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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 19-34, 1990

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THE FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MESOZOIC-- CENOZOIC SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN CHINA

Tian Zaiyi*

* Scientific Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Ministry of Petroleum Industry, PO Box 910, Beijing, P.R. China.

Abstract

Numerous intraplate, fault-bounded basins have been developed on the Chinese landmass as a result of interactions between the Pacific, Asian and Indian Plates since Mesozoic-Cenozoic times. In Eastern China, continental-rift basins were formed in a geodynamic regime during which the continental crust was stretched and thinned, and moved slowly towards the Pacific Ocean. These rift basins may be distinguished from those in NE, Nohem and Southern China, due to differences in basement configuration and evolution.

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