an lang="EN-US" style=’font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";’>By
means of the LA-MC-ICPMS zircon U-Pb dating, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>the high-precise dates of the volcanic
eruption, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>(1 611 ±8) Ma, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>of an interbedded tuffite layer in the middle
part of the Luoyukou Formation at the Yangpo Section, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>Ruzhou City, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>Henan Province, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>has been obtained. With this dates, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>the depositional age of the Luoyukou Formation
can be calibrated accurately as the first time, an style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> an>which indicates that the top age of this
formation should be most likely about 1 600 Ma. The new dating achievement of
the Luoyukou Formation will result in a major revision in chronostratigraphy
that both of the two groups should be lowered down to the older Mesoproterozoic
Changchengian System.an>