The wonder of the ice mortar

The wonder of the ice mortar

In the long geological history, the magic power of nature has created a magnificent natural landscape here. There are widely distributed, large-scale, characteristic, well preserved, rare at home and abroad, which can be called "world wonder" and "world unique".

In the long geological history, the magic power of nature has created a magnificent natural landscape here. There are widely distributed, large-scale, characteristic, well preserved, rare at home and abroad, which can be called "world wonder" and "world unique". The glacial mortar group is one of the strong evidences for the existence of glaciers, which is the direct product of glaciers. Two or three million years ago, under the condition of "closed" and "semi closed" ice cover, when glacial melt water flowed down along the glacier fissure, due to the huge pressure in the ice layer, the bedrock and glacial boulders were strongly impacted, swam and ground in the form of "cylindrical water drill", and finally deep pits were formed. These pits are very similar to the stone mortar in the south, so they are called glacial mortar.

Glacial mortar is also a good carrier to study paleoclimate, paleohuman living environment changes and the evolution of man land relationship. According to the special investigation and study, there are valley glaciers in this area in the early and middle late Pliocene of Quaternary, which may develop into ice caps of a certain scale, accompanied by glacial activities at that time. Due to the long-term swirling erosion of ice and snow melt water with a potential energy during the glacial period, the glacial mortar groups with different sizes and shapes were formed on the granite mountains with uniform particles and easy weathering. The discovery and research of this peculiar geological phenomenon not only has high scientific value, but also has important practical significance. It is a precious natural heritage of Balinzuoqi.

Address: Yueshan village, Qingyuan County, Lishui City

Longitude: 119.17887115479

Latitude: 27.491214752197

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