Abstract:The paleosedimentary environment in the Late Permian in the western slope of Songliao basin, southern Great Xingan Range has always been controversial and little studies were reported on the paleosedimentary environment evolution during the Middle- Late Permian in this area. In this paper, the evolution characteristics of paleosedimentary environment of the Middle- Late Permian sedimentary rocks from well MKD1, in the western slope of Songliao basin, are comprehensively analyzed by elemental and organic geochemistry methods. The results show that the Middle Permian strata was apparently deposited in a marine environment, in relatively deep water. There may have been several dry heat- warm humidity fluctuations during this period, especially from late ZSI and early ZSII2 period of the Middle Permian.The deposition water varied from salty to brackish, and to semi- saline, the environment ranged from reducing to partially oxidizing, while the climate fluctuated between dry heat to warm wet and to dry heat. In the early Late Permian, it was marine deposition with brackish and semi- saline water, and changed to marine- continental transitional deposition with fresh- brackish water in the late Late Permian. During this period, there were two apparent climatic and environmental fluctuations, which are similar to the climatic and environmental alternation in the middle period of the Zhesi Formation- that the water became shallow, the salinity decreased, the water reducibility weakened, and the climate changed from dry and hot to warm and wet. Since the Late Permian, the climate had gradually changed to warm and humid, and the water had gradually become shallower, which may be related to the climate warming during the Permian- Triassic transition.In the Triassic and Jurassic period, the region was in the stage of tectonic uplift, and the marine- continental transitional environment was transformed into continental sedimentation. Combined with TOC and paleoproductivity indicators, it is concluded that the warm and humid climate conditions, low salinity of the water and weak reducing- partial strong oxidizing environment in the late ZSI and early ZSII2 period of the Middle Permian, late LXI period, middle LXII period, and LXIII period of the Late Permian were the favorable climate and environmental conditions for the formation of thick source rocks with high organic matter abundance.