The foreland thrust belt in northwestern margin of Junggar basin is a large-scale imbricated thrust system developed since Late Carboniferous.

• 准噶尔盆地西北缘前陆冲断带是自石炭纪晚期发育起来的大型叠瓦冲断系统,哈拉阿拉特山冲断带为其冲断前锋构造带的东段。