Abstract:Based on lithosphere discontinuity revealed by geological and geophysical characteristics of North China, the authors recognized three kinds of lithospheres in North China region, they are cratonic type lithosphere in Odros, orogenic type lithosphere in Yanshan-Taihang and rift type lithosphere in North China plain. According to petrological means, crust-mantle evolution models, the process of orogenic belt formation, and the relationship between seismic velocity and petrochemical composition, this paper has set up the crust-mantle petrological and petrochemical lithospheric structures of craton, orogenic and rift types in North China. Some important problems are also discussed in this paper, such as the geological implications of the crust-mantle structures and the thicknesses of crust and subcontinental lithospheric mantle in different types of lithospheres, the role of lithospheric discontinuities in the classification of the lithospheric units, and the continental dynamic significance of the formation of different types of lithospheres.