Applications of Vitrinite Anisotropy in the Tectonics: A Case Study of Huaibei Coalfield, Southern North China

Table 5

Maximum temperatures sustained during burial, Upper Permian strata, Huaibei coalfield.

	Region A			Region B			Region C
Number	𝑅max	𝑇max (^°C)	Number	𝑅max	𝑇max (^°C)	Number	𝑅max	𝑇max (^°C)
TYM03	1.01	147	LHM02	1.31	180	STM01	1.52	200
TYM04	0.94	138	LHM03	1.52	200	STM02	1.41	190
TYM06	0.88	129	LHM04	1.41	190	STM03	1.72	215
TYM07	0.81	119	LHM05	3.13	283	STC06^*	1.52	200
TY01	1.02	148	LHM09	1.34	183	YZM11	1.70	214
TY02	1.00	146	LHM12	1.21	170	YZM14	1.69	213
TY03	1.14	163	LHM14	1.37	186	YZM16	1.82	223
TY04	1.06	153	LHC01^*	1.37	186	ST01	1.44	193
TY05	0.87	128	LH01	1.37	186	LLM03	1.11	159
QD01	1.09	157	HZM03	1.82	223	LLM05	0.83	122
QD02	0.94	138	HZM04	1.99	234	LLM07	0.96	141
QD03	0.89	131	HZM10	2.58	261	LLM08	0.88	129
QD04	0.98	143	HZC02^*	1.46	194	LLM10	1.04	151
XTM01	1.13	162	HZC03^*	1.45	193
XTM02	1.12	160	BSC04^*	2.61	263
XTM06	1.13	162	BSC05^*	2.54	260
XTM07	1.21	170

^*Data complied from [18]. During the calculation, 𝑅_max is converted into random vitrinite reflectance at first, and then the maximum buried temperature are obtained by the formula given above. Abbreviations: 𝑅_max: maximum reflectance; 𝑇_max: maximum buried temperature.