Tuff and Volcanogenic Structure on Jageundaeseom Island, Sinan
신안 작은대섬 응회암과 화산성구조 · 新安 작은대섬 凝灰岩과 火山性構造
Natural Monument
Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.krIt clearly shows the characteristics of the volcanic activity that occurred in the southern Korean Peninsula at the end of the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era. A range of structures — cooling joints in the volcanic clastic material, the tuff that filled the resulting voids, and wave-patterned rhyolite — are of great academic value, while weathered hollows (tafoni) and net-like veinlets also give the site scenic value.
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- Region
- Sinan, Jeonnam & Gwangju
- Designation
- Natural Monument · 천연기념물
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