Keluo

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Keluo (ChineseScript error: No such module "Lang"., p Kēluò) is a dormant volcanic field Script error: No such module "convert". north-by-northwest of Daquijin in northeastern China. It is located at an intersection of regional lineaments trending northeast and northwest; the volcanoes were erupted through basement igneous and sedimentary rocks from the Jurassic to Cretaceous, through granite, and through pre-Permian metasediments. Like the Wudalianchi volcanic to its south, it contains high-potassium basaltic cinder cones.[1]

The field possesses 23 cones over an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. There are reports of historical activity, but these remain unconfirmed. The morphology of a number of the conesTemplate:Mdashincluding Nanshan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Gushan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Jianshan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Dayishan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Xiaoyishan (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Template:Mdashsuggests their formation during the last 10,000 years (the Holocene). Most cones to the northeast, however, probably date from the Pleistocene to the Tertiary.[1]

Other peaks include Dangzishan, Heishan, and Muhenanshan.[1]

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References

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  1. a b c VolcanoDiscovery. "Keluo volcano". Accessed 25 July 2014.

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