Ancient Seafloor Mediterranean Heritages have been found in Kanas, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 28^th,2015. This discovery is an accidental gain in the scientific investigation.Because that the Ancient Mediterranean Heritages are located in the middlesection of Altai Mountain, which is the remote mountainous area with 2500 meters high. Because that the local herdsmen live in the areas remote from the site and rarely graze there, the ecological environment around remains in good condition.

The Ancien tMediterranean Heritages are typical marine sedimentary rocks with 100 million years’ history. The movement of the crustal plate has caused the upheaval of Altai Mountain. Especially when it came into the quaternary period when the glacier formed, the rocks would be covered with glacier. As the climate warmed,lots of sedimentary rocks in seafloor were damaged by the glacier. But because that the special location of these rocks was in the upper bend of the glacier,it nearly had not been damaged and had been preserved well. This discovery is of great scientific significance to research the glacier in the quatenary period and the formation of Altai Mountain.

The Altai Mountain obliquely cross China, Kazakhstan,Russia and Mongolia,reaching a length of more than 2000 kilometers. The Altai Mountain in China is the middle southern slope. The highest peak is the friendship peak in the junction of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia with the elevation of 437meters. Millions of years ago, the Altai Mountain was located in the ancient Mediterranean. Then the ancient Mediterranean experienced the geological time and formed the marine sedimentary rocks. When entering into the orogeny in thetertiary and quaternary period, they became the high mountains now.

Time：2015.7.28

Source：China news