Tarim Basin is a superimposed and composite basin of numerous proto type basins combosed of the Paleozoic cratonic basins and Meso Cenozoic foreland basins.

• 全面系统地总结并提出塔里木盆地10大石油地质基本特征：（1）塔里木盆地为一古生界克拉通盆地与中新生界前陆盆地组成的大型叠合复合型盆地；