中国南方的石炭系,在晚古生代地史研究中占有重要地位,也是某些金属和非金属矿床的控矿地层,因此已引起中外学者极大的兴趣和关注。在长江中下游及钱塘地区,这一地层分布宽广,发育完善,是我国记述石炭系最早、研究程度较高的区域之一。近年来,我所部分 The Carboniferous in southern China occupies an important position in the study of late Paleozoic geo-history and is also an ore-controlling strata of certain metal and nonmetallic deposits. Therefore, it has attracted great interest and attention from Chinese and foreign scholars. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Qiantang area, this strata is widely distributed and well-developed. It is one of the earliest and highly studied areas in China recorded by the Carboniferous. In recent years, I have part