摘要
mary name="EnDivSummary">The Qaidam Basin is one of China’s large petroliferous basins,and oil and gas have been found mainly in Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata. Through the investigation of Carboniferous oil and gas resources of Qaidam Basin in recent years, the authors have confirmed that the Carboniferous strata are widely distributed and in large thickness in the Qaidam Basin. The Carboniferous distribution is 10 km2. The area greater than 1 000 m in thickness is 5.71 km2. Carboniferous strata having well-developed source rocks are widely developed in the thick layer of oil sands, suggesting that Carboniferous strata have a good capability for hydrocarbon generation and oil and gas migration process.