Honggeertu volcanic field

Honggeertu is a volcanic field in China, in the Nei Mongol Province.[1]

The field is formed by twelve basaltic cinder cones.[1] Some of the cones formed on a fault.[2] It may be of Holocene age.[1] Young lava flows from this field look much younger than these of Quaternary volcanoes in the neighbourhood.[3] The volcanism may originate in the tectonic effects of the movement of the Ordos Block. Seismic tomography indicates the presence of a low velocity region at the volcano.[4]

References
  1. "Honggeertu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  2. Whitford-Stark, J. L. (1987). "A survey of Cenozoic volcanism on mainland Asia". A Survey of Cenozoic Volcanism on Mainland Asia. Geological Society of America Special Papers. 213. pp. 1–74. doi:10.1130/SPE213-p1. ISBN 0-8137-2213-6. ISSN 0072-1077.
  3. Wei, H.; Sparks, R.S.J.; Liu, R.; Fan, Q.; Wang, Y.; Hong, H.; Zhang, H.; Chen, H.; Jiang, C.; Dong, J.; Zheng, Y.; Pan, Y. (February 2003). "Three active volcanoes in China and their hazards". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 21 (5): 516. Bibcode:2003JAESc..21..515W. doi:10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00081-0.
  4. Zheng, Yong; Shen, Weisen; Zhou, Longquan; Yang, Yingjie; Xie, Zujun; Ritzwoller, Michael H. (2011). "Ambient Noise Tomography of North east ern China, the Korean Peninsula, and the Sea of Japan". Journal of Geophysical Research: 18–19. doi:10.1029/2011JB008637.
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