Over the area between Beipiao City and Yixian County, Hebei Province, there outcrop trachyte-trachyandesite volcanic rocks of the Upper Jurassic Zhangjiakou Formation and sedimentary series of the Dabeigou Formation. The ~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar datings of the volcanic rocks give an age of 143. 9 Ma. The most recently defined basalt member in the lower part of the Cretaceous Yixian Formation was dated at 137-129 Ma, while the andesite member in the upper part at 126-120 Ma. It is ascertained that