摘要
Based on the data analysis of sandstone detrital fragments,heavy mineral assemblages, geochemistry, composition of conglomerates, paleocurrent and tectonic deformation, it is indicated that the provenance and tectonic-sediment setting is different in different areas in the west margin of Ordos Basin. The deposition of the Upper Triassic in Helan Mountain occurred in craton, and its source areas belonged to the Alxa massif and Bayanhaote Basin, paleocurrent was from west to east, sedimentary setting is from fan-belt to lake setting and Helan Mountain was rift basin in the Upper Triassic. The Upper Triassic sedimentation is tremendous, about 3 000 m in Shigouyi area. Based on the comprehensive analysis, it is suggested that the provenance and tectonic-sedimentation was different in different areas in the west margin of Ordos Basin, and being not uniform foreland basin simply.