Advances in Earth Science ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 691-699. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2015.06.0691

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The Geological Heritage of Mount Emei in Sichuan Province and Its Geological Significance

Liu Zhonglan 1, Li Jianghai 1, Jiang Jiaqi 2, Yu Han 3   

  1. 1. The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; 2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; 3. China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing 100044, China
  • Online:2015-06-25 Published:2015-06-25

Liu Zhonglan, Li Jianghai, Jiang Jiaqi, Yu Han. The Geological Heritage of Mount Emei in Sichuan Province and Its Geological Significance[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2015, 30(6): 691-699.

Mount Emei, which was enrolled in the list of “World Natural and Cultural Heritage” together with the Giant Stone Buddha of Leshan Mountain in 1996, is not only a famous natural heritage, but also a cultural heritage. Mount Emei Scenic area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic area is a dual inheritance of nature and culture. The geological heritage of Mount Emei is represented by the Maidiping Simian-Cambrian boundary section, various landform like fault block mountain Emei and specific Emeishan basalts and Emeishan granite. In this paper, we used the geological heritage resources in Mount Emei as the foundation, upper Yangtze block stratigraphic plot and block landform unit on the east margin of Sichuan Basin as the research visual angle, to construct a complete geological heritage resources system of Mount Emei, which is consisted of 5 categories, 18 subgroups, more than 60 geological heritage scenic spots in total. Based on the analysis of the geological structural features and the achievements in former scientific research, this paper investigated the geological structural features, types and distribution of geological heritage resources system and geologic significance of the geological heritage. The results indicated that complete stratigraphic sequence in Mount Emei was the material conditions of all kinds of geological section heritage, paleontological activity inheritance as well as karst geomorphologic landscape, and in the meantime, the strong tectonic movement since the Cenozoic provided the Neotectonic backgrounds of tectonic geomorphology, water landscape, etc. The research of geological heritage in Mount Emei has important geoscience significance in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, deep geodynamics and tectonics.

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