Chilung Volcanic Group

Chilung Volcano Group
Chilung Volcano Group
	Chilungshan (基隆山), one of the volcanoes, has a height of 588 m.
Highest point
Coordinates	25°07′18″N 121°50′54″E / 25.1218°N 121.8482°E
Geography
	Chilung Volcano Group Chilung Volcano Group is located in northern Taiwan
Location	Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Geology
Volcanic arc	Ryukyu arc

The Chilung Volcanoes (Chinese: 基隆火山群; pinyin: Jīlóng Huǒshān Qún) are a group of extinct volcanoes located in northern Taiwan, lying to the east of Taipei and Keelung (Chilung), and adjoining the northern coast of the island of Taiwan.^[1] Together with Mount Guanyin and the Tatun Volcano Group, it belongs to the northern Taiwan volcanic province, constituting the western end of the island chains of the Ryukyu arc. Five separate bodies can be distinguished: Chilungshan (Mount Keelung), Penshan, Wutanshan, Tsaoshan and Chimuling.^[2]

The group is mainly composed of andesite, although there is some heterogeneity caused by the mixing between mantle-derived and continental material. Aging of andesite, biotite, and zircon samples have yielded age estimates between 0.8 and 1.7 Ma.^[2] It comprises the largest gold-copper deposits of Taiwan.^[3]

References

^ Robinson, A.M.; Lin, J.-C. (2014). "Taiwan geotourism: a volcanic experience". In Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia (ed.). Volcanic Tourist Destinations. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 183–192. ISBN 978-3-642-16191-9.
^ ^a ^b Wan, Yusheng; Ho, Kungsuan; Liu, Dunyi; Zhou, Hongying; Dong, Chunyan; Ma, Mingzhu (2012). "Micro-scale heterogeneity of andesite from Chilungshan, northern Taiwan: Evidence from melt inclusions, geochronology and Hf–O isotopes of zircons". Chemical Geology. 328: 244–258. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.025.
^ Yen, Tsang-Po; Tzou, Yu-Hua; Wu, Shing-Whrong (April 1979). "Geology of the Chilung volcano group district, northern Taiwan". Proceedings of the Geological Society of China (in Chinese and English). 22: 94–104.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Taiwan_geotourism-1] Robinson, A.M.; Lin, J.-C. (2014). "Taiwan geotourism: a volcanic experience". In Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia (ed.). Volcanic Tourist Destinations. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 183–192. ISBN 978-3-642-16191-9.

[Wan_et_al._2012-2] Wan, Yusheng; Ho, Kungsuan; Liu, Dunyi; Zhou, Hongying; Dong, Chunyan; Ma, Mingzhu (2012). "Micro-scale heterogeneity of andesite from Chilungshan, northern Taiwan: Evidence from melt inclusions, geochronology and Hf–O isotopes of zircons". Chemical Geology. 328: 244–258. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.025.

[3] Yen, Tsang-Po; Tzou, Yu-Hua; Wu, Shing-Whrong (April 1979). "Geology of the Chilung volcano group district, northern Taiwan". Proceedings of the Geological Society of China (in Chinese and English). 22: 94–104.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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v t e Topography of Taiwan
Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Jialishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai'an Range (Coastal Range) Xueshan Range Yushan Range
Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau
Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chiayi–Tainan Plain Huadong Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain
Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin
Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes
* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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