Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 584-586.

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Classification of Upper Yangtze River Basin and Its Significance

AN Zuo-xiang, MA Ji, PANG Qi-wei   

  1. Petroleum Industry Press, Bejing 100011, China
  • Received:2005-03-04 Online:2005-10-01 Published:2020-11-23

Abstract: The Upper Yangtze River Basin is classified firsly. It has an area of 50x10^ km?, located within Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan regions and characterized by its wide distribution in the Palcozoic in them. The basins such as Sichuan, Jianghan, Xichang etc, are superimposed above Upper Yangtze River Basin, which are favorable areas to explore for natural gas in the carbonate rocks of Palcozoic. Many gas fields or reservoirs have been found in Sinian, Carboniferous and Permian in Sichuan baain. This classified Upper Yangtre River Basin is of great significance for Paleoroic oil and gas prospecting in South China.

Key words: Upper Yangtze River Basin, Sichuan basin, Jianghan basin, Xichang basin, Nanpanjiang basin, petroleum exploration

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