TRIVIAS: GEOLOGICAL MONUMENT Flashcards
a continental block represented by northern Palawan, Southern Mindoro, Romblon Island group and Baruanga Peninsula in Panay
North Palawan Block
a continental block consist of pre-upper cretaceous low grade metamorphic basement, overlain by upper cretaceous and upper eocene strata
Mindoro Block
the second Highest mountain in the Philippines(2938m) and also possesses one of the most impressive forests in the Philippines
Mt. Dulang - Dulang
the source rock of Malampaya Gas field
Nido Limestone
famous for being called “born of fire”. Because despite its small land area, it is a home for 7 volcanoes: Mount Vulcan Daan, Mount Mambajao, Mount Karling, Mount Uhay, Guinisiliban Peak, Tres Marias Mountain, and Mount Hibok-Hibok.
Camiguin Volcanic Complex
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Binangonan Formation
Mount Apo
Koronadal Formation
Consists of two NE-trending faults: the Western and Eastern Valley Faults that transect parts of eastern Metro Manila and possibly extend southwards to Tagaytay Ridge
Marikina Fault System
it embodies an arc-continent collision event during the Miocene involving portions of the North Palawan Block and Philippine Mobile Belt
Mindoro Island
It is flanked on the west (and partially underlain) by the Zambales Ophiolite Complex, an easterly-dipping slab of Eocene ocean crust uplifted during the late Oligocene (Villones, 1980).
Mt. Pinatubo
is a tectonic boundary between the Palawan- Mindoro microcontinental block and the western edge of the Philippine Mobile Belt.
Tablas Lineament
It is essentially a strike-slip (left-lateral) fault in the vicinity of Verde passage, but appears to transform into a transpressional (thrust/left-lateral) fault as it cuts through the southern section of the Manila Trench accretionary prism.
Lubang-Verde Passage Fault System
it is located west of Luzon Island opposite the East-Luzon Trough and represents the morphologic expression of the subduction of the oceanic crust of the South China Sea under the Luzon Arc
Manila Trench
Represents the northernmost volcano of the present day Sangihe arc
Balut Volcano
The youngest limestone unit blanketing most of the western part of the island and all the other islets fringing Bohol
Maribojoc Limestone
Historically known as San Juan De Sahagun, a barangay that sank after an earthquake and resulted to a lake. It was formed as a result of coastal progradation and the subsequent development of a sand dune barrier during the late Quaternary Period.
Paoay Lake
Karstic caves of Sagada Mountain province have been dated as Oligocene and is part of what formation?
Tineg Formation
The formation where we can find stegodon (elephant) fossils aged as Pleistocene
Guadalupe Formation
Highest volcanic center in Southwest Luzon
Mt. Banahaw
most active volcano in the Philippines, erupting over 47 times in the past 500 years.
Mayon Volcano
Paoay Sand Dunes , Ilocos Norte
Quaternary Alluvium
This formation is the upper member of the Maribojoc Limestone and where the Chocolate hills are believed to be part of.
Cortes Limestone
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Beaufort Ultramafics
Represents Mt. Banahaw, the highest volcanic center in southwestern Luzon.
Banahaw Volcanic Complex
Philippines is located within the ________________, at the center of the highest marine diversity in the world, which accounts for the rich and colorful marine life
Coral triangle
a remnant of a mantle-plume
Urdaneta Plateau
the only fault that intersects the Philippine trench and Philippine fault. It also connects the Philippine trench and Philippine fault.
Legaspi Lineament
It is the formation where the Jurassic fossil ammonite was discovered.
Mansalay Formation
An actively deforming zone created between the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and the eastern margin of the Eurasian Plate.
Philippine Mobile Belt (PMB)
It is parallel to the western coasts of the islands of Panay and Negros where the oceanic crust of the Sulu Sea Basin is being consumed.
Negros Trench
Formed from the eruption of Mt. San Cristobal
7 lakes of San Pablo
this will be constructed within the zone of two active tectonic plates represented by the Philippine Fault Zone and the Valley Fault System.
Kaliwa Dam
It is the highest mountain in the province of Romblon.
Mt. Guiting-Guiting
Interbeds of conglomerates, conglomerate sandstones and coraline limestone from the Romblon Island Group that formed during the Pleistocene.
Peliw Formation
Vulcan Point is the world’s largest island within a lake, that is situated on an island, located in a lake within an island. In what province does it belong?
Batangas
a mountain in Mogpog, Marinduque where the iconic stone marker of the Luzon Datum of 1911 or also known as ‘The Geodetic Center of the Philippines’ lies
Mount Mataas
It is the longest river in the Philippines, having a length of 390km.
Agusan River
Volcanic arc that comprise the Mt. Pinatubo
Bataan Volcanic Arc Complex