Abstract:

The bending of the strike slip fault dominated the forming of basin and mountain along the fault．This is so-called strike slip system basin-mountain coupling．The strike slip fault can be divided into three different levels corresponding to the different scales of petroleum exploration targets，such as transform fault dominated the basin forming，transfer fault controlled the play，and tear fault charged the trap．According to the mechanical scenario，the strike slip dominated basins can be divided into three types：(1)transtensional basin；(2)transpressional basin；and(3)transrotational basin．The compound of transfer fault with rift basin or foreland basin can form the linked fault family，which produced the echelon fold or echeIon fault
bIock．The echelon fold and echelon fault block controlled the plays．The tear fault intersected with low angle normal fault or thrust fault can form some traps，e.g．trap—door structure trap．

Key words: transform fault, transfer fault, tear fault, transtensional basin, transpressional basin, transrotational basin