Based on the modern tectonic geometry theory, it is studied that the mine controlling structural styles of the Chaohu coalfield, eastern Anhui Province.

• 采用现代构造几何分析方法,研究了巢湖煤田的控煤构造,发现巢湖煤田主要受大型平卧式褶皱逆冲推覆构造控制。