From the correlation with foreland basins abroad it is concluded that Sichuan basin resulted from Polydirectional compression stress.

在国外前陆盆地对比的基础上，得出四川盆地是一个多方向挤压应力综合作用的前陆盆地。

The area had undergone such evolution stages as passive borderland basining, squeerze-retrograde nose-like swelling, cratonic inner sagging. intracratonic basining and para-foreland basin.

克拉通内凹；克拉通内坳盆地发展和类前陆盆地发展。