Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 155-162.doi: 10.11743/ogg20050204

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Three stages of tectonic movements in formation of petroliferous basins in China

Xu Xuhui, Gao Changlin, Huang Zeguang, Fan Xiaolin, Liu Guangxiang, et al   

  1. Wuxi Branch of Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Wuxi, Jiangsu
  • Received:2005-04-01 Online:2005-04-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

China's mainland, with complex and uneven components, is a composite continent, contributed by convergence of several small landmasses with different basement structures and different ages. Formation and distribution of basins in China have been controlled by tectonic settings and changes of basin-forming systems. Basins in China have been formed in 3 stages, including the formation of Paleo-China, Pal-Asia and Neo-Asia. Being affected by pericontinent-and intracontinent-dominant tectonic-thermal systems, Paleozoic basins have been formed in Paleo-China/Pal-Asia tectonic settings, and Meso-Cenozoic basins have been formed in Neo-Asia tectonic setting. The Meso-Cenozoic basins have been developed in the interior of converged and condensed continent, and have experienced 3 tectonic changes:the first one occurred during Late Triassic-Early Cretaceous, the second during Late Cretaceous-Eocene and Oligocene, and the third during Oligocene/Neogene through to the present. The Paleozoic basins have been superimposed and reformed by the Meso-Cenozoic basins, resulting in complex basin structures.

Key words: basin, China, tectonic stage, basin age

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