3%, but liptinite group does not exceed more than 7%. Jurassic coals are characterized by high percentages of vitrinite (87.3% to 96.6%) and liptinite groups (up to 11.7%). This might be explained by paleoclimatic conditions. Mongolian coal reserves have been estimated to be 10.2 billion tons, of which a predominant portion is lignite in the Eastern Mongolian province and coking coal in the South Gobi basin.     

抽拉—逆冲岩片构造——秦岭造山带的新模式

除地槽回返造山和板块碰撞造山之外,尚存在第三种造山模式,即抽拉-逆冲岩片构造造山模式,秦岭-大别造山带就是抽拉-逆冲岩片构造的典型代表。文中详细介绍了抽拉-逆冲岩片构造的基本概念、运动方式和在大陆造山带发展、演化中所起的作用,运用抽拉-逆冲岩片的观点对秦岭造山带的构造单元进行了划分,并明确提出抽拉-逆冲岩片构造是一种新的造山模式。     

吉林延边五凤、五星山金矿床地球化学特征及其成因

五凤和五星山金矿为延边地区中生代火山岩金、铜成矿带中典型的金矿床.通过岩石化学、成矿元素、流体包裹体和同位素组成等方面的分析,提出五凤和五星山金矿床属于典型的冰长石-绢云母型浅成低温热液型金矿床,其形成是深部火山-热液流体系统与浅成大气流体的混合.成矿构造环境与陆内造山带后期垮塌机制有关,造山带的垮塌与古太平洋板块斜向俯冲导致的大型走滑剪切有密切的成因联系.     

不同变质类型煤的电子顺磁共振特征对比分析

通过对大别造山带前陆盆地石炭纪含煤岩系高煤级煤的电子顺磁共振分析,探讨了不同变质类型煤的芳香结构演化特征及其影响因素。结果表明高煤级煤的自由基浓度、线宽和兰德因子的演化具有较好的一致性,且随镜质体最大反射率的增大而呈规律性演化的趋势,构造应力作用促进和增强了环缩合作用和拼叠作用,有使煤超前演化的趋势。     

Himalayan transverse faults and folds and their parallelism with subsurface structures of North Indian plains

A large number of fractures, faults and folds trending normal and oblique to the Himalayan tectonic trend have been recognized in recent years. The tear faults of Kumaun and Nepal have caused predominant right-lateral shear movements. There are eloquent indications of tectonic and seismic activities along some of these faults. In Kumaun, some of the NNW—SSE oriented tear faults coincide with the great thrusts that have brought older Precambrian crystallines over the sedimentary rock. This phenomenon has led many workers to interpret the thrusts as high-angled faults. Significantly, these transverse and oblique faults and fractures are parallel to the great faults discovered in the basement of the Ganga Basin and in the South Indian block, implying a certain genetic connection between the two sets.Likewise, the transverse folds of mesoscopic and macroscopic dimensions superposed on earlier folds of normal Himalayan trend are parallel to the great hidden ridges in the base ment of the Ganga Basin, representing undersurface extension of the Peninsular orogenic trends such as the Satpura, Bundelkhand and Aravali.The presence in the Lesser Himalaya of transverse structures having striking parallelism with those of Peninsular India, coupled with the strong lithostratigraphic similarities between the Purana (Riphean) sedimentary formations of the Lesser Himalaya and the greater Vindhyan Basin and the occurrence in many parts of the Himalaya of coalbearing continental Gondwana and marine Permian formations, reminiscent of similar horizons of the Bihar-Madhya Pradesh borders, is a pointer to the tectonic unity of the two provinces and suggests involvement of Peninsular India in the tectonic framework of the Himalaya.     

Classification and Potential Utilization of Eocene Coals of Meghalaya,North East India

In the present study, petrographic and geochemical investigation of Meghalayan coal deposits have been carried out to classify these coals in terms of rank, type and grade, using Indian and International classification schemes. Based on petrographic and geochemical characteristics, an attempt has also been made to identify the potential utilization of Meghalayan coals for various industrial applications. According to the study, these coals have been classified as sub-bituminous C to high volatile bituminous in rank, vitric in type and clean to ashy in grade. Considering their hydrocarbon potential, these coals are suitable for liquefaction and gasification.     

Coal petrographical characterization of the Mecsek bituminous coal basin, with special reference to the contact metamorphism of coal seams

The bituminous coals of the Mecsek Mountains were formed during the Early Lias and are of paralic origin. The limnic complex of the layers consists of sandstone, aleurite and coal, and the upper layer contains marl of marine origin. The 9–15 minable coal seams have a thickness of 1.2–14.0 m. The Mecsek Coal Field and the coal complex within it show a folded and fractured structure, and with regard to their mechanical behaviour, are strongly stressed.75–90% of the coal material is vitrinite, and 1–14% is inertinite. The quantity of liptinite is smaller than 9%. The coal rank is that of gas coal and fat coal with a reflectivity of 0.85–1.5%, respectively. The coal rank differences and variations according to zones are the consequence of forces of various magnitude that occurred in the course of orogenic movements.During the Early Cretaceous, there was some under-sea-bed volcanic activity in this field, the diabasic material of which appeared in the form of a bed vein along the coal seams, and this has exerted a strong metamorphic influence on the coal. It has resulted in thermo-contact alteration, i.e. in the appearance of natural coke and semicoke of various degrees of metamorphism. This alteration badly affected the quality and technological characteristics, especially the cokability of the coal.     

河南省煤田构造格局对煤层气储层物性和渗流特征的影响

为了查明河南省不同构造区内二1煤层中气体的流动特征和煤体受构造变形分异后的独特性,采用实验数据分析、瓦斯地质和渗流学理论,研究煤中孔容分布、孔径受应力影响后的变化以及煤体强度受构造应力作用下的变形和破坏特点。结果表明,煤层中甲烷连续流型占优的排序为:太行构造区、崤熊构造区、嵩萁构造区。煤中甲烷流型差异受区域构造变形体制控制,太行构造区的拉伸变形导致煤体强度值域分布广,最大体应变大于其他区域;嵩萁构造区的重力滑动、剪切和伸展变形使煤体强度和孔隙率最低、最大体应变最小;崤熊构造区内煤体的最大体应变介于两者之间。该结论对河南省煤层气开发有指导意义。      

Gondwana and Cathaysian blocks,palaeotethys sutures and cenozoic tectonics in South-east Asia

The Triassic Indosinian Orogeny followed extinction of the Palaeotethys Ocean resulting in suturing of Gondwana affinity and Cathaysian blocks.The Gondwana affinity Sinoburmalaya block of Peninsular Malaysia, characterized by Carboniferous—Permian mudstones containing glacial dropstones and sparse fauna and flora, is traced extensively into Sumatra. This mudstone facies is flanked on the east by a sandstone-dominated facies and by carbonate localized in the Kinta Valley. The muddy and sandy facies both begin with a basal Carboniferous condensed red bed sequence, which unconformably overlies the older formations of Sinoburmalaya. Both facies also demonstrate a Late Permian conformable transition into overlying limestone. The Cathaysian block of East Malaya is characterized by Late Permian Gigantopteris flora and fusulinid limestones associated with andesitic volcanism. It is similar but not identical to the West Sumatra Carboniferous—Permian block, characterized by Early Permian volcanism, fusulinid limestones and early Cathaysian Jambi flora.The South to SSE trending central Peninsular Malaysian Triassic orogenic belt swings south-east from Singapore to Bangka, then east to Billiton. The Palaeotethys suture (Bentong—Raub Line) forms the western margin of this belt and is therefore unlikely to continue south along the Palaeogene Bengkalis Graben, which transects the north-west—south-east orogenic fabric of Sumatra.The oroclinal bending of the Indosinian Orogen, from a north-west—south-east grain in Sumatra to a northerly grain through Peninsular Malaysia, is attributed to the Palaeocene collision of India and its subsequent indentation into Eurasia. The bending was accomplished by clockwise rotation and right-lateral shear parallel to the orogenic grain. The Mesozoic Palaeotethyan sutures were transformed into Palaeocene and younger shear zones. The outer zones of the orocline experienced pull apart tectonics (Andaman Sea and Sumatra basins) while the inner part (East Malaya to Billiton), being compressional, lacks Cenozoic basins.     

Clays and other minerals in coal seams of the Moura-Baralaba area, Bowen Basin, Australia

The clays and other minerals in a succession of Late Permian coals of high-volatile bituminous to semi-anthracite rank have been identified, using low-temperature oxygen plasma ashing and X-ray diffraction, and evaluated to identify the relative roles in mineral matter formation of detrital input, early diagenesis in the peat swamp and late diagenesis associated with rank advance. Although well-ordered kaolinite of probable early diagenetic origin is abundant throughout the succession, the uppermost and lowermost seams of the sequence, regardless of rank, contain relatively abundant illite and/or interstratified illite/smectite, along with a small but significant proportion of chlorite. These clays are thought to be essentially of detrital origin, washed or blown into the peat deposit in relative abundance during the establishment and subsequent overwhelming of an extensive and long-lived swampy environment. Quartz is also abundant in the lower seams of the sequence, especially close to the regional sediment source area. Illite is unusually abundant in the topmost seam in both high- and low-rank parts of the succession, and thus appears to represent detrital input from a particular source material. Although significant changes are reported in the clays of the associated strata due to rank advance, the principal effect of rank advance on the minerals in the coal itself appears to be the development of an ammonium illite, and possibly some additional fine-grained chlorite, in the semi-anthracite material. Isolation within the organic matter of the coal is thought to have inhibited access for ions such as K⁺, which might otherwise have become involved in metamorphic reactions and given rise to mineralogical changes commonly found in non-coal sedimentary successions.