Research Article

Multiscale Fracturing in Medium- to Low-Rank Coals and Its Implications on Coalbed Methane Production in the Baode Area, Eastern Ordos Basin, China

Table 1

Maceral composition of coal in the Baode area in the eastern Ordos Basin of China.

Sample No. (%) (%)VD (%) (%)Sf (%)ID (%) (%) (%)

BD10.130.40.110.640.150.160.310.05
BD20.520.420.010.950.020.030.050.01
BD40.170.570.030.770.190.040.230
BD70.260.420.050.730.190.070.260.01
BD80.410.530.010.950.030.010.040
BD90.380.330.040.760.140.10.240
BD100.340.580.020.940.040.020.060.01
BD110.290.50.070.860.070.060.130
BD120.640.240.030.900.060.030.090.01
BD140.240.310.160.710.100.160.260.03

: telovitrinite; : gelovitrinite; VD: vitrodetrinite; : vitrinite; Sf: semifusinite; ID: inertodetrinite; : inertinite; : exinite.