Abstract: Since the last decade, many oil basin classifications have been proposed and most of them are based on the concept of plate tectonics. They have arrested great interest among petroleum geologists who have applied them to the evaluation of petroleum prospect and prediction, by analogue, of potential petroleum resources. However, diversified in the way of grouping and constrained to a considerable degree by the tectonic theory, many of the classifications are simply too general in terms so that oil basins of the same type may vary widely in abundance of petroleum resources. Starting from the classifications of our precursors and based on the two systems of tectonic evolution and transformation of structural units from one to the other during different periods of geologic time, the author has proposed a classification based on the structural position of a basin at a specific geologic time. Eighteen basic types of basins in seven classes have been named in the paper to serve as guide in making evaluations and predictions of potential petroleum resources.

摘要： 十余年来,含油气盆地的分类对油气远景的评价和由类比预测其潜力方面的意义,引起了许多地质学家的兴趣,已经发表了许多有价值的著作。考虑到现有分类往往较多地受大地构造学说的约束,每一具体盆地只归属某一类型,结果是同类盆地含油、气丰富程度相差悬殊。作者在前人分类的基础上,根据地壳构造演化的两种体制和不同时期构造单元的转化,强调按特定时期的构造位置划分七类十八种盆地的基本类型。由此作为研究油气评价和今后预测盆地潜力的依据。