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Honggeertu volcanic field

Volcanic field in China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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41.47°N 113°E / 41.47; 113[1] Honggeertu is a volcanic field in China, in Inner Mongolia.[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]

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