Gongguan Tuff Explained

The Gongguan Tuff is a stratum distributed in the northern part of Taiwan. In 1930, Yuichi Ichikawa named it the Gongguan Tuff. It is a product of volcanic eruptions on the seafloor during the Miocene, 20 to 23 million years ago. The thickness of the public tuff varies greatly from a few meters to 200 meters or thicker.[1]

There are displays on the trail next to the Zun-yin Hall of NTU and the Land Temple of National Taiwan University, which was originally a mound composed of the Gongguan Tuff.[2]

Distribution

The public house tuffs are mainly distributed in northern Taiwan, from Keelung and Wanli in the north to Dahan Creek and Jiao Ban Mountain in Taoyuan City in the south. It is not found south of the Zhutoujiao River stage of the Dahan River at the junction of Taoyuan and Hsinchu, so Zhutoujiao is regarded as the southernmost boundary of the Gongguan Tuff.[3]

There are four best areas where the Public House Tuff is exposed

References

  1. Web site: 財團法人國語日報社 . 2023-05-09 . www.mdnkids.com.
  2. Web site: 2015-04-02 . 大安區-公館凝灰岩 . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123211/http://gisweb.taipei.gov.tw/GeoKnow/docs/word/topic/daan/DaanNo1.html . 2015-04-02 .
  3. Web site: 數位典藏學術研究資源網 - 自然與人文數位博物館 . 2023-05-09 . digimuse.nmns.edu.tw.