Nashan Geological Museum / Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering

Nashan Mountain is a shield-shaped ancient volcano formed 10 million years ago, with a complete set of volcanic eruptive facies, overflow facies, eruptive unconformities, faults, and other geological structures. There are also a series of geological relics such as basalt, sandstone, sedimentary rock, breccia, peridotite, diabase, volcanic bomb, and volcanic cinder. A large number of yuhua stones, wood fossils, and bone fossils have been discovered in the sands of the Cretaceous period. The most valuable asset of science, research, and landscape in Nashan Mountain are the basalt columns.

Nashan Geological Museum / Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering
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