Remote Sensing Study on Regional Geology in Tarim Basin, China
塔里木盆地遥感区域地质研究

The paper presents the results of study on mineral resources and geological structure in Tarim region, imcluding Tarim basin and its surrounding areas (up to 1 million km2), by using '35' techniques and supplemental research methods such as geology, geophysics and geochemistry. The results show the special kind of tectonic framework constructed by the internal, middle and outside circular zones. Based on the fact above and mineral interpretation, the new structure types, so-called "arc-looped structure" and "arc-looped geological environmental belted system " which control the regional mineral distribution . Are put forward. A comprehensive prospecting model, which is called the integrated analysis on multiple key factors of geology, has beed established. The five circular belts of mineralization zones which favorable are to oil and gas, potash salt, uranium and coal, metal, nonferrous such as construction materials, gem and jade, are distinguished, and the super-large scale potash salt prospects in Luobubo region and four rich-water areas in the Taklamakan Desert are discovered. In addition, the new points of characteristics of Tarim block movement and structural system are proposed as "stable area in unstable background and unstable area in stable background".