It has two tectonic evolutionary stages of foreland basin and intracontinental basin that is further divided into three periods of intracontinental rift, newborn foreland basin and dying out basin.

• 盆地构造演化经历了前陆盆地和陆内盆地两个大阶段,后者又进一步分为陆内裂谷时期、再生前陆盆地时期和盆地消亡时期。