龙潭组原称龙潭煤系,是我国南方主要的含煤地层,其层型位于南京东郊龙潭镇附近,创建迄今已有80年的历史,是由刘季辰、赵汝钧1924年在《江苏地质志》中所首创(尹赞勋,1959、盛金章,1960、姚兆奇等,1984、王文耀,1993),并对该煤系地层作了论述。应该说,这是有关龙潭煤系最早较详细的论述。笔者在最 Longtan Group was originally called the Longtitan coal system, which is the main coal-bearing formation in southern China. Its layer type is located near Longtan Town in the eastern outskirts of Nanjing. It has been 80 years old since it was founded by Liu Jichen and Zhao Rujun in the 1924 “Geological Journal of Jiangsu Province” (Yin Zanxun, 1959, Sheng Jinzhang, 1960, Yao Zhaoqi et al., 1984, Wang Wenyao, 1993), and discussed the coal strata. It should be said that this is the earliest detailed discussion of Longtan coal system. I am the most