自1928年冯景兰等依据该盆地中之红层,形成独特的丹霞地貌而命名为丹霞层以后,1938年陈国达研究粤北红层时,称丹霞层为新红色岩系,南雄层为老红色岩系,并认为前者层位在上,后者层位在下。1959年李作明等对广东红层进行首次综合研究时,将粤北红层划分为下白垩统文明司岩系、马梓坪群,上白垩统灯塔岩系和下第三系丹霞岩系等,认 Since 1928, Feng Jinglan and other red basins in the basin to form a unique Danxia landform named Danxia layer later, in 1938, Chen Guoda study of northern Guangdong red layer, said Danxia layer of new red rock series, Nanxiong layer For the old red rock series, and that the former in the upper layer, the latter layer in the next. In 1959, Li Zuoming et al. Conducted the first comprehensive study of the red beds in Guangdong. The red beds in Guangdong were divided into the Lower Cretaceous Division of the Cretaceous Division, the Maziping Group, the Upper Cretaceous Lighthouse Series and the Lower Tertiary Danxia Series