dah liao layer
[Hway
Jee Temple] [Shih Lin Elementary]
[Wen
Trung Temple] [memory garden]
[dah liao layer] [yellow leaf plantlife]
[Kai
King legend]
[Wen Trung God and schoars]
| title: hway jee temple |
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| artist: Wu and Wu ( team members ) |
In memory garden there lies a giant and special rock, within which lies the fossils of various sea animals. Why would a rock on a hill have sea animal fossils?
About
22 to 20 million years ago, what is now Chee-Shan Rock is just under a
blue ocean, and thus shells and sea urchins and other animals lived in
this area. After a long period of time, did the land actually emerge
to become what is now a small hill and the dah liao layer.
The Chee-Shan Rock lies on top of the dah liao layer, and thus we see these sea animal fossils.
The dah liao layer consists of two different types of rock formations. One is made of sand, and is light colored; the other is made of more refined sand, and has a darkish gray color.
Because
of various movements within the earth's crust and blocks, what was under
sea now becomes a hill. And therefore it is not uncommon to find
other similar sea animals fossils in the Chee-Shan Rock area.
