funded by the Key Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 Program);"Hydrocarbon accumulation and distribution prediction of typical superimposed basin in China" (grant No. G1999043305);the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China "Studies of continental margin dynamics and hydrocarbon resource potential of the South China Sea" (grant No. 40572067);"Palaeotectonic and palaeogeographic evolution and hydrocarbon accumulation in key changing period of the Paleozoic in the Tarim Basin" (grant No. 41130422)
With an area of 56×104km2, the Tarim Basin is the largest inland basin in China and is also generally acknowledged as one of the most important areas for potential oil and gas exploration. On the basis of data from 2...