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 54, Issue 6 (2026)
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Editors
Special Issue Articles
Advances in research on borehole geophysical exploration and associated equipment for advance detection of underground water hazards in coal mines
WU Qiang, WANG Xianhui, YANG Donghui, XIAO Wenhao, CUI Zhuangjie, CHEN Han, SHENG Zhen, and ZENG Yifan
Research and empirical validation of the application modes of multimodal large language models for coal mines
WANG Guofa, WANG Jingyi, LIU Shuang, XU Zhe, and LIU Mingrui
Novel connotations of green exploration oriented to mine ecological restoration
HU Zhenqi, ZHANG Fan, ZHAO Yanling, and LIANG Yusheng
Recent advances in research on intelligent technologies and equipment for underground geological exploration of coal mines in China
ZHANG Jianming, LI Quanxin, LIU Fei, and FANG Jun
Coal Geology, Mine Geology
Philosophy and methodology for predicting deep coal resources: A case study of the Carboniferous-Permian strata in the Ordos Basin
CAO Daiyong, WEI Yingchun, NING Shuzheng, WANG Xin, ZHU Wenhao, LI Jingqi, WANG Anmin, QIAO Junwei, XU Xiaotao, and HOU Yuehua
Advances in research on techniques for petrographic analysis and tests of coals and their applications in China
SONG Xiaozhong, ZHANG Qun, FAN Zhangqun, and JIANG Wenping
Theoretical research advances and applications of the dynamic metamorphism of coals
LIU Hewu, JIANG Bo, SONG Yu, DU Zhigang, ZHANG Kun, HOU Chenliang, YANG Wenjie, and HUANG Nini
Advances in regional fracturing technology using underground long directional boreholes for the prevention and control of coal-rock dynamic disasters and its engineering practices
ZHENG Kaige, ZHANG Jian, SUN Siqing, CHEN Dongdong, ZHANG Qun, LI Bingang, GUO Wei, LIU Le, JIA Bingyi, WANG Zeyang, DAI Nan, and WANG Haojie
Tectonic genetic mechanisms of burnt rocks in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River basin
SUN Qiang, HU Xin, WANG Shuangming, DING Xiaoying, GENG Jishi, WU Jiakun, WEI Shaoni, and LUO Donghai
Coal-measure Gas, Coal-hosted Minerals
Summary and reflections on coal and coalbed methane co-production and coalbed methane extraction in coal mining areas
ZHANG Sui’an, ZHANG Xiao, LI Xuechen, and HU Huiting
Industrial development of coalbed methane exploitation in China: A 30-year retrospective and future prospects
MENG Shangzhi, LI Yong, QIN Yong, LI Guofu, TANG Shuheng, XU Fengyin, WANG Yanbin, ZHANG Shouren, and ZHANG Cong
Advances and prospects of design optimization technologies for differential development with three-dimensional well patterns for deep coalbed methane reservoirs: A case study of the No. 8 coal seam in the Ordos Basin
YAN Xia, FANG Jianlong, MOU Chun, MENG Peilong, WANG Yuan, YU Xiang, FEI Shixiang, FENG Yanqing, ZHAO Longmei, LI Meng, CUI Yuehua, CHI Runlong, YANG Qing, HUANG Li, ZHENG Xiaopeng, YIN Zesong, WANG Congcong, MA Limin, ZHANG Shuang, LIU Shirui, ZHANG Yang, and GUO Jiali
Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology
Analysis of coal seam water sources based on hydrochemistry and water isotopes
WEI Dong, WANG Hao, WANG Chungang, WANG Xiaodong, LIU Wei, WANG Qiangmin, LIU Quanhui, ZHOU Zhenfang, and WANG Yutong
Technologies and typical cases for the prevention and control of water hazards associated with burnt rocks in the Yushenfu mining area
WANG Shidong, WANG Hai, JI Zhongkui, ZHU Kaipeng, HAN Qiang, XUE Xiaoyuan, CHEN Pan, and ZHAO Kaixing
Hydrodynamic evolution simulations and safety assessment of the deep reinjection and storage of high-salinity mine water
XU Zhimin, CHEN Weixiao, SUN Yajun, ZHANG Jian, CHEN Tianci, LIU Qi, CHEN Ge, and HUA Jingfan
Methods for assessing the circulation depth of geothermal water in a moderate- to low-temperature convective geothermal system and their applications
LI Yiman, XIA Haoran, GAO Binbin, SUN Wenjie, and PANG Zhonghe
Progress and prospects of geothermal resource monitoring technology
HAO Wenjie, LI Shengtao, WANG Huang, LIU Donglin, WANG Wanli, QIN Junsheng, JIN Xianpeng, SHEN Jian, LIU Shuai, YAO Yahui, HAO Shuli, REN Tao, LIU Zhe, MENG Xianwei, HOU Deren, REN Xiaoqing, JIA Xiaofeng, and WEN Dongguang
Multi-objective optimization and performance investigation of cementing materials with high thermal conductivity based on response surface methodology
ZHAO Yongzhe, LI Wenhao, WANG Yijie, and HAN Yongliang
Coal Geophysical Exploration, Mine Geophysical Exploration
Advances in research on methods for intelligent identification of seismic facies
LIU Xingye, YU Peilin, and HE Hengjun
Key technologies for artificial intelligence-based inversion of the borehole transient electromagnetic method in coal mining areas
FAN Tao, HAO Yue, ZHANG Peng, LI Ping, ZHAO Zhao, ZHAO Rui, LIU Qiang, YAN Junsheng, SONG Xianzhe, LIU Borui, CHEN Changyuan, and LI Bo
Drilling Engineering
Development and prospects of underground intelligent drilling rigs for coal mines
YAO Ningping, LI Quanxin, LU Qianhai, PENG Guangyu, ZHANG Gang, and ZHANG Youzhen
Intelligent path planning for drilling arms in rock bolting in coal mines based on an improved RRT algorithm
ZHANG Xuhui, XIE Yanbin, LEI Mengyu, SONG Chengzhi, DONG Zheng, WANG Zeyao, WANG Tenghui, TIAN Sihao, and ZHANG Qinhuan
A method for 3D model reconstruction of large-diameter rescue wells based on multiple cameras
GU Hairong, WANG Boyang, YANG Wenjuan, TONG Yubo, WANG Jiaxi, and SUN Lishun
