The basin underwent superimposition of the Paleozoic cratonic basin and the Ceno Mesozoic foreland basin, in which large scale of paleo uplift and paleo slope were developed.

• 这是因为塔里木盆地是古生代克拉通盆地与中、新生代前陆盆地的叠合盆地,这两类盆地均可发育大型的古隆起和古斜坡。