摘要
Diabase sills are wide-spread in the shales of the Xiamaling Formation to the north of the Malanyu uplift of the North China Craton. Time-dating minerals zircon and baddeleyite, separated from the diabase, have been dated by SHRIMP and ID-TIMS U-Pb isotopic methods. The emplacement age of the diabase 1320±6 Ma has been obtained. Based on recent dating achievements the Xiamaling Formaiton can be rather precisely put in the time span of 1400~1350 Ma. The Mesoproterozoic stratigraphic sequence of the Yanliao aulacogen in the North China Craton is collated and a new subdivision is proposed in this paper.