Based on the core description, logging analysis and classification at home and abroad, the reefs in western Qaidam basin may be classified into algal reef, stromatolites and thrombolites.

• 通过岩心描述、测井分析，并根据国内外生物礁的分类标准认为，柴西地区的生物礁主要包括藻礁、叠层石和凝块石礁。