摘要
The Baicheng （拜城） piggy-back basin was part of the intracontinental foreland basin system of southern Tianshan （天山） Mountains. It was formed on a thrust-and-fold belt induced by Mio-Pliocene collision between southern Tianshan Mountains and Tarim craton that controlled the thick synorogenic basin fills. Sedimentological analysis and a restored cross-section based on seismic data and field studies revealed three tectono-depositional sequences of synorogenic basin fills. （1） The Lower Miocene sequence （Jidike （吉迪克 ） Formation） was formed under alluvial-braided river-lacustrine environments, in response to geodynamic changes of the Kuqa （库车） fold and thrust belt from the embryonic foreland to a foredeep in the course of orogenic loading period. （2） The Upper Miocene sequence （Kangcun （康村） Formation） was developed in fluvial-delta and lacustrine environments, within a foredeep due to orogenic thrust. （3） The Pliocene sequence （Kuqa Formation） was formed in the Baicheng piggy-back basin that became a wedge-top depozone, thrusting in the Qiulitagh （秋里塔格） thrust belt that propagated progressively southward to the Yaken （牙肯） thrust belt.
The Baicheng （拜城） piggy-back basin was part of the intracontinental foreland basin system of southern Tianshan （天山） Mountains. It was formed on a thrust-and-fold belt induced by Mio-Pliocene collision between southern Tianshan Mountains and Tarim craton that controlled the thick synorogenic basin fills. Sedimentological analysis and a restored cross-section based on seismic data and field studies revealed three tectono-depositional sequences of synorogenic basin fills. （1） The Lower Miocene sequence （Jidike （吉迪克 ） Formation） was formed under alluvial-braided river-lacustrine environments, in response to geodynamic changes of the Kuqa （库车） fold and thrust belt from the embryonic foreland to a foredeep in the course of orogenic loading period. （2） The Upper Miocene sequence （Kangcun （康村） Formation） was developed in fluvial-delta and lacustrine environments, within a foredeep due to orogenic thrust. （3） The Pliocene sequence （Kuqa Formation） was formed in the Baicheng piggy-back basin that became a wedge-top depozone, thrusting in the Qiulitagh （秋里塔格） thrust belt that propagated progressively southward to the Yaken （牙肯） thrust belt.
基金
supported by the State Key Scientific and Technological Research Project (No. 2001BA605A-02-03-03-04)
