Research on color index of conodont fossil shows that hydrocarbon source rocks in palaeozoic formation in Bachu Uplift Area are in mature phase of thermal evolution.

• 牙形刺化石颜色指标研究表明，巴楚断隆区古生代地层中的烃源岩正处在热演化的成熟期，寻找古生代油气藏应成为该构造带今后勘探的重点；