一、前言中国地质有很多特点,这些特点引起很多地质学家们的注意和争论,看法的分歧也就反映在各区地质名称上的极不统一,例如很多人谈鄂尔多斯地台,山西地台,四川地台,准噶尔地台……,但这些地告如何理解?它们与世界上其他地台是否相似?另一些人则谈准噶尔盆地,四川盆地、陕北盆地……这些盆地又怎样理解?它指现代地形上的或是地史上 I. Preface There are many characteristics of China’s geology. These characteristics have aroused the attention and controversy of many geologists. The disagreements of views are also reflected in the extremely inconsistent geological names of different districts. For example, many people talk about Erdos platform, Shanxi platform, Sichuan platform, Junggar platform ...... But how do these understand? They are similar with other platforms in the world? Others talk about Junggar basin, Sichuan basin, Northern Shaanxi basin ... How do these basins understand? Refers to the modern topography or history