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Yanqing Petrified Wood National Geopark is located in Yanqing County, northeast of White River on both sides surrounded by mountains. Yanqing County, southwest from the city about 30 km about 100 km away from Beijing. Huairou park east, west, north and bordering Chicheng County, Hebei Province, south of Yanqing basin. Both sides along the White River, 26 km from east to west, north and south, 6-8 km wide, with a total area of about 226 square kilometers. Geological Park to form in the 1.4-1.8 million years ago between the Upper Jurassic is characterized by silicified wood. Yanqing Petrified Wood Group is located in the eastern part of the park thousands of Zhen De Longwan Village White River under the sides of fossils in the 1.4-1.8 billion years ago, the Upper Jurassic Tuchengzi I, Sec strata, now exposed surface of the silicified wood 57 plants, fossil texture clear, hard, ring width can be argued. More than the surface pale yellow or pale brown, fresh cut surface, mostly gray and black, its shape like a tree stump was amputated, the general diameter of 0.6-1.5 meters and a maximum diameter of 2.5 meters, and more perpendicular to the ground, the height of 0.4 above the ground -0.5 m, up to l meters, only a small amount of recline or tilt up to 15 meters. Geological Park Reservoir to the north west side of White River east of Fort area and the village of Fort White River Reservoir East 600 meters, with scattered petrified wood, but also for the formation of Upper Jurassic Tuchengzi I, Sec formation. Village is located 1.5 kilometers flower pots, flower pots - Hebei side of the road. Occurrence of animal and plant fossils formation lithology is the Upper Jurassic Tuchengzi gray-green fine sandstone, dating back over 140 million years. Exposed silicified wood, mostly fossil fragments together and rock consolidation. As well as fossils of bivalves, mainly Lufeng oyster, GE's oyster, mussels and other Mengyin, especially the oyster is based. Fossils of various shapes, single, double hull has, generally well preserved shell valve. Yanqing Petrified Wood Group has the quantity, and so well preserved, in particular, all of the petrified wood produced in the original group of layers, the eastern region into a piece of convenient transportation and unique origin preserved petrified wood. In addition, there are animal and plant fossil geological park, landscape, structural features, mineral relics, landscape hydrology, eco-tourism, the folk customs and cultural landscape. |