Bus-Obo
Sign in to saveBus-Obo is a high cinder cone in Mongolia. The high cone is formed by basaltic rocks. It may be of Pleistocene or Holocene age.
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Bus-Obo is a high cinder cone in Mongolia. The high cone is formed by basaltic rocks. It may be of Pleistocene or Holocene age.
It is located within a Caledonian orogenic belt in Mongolia, in the Middle Gobi area. A low velocity zone in the mantle is associated with Bus-Obo. Other Pliocene to Pleistocene age lava flows and craters are found within the adjacent Orchon valley, their relationship to this cone is unknown.
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basalt
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Holocene
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Caledonian orogeny
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Orkhon Valley
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