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China May 2006In May 2006, Ingrid & I made our first trip to China. We went to the IAVCEI international conference on Continental Magmatism in Guangzhou, and then spent 10 days on the post-conference excursion to the Emeishan flood basalt province. Most of the trip was in Yunnan province in SW China, with a few days spent in southern Sichuan province, where the food was a bit more spicy. |
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Map of excursion route through the c. 260 Ma Emeishan flood basalt province (from the field guide written by Xigang Xu) |
Emeishan fieldtrip participants: (back L to R) Hong Zhong, Noel Davin, Moti Stein, Mike McCurry, Yigang Xu, David Peate, Oded Navon, Richard Ernst, Eero Hanski. (front L to R) Scott Bryan, Marian Munteanu, Christian Tegner, Ingrid Ukstins Peate, Zilong Li. Bin He took the picture (from Yigang Xu). |
accretionary lapilli |
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there are three types of magma on Earth: silicate, carbonate, and coconut ! |
Emeishan flood basalt lavas in the Yangtze river valley |
flow-aligned giant plagioclase basalt | ||
one of the "miners" was cute ! | Panzihua Fe-Ti-V mine | 'Stone Forest' karst scenary near Kunming | ||
ploughing rice field with water buffalo | rice plants up close | rice planting | ||
yet another fine meal | a light lunch, according to Yigang | Lijang old town at night |