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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (05): 1411-1422.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.113

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Route Planning and Ponder of Geoscience Study Travel in Hualong County, Qinghai Province

LI Junlei1(), ZHANG Xujiao1(), WANG Yifan1, ZHANG Xiangge1, WANG Chongge1, YUAN Xiaoning1, LIU Xinlan1, WANG Kaiya1, RAO Haoshu1, LIU Jiang2, QIN Yuan2,3   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083,China
    2. Division of Development Planning and Discipline Construction, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083,China
    2. Government of Hui Autonomous County of Hualong County in Qinghai Province,Hualong,Qinghai 810904, China
  • Received:2023-09-01 Revised:2023-10-30 Online:2023-10-10 Published:2023-11-14

Abstract:

Geoscience study travel is a new engine to utilize the resources of geological heritage to carry out the popularization of geoscience, which in turn leads to geotourism. Yet, due to the fact that the guiding ideology and methodology of study route planning are still unclear, there are problems such as limited study objects, superficial course contents, insufficient scientific inquiry, and emphasizing on touring but not on studying, etc. in geoscience study in general. Hualong County in Qinghai Province, which is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, preserving significant geological heritage such as the convergence of Rodinia supercontinent, the subduction and closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean, the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the Yellow River evolution, etc., which is a unique resource to carry out geoscience study travel. This paper discusses the design ideas of geoscience study planning from the guiding ideology, scientific questions and supporting facilities, taking Huarong County as an example.Based on the detailed field geological survey, the characteristics, types, distribution and scientific value of geological heritage in Hualong County have been systematically researched and deeply excavated. Taking the Early Paleozoic Ophiolite Suite in Laji Mountain, Xining Group-Hualong Complex Angular Unconformity, Danxia landform, Red Soil Forest landform and paleoseismic dammed-lake as the key points of the study, we have planned out the Lamu Gorge-Heshijia “the Meeting of one Billion Years”, Ahetan Village-Gongbo Gorge “Flowing Water-the Sculptor of Nature”, Keba Village-Jinyuan Township “Double-edged Sword of Neotectonic Movement”, Yaoshuiquan-Ansiduo Township “Conversion of Sea and Land with Ophiolite”, Xiaqiong Temple-Gangshan Mountain “the Winding Yellow River, the Forest Sea of Plateau”, a total of five geoscience study routes. It also proposes the methods of planning and designing geoscience study routes oriented by geoscience questions and guided by the earth system view and the theory of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. It can provide a scientific basis for the development of geotourism in Hualong County, and also has a certain reference value for the development of geoscience study in other areas.

Key words: geoscience study travel, geological heritage, route planning, Hualong County, Yellow River, northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

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