摘要
天柱山地质公园位于安徽省安庆市境内,面积约413.14km^2。公园内举世闻名的超高压变质带、郯庐断裂带,独具特色的花岗岩地貌、丰富多彩的水文地质遗迹、产出多样的古新世哺乳类动物化石等,极具典型性、稀有性与自然完整性,这些地质遗迹集中反映了20亿年以来天柱山地区地质演化历史,被公认为大陆动力学的天然实验室。
Tianzhu Mountain Geopark is located in Qianshan County Anqing City Anhui Province with total area of around 413.14 km2. The world-famous ultra high pressure metamorphic belt, Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone, unique granite landscapes, varieties of rich hydrogeological heritages and prolific diverse Paleocene mammalian fossils are of very typicality, rarity and natural integrity. Tianzhu Mountain Geopark with these geoheritages, which epitomize two billion years of geological evolution in Tianzhu Moun- tain region, is recognized as a natural laboratory of continental dynamics.