Brief Description
"The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period of 20 million years into a series of beehive-shaped towers or cones, whose steeply sloping surfaces are distinctly marked by regular horizontal bands of dark-grey cyanobacterial crust (single-celled photosynthetic organisms). These outstanding examples of cone karst owe their existence and uniqueness to several interacting geological, biological, erosional and climatic phenomena."
波奴鲁鲁国家公园
"占地面积239 723公顷的波奴鲁鲁国家公园位于西澳大利亚州。公园内有挺拔独立的“嘣咯嘣咯山”(Bungle Bungle Range)。泥盆纪时代的石英砂经过2000万年的侵蚀，形成了蜂巢状塔形和圆锥形山峦。这些山峦的峭壁上是规则的暗灰色水平带，由古代藻青菌（一种能 进行光合作用的单细胞生物）沉积而成。这些极具特色的圆锥形喀斯特地貌，是由地质变化、生物影响、侵蚀作用和气候变化等诸多因素之间相互影响而形成的。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1094
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