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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 3 (2025)

Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
The Editors

Coal Geology, Mine Geology

Coal-measure Gas, Coal-hosted Minerals

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Assessment indicator system for siting of geologic CO2 sequestration in low-porosity and low-permeability saline aquifers: A case study of the Ordos Basin
MOU Yu; WANG Haofan; Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Carbon Neutral Technology, Carbon Neutrality College (Yulin), Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China Xuejun; MA Jinfeng; LUO Shaocheng; LI Lin; and DING Zhao

Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology

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Advances in research on the mechanical responses of hot dry granites under varying cooling conditions in China
XIE Jingyu, SONG Jiwei, SUI Jiancai, ZHAO Meng, WANG Ren, ZENG Chong, and WANG Jianlong

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A new quantitative assessment model for the joint roughness of rock masses
CHEN Shijiang, LIU Hongwei, LI Tao, YUE Hu, LIU Jiangang, and YU Jiang

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Dynamic evolutionary pattern of fractures in tectonically deformed coal-bearing assemblages during loading
ZHAO Pengxiang, LIU Yingying, LI Shugang, LIU Yanqun, LIU Yunchuan, WANG Laolao, and LU Weidong

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Zonal prediction of the heights of water-conducting fracture zones under varying overburden types in North China-type coalfields
XU Dongjing, ZHANG Ruiqing, GAO Weifu, JIANG Haonan, ZHU Haifeng, LI Ye, and XIA Zhicun

Coal Geophysical Exploration, Mine Geophysical Exploration

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Application of a generative adversarial network algorithm to filling blank strips of fractures in formation microresistivity imaging images
KANG Zhengming, WU Chensheng, YANG Guodong, WU Disheng, WANG Ruifei, YANG Xiangyu, and GAN Wei

Drilling Engineering

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Optimization and application of sand bailing technology for coalbed methane horizontal wells
ZHANG Fei, WANG Yibing, CHENG Lu, MEI Wenbo, YANG Qi, SHEN Wenjie, CAO Chao, LAI Peng, LIAO Zhengkai, XIAN Bao'an, and BI Yansen

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An edge awareness-enhanced visual SLAM method for underground coal mines
MU Qi, LIANG Xin, GUO Yuanjie, WANG Yuhao, and LI Zhanli