This article has studied the coal-bearing structural unit and tectonic structural unit as well as the relation between them, besides, a definition has been given to the coal-bearing structural unit and nomenclature principle; on the basis of analysing the deformation characteristics of coal-bearing rock formation in China, the article has put forward the three-grade division program of Chinese coal-bearing structural unit, which is divided into five coal-bearing tectonic areas,13coal-bearing tectonic sub-areas and66coal-bearing tectonic zones; directed by Structural Control of Coal Theory and centering on the study of deformation of coal-measures, the coal controlling characteristics of main coal-bearing structural units have been analysed; by analysis of tectonic evolution and the background of geodynamics, the controlling factors for deformation of coal-measures in typical coal-bearing tectonic zone have been discussed; and on the foundation of analysis of the formation and evolution of the major tectonic structural units, the influence of the tectonic structural unit upon regional coal-measures has been put forward; and then the law of deformation development of Chinese coal-bearing structural units has been concluded. |