Abstract
This paper combines new palaeomagnetic studies, palaeontological dating, and sedimentary analyses to propose a modified stratigraphic classification scheme in the northwestern Songliao Basin, which is of great significance for stratigraphic correlation, sedimentation analysis, basinal subsidence, and oil and gas exploration. New palaeontological and palaeomagnetic evidence redefined a group of semi‐consolidated lacustrine strata, buried beneath the Quaternary Yaluhe Formation on the Western Slope of the Songliao Basin, as Late Cretaceous, not the Middle Pleistocene. The chronostratigraphic framework re‐evaluates its stratigraphic age as late Coniacian to early Campanian (Late Cretaceous), between 83 and 85 Ma. Sedimentation research from 17 boreholes on the Western Slope of the Songliao Basin displays that the semi‐consolidated strata successively experienced lacustrine and delta facies deposits. Comparison of this new stratigraphy with the Late Cretaceous sequences on the adjacent Central Depression of the Songliao Basin reveals significant variations in lithology and palynological assemblages. Three new palynological assemblages are also reported from the Late Cretaceous sequences of the Songliao Basin.
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