Travertine mineralogical characteristics and development level in Huanglong, a world natural heritage, china：derived from late pleistocene to early holocene glacial u-shaped valley carbonate deposits

Travertine mineralogical characteristics and development level in Huanglong, a world natural heritage, china：derived from late pleistocene to early holocene glacial u-shaped valley carbonate deposits | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Travertine mineralogical characteristics and development level in Huanglong, a world natural heritage, china：derived from late pleistocene to early holocene glacial u-shaped valley carbonate deposits Wenhao Gao, Xinze Liu, Dong Sun, Ronglin Xu, Songjiang Zhao, Zhipeng Zhang, and 6 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4710379/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract In the long and complex process of geological evolution, the rise of the Himalayan movement and the strong Quaternary glacial movement 400,000 years ago have shaped the highly distinctive travertine landform landscape of Huanglong, China. The overflow of karst water in the high travertine layer has formed magnificent waterfalls and wonderful karst caves, as well as the world's largest open-air calcified beach flow and color pool. The unique travertine landscape has entered the public's vision. The travertine landscape composed of rare geological relics such as pools, terraces, beaches, waterfalls and karst caves is like a gorgeous garland on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, playing a pivotal role in China and even the world. The mineralogical characteristics and development level of Huanglong travertine were studied by means of hydrogeological survey, UAV aerial survey and rock and mineral analysis. The length of Huanglong Trench is 3.6 km, with an average thickness of 17.8 m, and the thickest part is 31.9m at the front of bonseong pool. Due to the strong alteration of superficial plants, the main vertical structure is diversified, with porous travertine, dense travertine and detritus travertine. Huanglong travertine was born in late Pleistocene to early Holocene of the Quaternary. The deep carbonate rocks were deposited on the surface through the water cycle. The mineral composition is mainly calcite, and the purity of CaCO 3 is generally over 95%. travertine karst world natural heritage mineralogical characteristics quaternary Carbonate rock Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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