- Source: Bayanhaote Basin
The Bayanhaote Basin (simplified Chinese: 巴彦浩特盆地; traditional Chinese: 巴彥浩特盆地; pinyin: Bāyànhàotè Péndì), also known as Bayanhot Basin, is a geographic region located in the west-central part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is a superimposed basin that
underwent a long-term sedimentary evolution process from transgression to retrogression during the Carboniferous to Late Permian.
The Bayanhot Basin is a composite and superimposed basin developed in the crossing zone of the Qinlin-Qilian-Helan trifurcate rift system (秦、祁、贺三叉裂谷系) during the beginning of Early Palaeozoic Era (早古生代早期) of crossover zone.
It has been a self-flowing tectonic basin since the Mesozoic. In the early 1950s, oil and gas exploration in this area began.
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Further reading
Zhao, Hongge; Liu, Chiyang; Zhou, Yijun; Shao, Xiaozhou; Wang, Jianqiang; Peng, Zhichao; Huang, Lei; Ruan, Zhengzhong; Guo, Hui; Fu, Xinhui; Li, Ya'nan (October 2022). "Characteristics of late reformation and petroleum prospect of Carboniferous strata in the Bayanhot Basin, N. China". Geological Journal. 57 (10): 4183–4193. Bibcode:2022GeolJ..57.4183Z. doi:10.1002/gj.4537.