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Coal Geology & Exploration

Coal Geology & Exploration was founded in 1973, and is a monthly publication(from January 2022), which is supervised by China Coal Technology and Engineering Group(CCTEG) and sponsored by Xi’an Research Institute of CCTEG. It is the longest established and most influential comprehensive scientific and technical journal in the field of coal geology, opening to domestic and foreign public circulation with equal emphasis on academic and practical technology in coal geology industry.

Current Issue: Volume 53, Issue 2 (2025)

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Table of Contents
The Editors

Coal Geology, Mine Geology

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Geological condition assessment and selection of optimal favorable areas for deep underground coal gasification in the Yanchuannan block
LI Xin, CHEN Zhenlong, GUO Tao, GAO Xiaokang, XIAO Cui, JIN Xiaobo, WU Caifang, and WANG Fangfang

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A method for intelligent information extraction of coal fractures based on µCT and deep learning
HU Zhazha, ZHANG Xun, JIN Yi, GONG Linxian, HUANG Wenhui, REN Jianji, and Norbert Klitzsch

Coal-measure Gas, Coal-hosted Minerals

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Theories, technologies, and prospects for the utilization of deep underground storage space
WEI Hengfei, FANG Jie, SHI Junjie, LI Qiuyuan, YU Beibei, and CHEN Jing

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Factors influencing the production of coalbed methane from deep reservoirs
WANG Zhenzhi, FU Xuehai, PAN Jienan, JIN Yi, and WANG Haichao

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Migration characteristics and storage forms of liquid and supercritical CO2 in saline aquifers
PENG Xiyi, WANG Yanyong, LI Song, WANG Xiaoguang, CUI Guodong, and HE Yongming

Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology

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Developmental patterns and formation and evolutionary mechanisms of surface cracks induced by the mining of shallowly buried coal seams
HOU Enke, MU Jiaxin, XIE Xiaoshen, FENG Dong, YANG Lei, LI Yan, HE Tao, BAO Kangguang, and CHEN Xiaosheng

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Anisotropy in non-Darcy flow in individual rough-walled rock fractures
ZHU Yinbin, LIAO Zhen, LI Changdong, LIU Hongbin, and JIANG Xihui

Coal Geophysical Exploration, Mine Geophysical Exploration

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Strength and damage characteristics of cemented gangue backfill during saturated immersion
YU Xiang, YANG Ke, HE Xiang, HOU Yongqiang, WEN Zhiqiang, and ZHANG Lianfu

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A method for high-accuracy localization of microseismic sources in mines based on finite element simulation
NING Dianyan, ZHU KaiPeng, ZHU Yongsheng, YUAN Shuxia, and ZHOU Zhenfang

Drilling Engineering

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A model predictive control method for directional borehole trajectories in underground coal mines
LI Hao, YAO Ningping, LU Chengda, ZHANG Jinbao, WEI Hongchao, WU Jiajun, and LI Jinyu

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Analyzing in-situ stress response characteristics of coals based on optimized measurement-while-drilling parameters
ZHANG Kun, WANG Ke, REN Jianxi, FENG Shangxin, CHANG Pengbo, ZHAO Yutao, MIAO Yanping, and HU Jian

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A temporal fusion method for modeling the rate of penetration during deep geological drilling
ZHOU Yang, LU Chengda, WU Min, CHEN Xin, YAO Ningping, SONG Haitao, and ZHANG Youzhen