Abstract:

The evolution of the Tarim Basin waS dominated by the plate tectonic cycling：(1)divergent cycle phase：Tarim plate was separated from super-continent，and the rift basin was formed in the eastern part of the Tarim Basjn in Nanhua-Sinian time；(2)drifting cycle phase：Tarim plate was experienced the drifting and thermal subsidence. The Paleozoic craton and its related petroleum pIays were formed there，such as the paleo-uplift play and continental shelf break play；(3) convergent cycle phase：Tarim plate and its surrounding areas were converted from basin to mountain．The hiatus of Permian-Triassic sequences was in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin；(4)continental cycle phase：The rift basin was formed since preliminary of the post-orogeny extension phase in Jurassic time．The intra-continent orogeny started since Cenozoic
time，the basin-mountain coupling system was developed there. The strike-slip foreland basin was formed in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin，and its related orogenic type petroleum system was formed．The thrust fold and strike-slip fold type play were formed.

Key words: platform type petroleum system, orogenic type petroleum sysIem, paleo-uplift, continental shelf break, thrust-fold, strike-slip fold