The maximum depositional ages by detrital zircons give an upward younging trend.
The upper Shuangqiaoshan (SQS) Group show features of a co-magmatic sedimentation.
A rhythmic source change in the upper SQS Group implies a bidirectional water flow.
The basement sediments in the Jiangnan Orogen formed in a back-arc basin setting.
The back-arc basin was divided into three regions by distances to the arc terranes.