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Mud
Volcano: Rare Natural Landscape in
Xinjiang
From:
Mavlan/Yasin <MYasin@UnversalCare.com>
Chinese geological experts said recently
while prospecting the mud volcano in Dushanzi of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that the mud volcano is a
rare natural landscape in the world and it's more scarce for
the erupting volcanoes like this one in Xinjiang.
They suggested that this valuable tourism resource
be developed at the earliest possible date.
This 945 meters
high yellow hill is called mud volcano and mud-spurting
hill as well. There are four volcanic vents
ranging between 30-40 cm in diameter, with the small one
as big as an egg and spurting magma unceasingly at
the top of the hill. The magma is silvery gray and cold
with a strong smell of
petroleum. According to geological
inspection, the mud volcano in Dushanzi was formed about
2-3 million years ago. It has entered its late period of
geological action and is spurting in a way of
intermission.
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