The Sedimentary-Tectonic Evolution of the Southwest Tarim Basin from Cretaceous to Paleogene
塔里木盆地西南部白垩纪─早第三纪沉积构造演化

According to the lithological characters and the evolution of sc(limentation, five transgression-regression cycles Can be distingguished from the Cretuceous to the Paleogene on the southwestern margin of the Tarim basin. The evolution of the southwest Tarim basin was controlled by the Taras-Fergana fault and the northward subduction of the Indian plate during K-E. A comparative stady of the sedimentary sequences on both sides of the southwestern margin of the Tarim basin ,indicated that. The Sedimenfory-ectonic evolution of the southwest Tarim Basin may be divided intO two stages: The firSt stage was in Early Cretaceous, during which the inherited Strike-slip faultdown basin was formed, and the second sarge was from hate Cretuceous to Paleogene, when the foreland basin was developed with the invasion of the sea water of Tethys.