Based on detailed interpretation of over 3000 km of seismic profiles

the fault systems in the Eastern Tarim basin have been established and three systems

the Kongquehe fault system

the Southeast fault system

and the extensional fault system

have been identified.The NW-trending Kongquehe fault system consists of the Kongquehe slope with the shape of tectonic wedge in the Paleozoic and the Early Triassic

the Yingjisu dextral transpressional fault series in the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous

and the Kongquehe fault in the Cenozoic.It was related to collision between the Tarim massive colliding with the Central Kunlun terrane in the Silurian

and the Lasha/Qiangtang terrane collision and India/Tibet collision in the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.The Southeast fault system includes the NE-trending northwestward thrusting Cheerchen fault in the Silurian

which reactivated in the Cretaceous

and the ENE-trending sinistral transpressional Altyn Tage fault in the Neogene and the Quaternary.The formation of Kongquehe fault was influenced by the collision between Tarim massive and Jungger massive in the Late Paleozoic

by the closing event of the Amur Sea Way in the Mesozoic

and by Indian-Tibet collision in the Cenozoic.The extensional fault systems are believed to be developed through the Cambrian

Ordovician

Early Silurian

Middle-Late Jurassic

and Paleogene.