Based on an analysis of the relationship between overthrusting and source rock evolution of the foreland basins in West China, the evolutionary modes of source rocks during o-verthrusting are di.

• 前陆盆地是世界上油气资源最为丰富的盆地类型之一,而前陆盆地冲断带又是前陆盆地中最主要的油气富集区带之一。