There have four kind of basins in the South China Sea area: rifting basin, strike-slip rifting basin, fore-land basin and fore-arc basin.
南海地区新生代沉积盆地有四类：张裂盆地、走滑拉张盆地、前陆盆地和前弧盆地。
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There fore, this paper puts forward some Suggestions to the development and utilization of the land, mineral and tourist resources of this district besides the geological studies.