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。