Volcanic Rocks and Petrology

2021-03-18

The Yandangshan Caldera was a combined result of acidic lava explosion, effusion, extrusion and intrusion forming different rock facies, accumulation of ground surge, pyroclastic flow, air fall, base surge, rhyolitic lava, dome and secondary volcanic rock

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Paleo-volcanology

2021-03-18

The geoheritage of Yandangshan is a formation and evolution representation of revived caldera in the Asian continent margin of the late Mesozoic Era. It recorded the complete geological evolution process, including eruption, collapse, regrowth and uplifti

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Scientific Value

2021-03-18

andangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located at the south of the Asian continent margin, -- the marginal-pacific tectonic domain of China. In the Mesozoic Era, a low angle, oblique subduction occurred by the Kula plate (a part of the paleo-pacific plate) t

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Geomorphology

2021-03-18

Yandangshan is one of the southern ranges of Kuocang Mountain having a middle to low mountainous terrain. It runs in a northeast-southwest direction with the highest point at 1,108.1m. The mountain is lower in the east and west sides. The central part of

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