The paper argues that the salt rocks are deposited in shallow water, the salt comes from the Lower-Middle Ordovician series of the surrounding uplifts.

• 这一认识不同于过去“高山深盆”、“深水成盐”和“海相成因”的观点，将给东濮凹陷沉积古地理、古环境研究带来新的认识。