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Journal of Geological Research Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis Journal of Geological Research Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis Guest Editors: Quanlin Hou, Yiwen Ju, Jonathan Aitchison, Hongyuan Zhang, and Yudong Wu Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis Journal of Geological Research Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis Guest Editors: Quanlin Hou, Yiwen Ju, Jonathan Aitchison, Hongyuan Zhang, and Yudong Wu Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Journal of Geological Research.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board William Austin, UK Michel Gregoire,´ France Uwe Ring, Sweden Zsolt Berner, Germany Agust Gudmundsson, UK Idoia Rosales, Spain Ognjen Bonacci, Croatia Keiko Hattori, Canada Joaquin Ruiz, USA Marco Bonini, Italy Gunnar Jacks, Sweden Satish Sangode, India Christophe Colin, France Ryszard Kryza, Poland Young Kwan Sohn, Korea Nathalie C. Nebout, France Saro Lee, Korea Sheng-Rong Song, Taiwan Antonio Costa, Italy Spencer Lucas, USA David T. A. Symons, Canada Antonio Delgado Huertas, Spain Valter Maggi, Italy Umberta Tinivella, Italy M. H. Engel, USA Jesus Martinez-Frias, Spain Emanuele Tondi, Italy Christophe Falgueres, France Leszek Marynowski, Poland Luigi Tosi, Italy Michel Faure, France Giuseppe Mastronuzzi, Italy Alan Trenhaile, Canada Martin Feely, Ireland Teresa Moreno, Spain Sergio Vinciguerra, Italy Paulo Fonseca, Portugal Roberto Moretti, Italy Lixin Wu, China Steven L. Forman, USA Karoly Nemeth, New Zealand Bernd Wuennemann, Germany Salvatore Gambino, Italy Atle Nesje, Norway Seong-Taek Yun, Republic of Korea Michael O. Garcia, USA Josep Pares, Spain Lifei Zhang, China Helena Granja, Portugal Petr Pruner, Czech Republic Hong-Fei Zhang, China Contents Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis, Quanlin Hou, Yiwen Ju, Jonathan Aitchison, Hongyuan Zhang, and Yudong Wu Volume 2012, Article ID 282789, 1 page The Dabie Extensional Tectonic System: Structural Framework, Quanlin Hou, Hongyuan Zhang, Qing Liu, Jun Li, and Yudong Wu Volume 2012, Article ID 369513, 8 pages Structural Characteristics and Physical Properties of Tectonically Deformed Coals,YiwenJu, Zhifeng Yan, Xiaoshi Li, Quanlin Hou, Wenjing Zhang, Lizhi Fang, Liye Yu, and Mingming Wei Volume 2012, Article ID 852945, 14 pages Applications of Vitrinite Anisotropy in the Tectonics: A Case Study of Huaibei Coalfield, Southern North China, Yudong Wu, Quanlin Hou, Yiwen Ju, Daiyong Cao, Junjia Fan, and Wei Wei Volume 2012, Article ID 526016, 16 pages Geochronology and Tectonic Evolution of the Lincang Batholith in Southwestern Yunnan, China, Hongyuan Zhang, Junlai Liu, and Wenbin Wu Volume 2012, Article ID 287962, 11 pages The Structural Framework of the Erlangping Group in North Qinling, Central China, Hongyuan Zhang, Chunqiang Zhao, Fanglei Xu, and Yanlong Dong Volume 2012, Article ID 850282, 7 pages The Mesozoic Tectonic Dynamics and Chronology in the Eastern North China Block, Quanlin Hou, Qing Liu, Hongyuan Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, and Jun Li Volume 2012, Article ID 291467, 11 pages Pan-African Paleostresses and Reactivation of the Eburnean Basement Complex in Southeast Ghana (West Africa), Mahaman Sani Tairou, Pascal Affaton, Solomon Anum, and Thomas Jules Fleury Volume 2012, Article ID 938927, 15 pages Different Origins of the Fractionation of Platinum-Group Elements in Raobazhai and Bixiling Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks from the Dabie Orogen, Central China, Qing Liu, Quanlin Hou, Liewen Xie, HuiLi,ShanqinNi,andYudongWu Volume 2012, Article ID 631426, 11 pages FTIR and Raman Spectral Research on Metamorphism and Deformation of Coal,XiaoshiLi,YiwenJu, Quanlin Hou, Zhuo Li, and Junjia Fan Volume 2012, Article ID 590857, 8 pages Characterization of Coal Reservoirs in Two Major Coal Fields in Northern China: Implications for Coalbed Methane Development, Junjia Fan, Yiwen Ju, Quanlin Hou, Yudong Wu, and Xiaoshi Li Volume 2012, Article ID 701306, 10 pages Total Scanning Fluorescence Characteristics of Coals and Implication to Coal Rank Evaluation, Junjia Fan, Keyu Liu, Yiwen Ju, Shaobo Liu, and Lili Gui Volume 2012, Article ID 692865, 6 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Geological Research Volume 2012, Article ID 282789, 1 page doi:10.1155/2012/282789 Editorial Tectonic History and Coalbed Gas Genesis Quanlin Hou,1 Yiwen Ju,1 Jonathan Aitchison,2 Hongyuan Zhang,3 and Yudong Wu4 1 Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 2 School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 3 School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences in Beijing, No. 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100083, China 4 Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, No. 26 Baiwanzhuang Street, Xicheng, Beijng 100037, China Correspondence should be addressed to Quanlin Hou, [email protected] Received 22 November 2012; Accepted 22 November 2012 Copyright © 2012 Quanlin Hou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. General review of tectonic history and further careful Some kinds of techniques on brittle, brittle-ductile, and research on deformed coal rocks form the basic way to clarify ductile deformation zones are very important for future problems of coalbed gas genesis. research. M. S. Tairo et al. studied the “Pan-African pale- In China, one increasing attention should be the Meso- ostresses and reactivation of the eburnean basement complex zoic tectonic history of North China and its surrounding in Southeast Ghana (West Africa)”. X. Li et al. took use of the areas, and also the related coalbed gas genesis study in this Fourier transform infrared and Raman Spectral to study the most important coalbed gas product area of China. metamorphism and deformation of coal. J. Fan et al. gave Geometry, kinematics, and geochronology data from us one new coal rank evaluation method by total scanning outcrops of the China Central Orogen and the North China fluorescence characteristics. offered excellent clues of extension event for understanding In general, the eleven papers here constitute a significant the tectonic conditions of coalbed gas. Q. Hou et al. studied contribution to our knowledge by reporting the tectonic the Mesozoic Tectonic Dynamics and Chronology in the settings, characteristics, and research methods of coalbed gas Eastern North China Block. genesis. The papers also laid a research system for further Central Orogen of China, related to Tethys Closure and work of coal geology. mainly formed during the Triassic Period, includes both the Qinling Orogen in the west and the Dabie Mountains in Quanlin Hou the east. H. Zhang et al. separately concluded the Mesozoic Yiwen Ju tectonic evolution of the Lincang Batholith, during palaeo- Jonathan Aitchison Tethys collision, and reviewed the structural framework of Hongyuan Zhang the Erlangping Group in North Qinling. Q. Hou clarified Yudong Wu the framework of the Dabie Extensional Tectonic System. Furthermore, Q. Liu made out the different origins of the fractionation of Platinum-Group elements in Raobazhai and Bixiling Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks from the Dabie Orogen. Several achievements of coal field research in Northern China showed us the characteristics, developments, and genesis of coalbed gas. Y. Ju et al. gave us general properties of tectonically deformed coal rocks. J. Fan et al. studied the characterization of coal reservoirs in two major coal fields of China. Y. Wu et al. showed a case study of vitrinite anisotropy from Huaibei Coalfield from southern North China. Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Geological Research Volume 2012, Article ID 369513, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/369513 Research Article The Dabie Extensional Tectonic System: Structural Framework Quanlin Hou,1 Hongyuan Zhang,2 Qing Liu,1 Jun Li,3 and Yudong Wu4 1 Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 2 School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China 3 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 4 MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, Beijing 100037, China Correspondence should be addressed to Quanlin Hou, [email protected] Received 10 May 2012; Revised 31 July 2012; Accepted 22 August 2012 Academic Editor: Yi-Wen Ju Copyright © 2012 Quanlin Hou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A previous study of the Dabie area has been supposed that a strong extensional event happened between the Yangtze and North China blocks. The entire extensional system is divided into the Northern Dabie metamorphic complex belt and the south extensional tectonic System according to geological and geochemical characteristics in our study. The Xiaotian-Mozitan shear zone in the north boundary of the north system is a thrust detachment, showing upper block sliding to the NNE, with a displacement of more than 56 km. However, in the south system, the shearing
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