Sandstone is a kind of sedimentary rock, mainly composed of sand particles, of which more than 50 are sand grains. Of the same color as sand, sandstone can have any colors, of which the most common is brown, yellow, red, graywhite. Besides basalt, thick-bedded sedimentary rock is another major rock that constitutes the Penghu Islands. The interbedded outcrops of sedimentary rockbasalt are most commonly seen in Siyu, especially in the areas of WaianNaian. These loose sandstonesmudstones were deposited along the seaside about 10 million years ago. In addition, judging from the sedimentary structurelithology, the depositional environment of these rock formations should be shallow seas, tidal flatsswamps, indicating that the basalt lava flowed to the shallow sea area at that timewas then covered by the sediments brought by the seawater. The specimens collected by this center are from Dongyuping of Wang-an Township.
砂岩是一種沉積岩,主要由砂粒膠結而成的,其中砂粒含量要大於50。砂岩的顏色和沙子一樣,可以是任何顏色,最常見的是棕色、黃色、紅色、灰色和白色。厚層沈積岩是除了玄武岩外,構成澎湖群島的另一種主要岩石,在西嶼最常見沈積岩和玄武岩互層的露頭,以外垵、內垵-帶為代表。這些疏鬆的砂岩、泥岩是在距今大約1,000萬年前,靠海邊的位置所堆積而成,另外藉由沈積構造和岩性判斷,這些岩層的沈積環境應為淺海、潮汐灘地或沼澤地,顯示出玄武岩岩漿是流至當時的淺海地區,而後才被海水帶來的沈積物所覆蓋。本中心所收藏的標本採自望安鄉東嶼坪。
Sandstone is a kind of sedimentary rock, mainly composed of sand particles, of which more than 50 are sand grains. Of the same color as sand, sandstone can have any colors, of which the most common is brown, yellow, red, graywhite. Besides basalt, thick-bedded sedimentary rock is another major rock that constitutes the Penghu Islands. The interbedded outcrops of sedimentary rockbasalt are most commonly seen in Siyu, especially in the areas of WaianNaian. These loose sandstonesmudstones were deposited along the seaside about 10 million years ago. In addition, judging from the sedimentary structurelithology, the depositional environment of these rock formations should be shallow seas, tidal flatsswamps, indicating that the basalt lava flowed to the shallow sea area at that timewas then covered by the sediments brought by the seawater. The specimens collected by this center are from Dongyuping of Wang-an Township.