Abstract:

The Yaojia Formation recovered by CCSDSKⅠs borehole (China Cretaceous Continental Scientific DrillingSongkeⅠthe south borehole) is 15767 m long and 9996% of cores recovery. The age of the Formation corresponds to a range from the Santonian to the early Campanian. The sequences and processes of lithologylithofacies and cyclic stratigraphy were revealed by a detailed core description. Eleven rock types and three kinds of sedimentary subfacies including shallow lake, deep lake and delta front were recognized from the drilling core. There are eleven sedimentary microfacieses including dolostone, argillaceous limestone, shallow lake turbidite, deep lake turbidite, subaqueous mouth bar, distal bar, sheet sandstone, subaqueous distributary bay, slump deposits, shallow lake mudstone and deep lake mudstone. The Yaojia Formation represents one hundred and fiftyone meterscale cycles (sixthorder cycle), fortyfive fifthorder cycles, nine fourthorder cycles and three thirdorder cycles. Meticulous depiction (centimeter level) of the whole Formation provides an approach to study its sedimentary process with high precision. The red beds with thickness of 43% in the Yaojia Formation, being one of fewer continental red beds depicted meticulously in the world, will become a standard potential formulation section for the studies of Cretaceous global oxygenenriched events.

Key words:  Yaojia Formation; sedimentary facies; sedimentary sequence; cyclic stratigraphy; CCSDSKⅠs; Cretaceous SantonianCampanian; Songliao Basin