As a rift basin, Bohai Bay developed on an erosional base of collision margin between Lower Yangtze and North China Plates. 渤海湾盆地是在下扬子板块与华北板块碰撞边缘侵蚀基底上发育起来的裂谷盆地。
The plateau was elevated as a consequence of the collision between India and Asia, which resulted in extensive shortening by overthrusting and folding. 西藏高原的隆起是印度和亚洲板块碰撞的结果，引起广大范围的缺乏逆掩断层作用和褶皱作用。
