滇东黔西地区煤层气资源丰富，开发煤层气资源，为该区的经济腾飞将起到极大的推动作用。

Coalbed gas resources are very rich in East Yunnan and West Guizhou area. And to develop them can promote the economic prosperity of this area.

上扬子西部滇东、黔西茅口组之上多为峨眉山玄武岩所覆盖，长期以来人们一直认为两者不存在沉积间断和地层剥蚀。

The Middle Permian Maokou Formation is generally overlain by the Late Permian Emeishan basalts in eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou in the west of the Yangtze platform.