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To What Extent Are the Type Localities of Minerals Part of Geological Heritage? A Global Review and the Case of Spain as an Example

Heritage
Currently, approximately 6000 mineral species have been identified, and every year, approximately 100 more are discovered. The discovery of a new mineral has a close relationship with geological heritage.
Ramón Jiménez-Martínez, Luis Carcavilla, Jerónimo López-Martínez, Juan Manuel Monasterio, Hugo Hermosilla   +4 more
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Geological and Structural Framework, Inventory, and Quantitative Assessment of Geodiversity: The Case Study of the Lake Faro and Lake Ganzirri Global Geosites (Italy)

Geosciences
The geoconservation policies assumed by the Sicilian Region (Italy) induced to classify as geosites all the geodiversity preserved in the Sicilian natural reserves.
Roberta Somma, Sebastiano Ettore Spoto, Salvatore Giacobbe   +2 more
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Geoconservation in Slovenia

Geologija, 2002
The contribution highlights the system of geological heritage protection according to the Nature Conservation Act (addopted 1999) regulating geoconservation more holistic than previous legislation.
Branka Hlad
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Locating Geodiversity Hotspots through Grid-Based Spatial Indexing: Lombok Island, Indonesia

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology
Locating geodiversity hotspots across large areas poses a challenge for further geopark development in Indonesia, especially on Lombok Island, which spans 5,435 km².
Danni Gathot Harbowo, Luhut Pardamean Siringoringo   +1 more
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Geotourism

Geosciences, 2019
Geotourism is one of the newest concepts within the field of tourism, and primarily focuses on promoting geological and geomorphological features in landscapes as tourist attractions.
Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
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Geoeducational assessments in Khon Kaen National Geopark, Thailand: implication for geoconservation and geotourism development. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
Singtuen V, Vivitkul N, Junjuer T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Coastal Geoheritage: Contribution to the Proposal of an Active Geomorphosite

Geosciences
The geoheritage present on the “Tindari Cape and Marinello Lakes” site (TCML, Messina Province, NE Sicily, Italy) drew our attention due to the acquired contrasting information.
Roberta Somma, Ivan Angelo Gatì, Salvatore Giacobbe   +2 more
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Classification of the Effort Index and Biomechanical Overload in Natural Trails of UNESCO Global Geoparks-A Network Perspective of Trails of the Araripe UGG (NE Brazil). [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Guimarães ES, Sá AA, Soares RC, Bandeira PFR, Moreira H, Guimarães JRS, de Lima Júnior FDÓ, Gabriel RCD.   +7 more
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Devonian geoheritage of Siberia: A case of the northwestern Kemerovo region of Russia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Gutak JM, Ruban DA, Ermolaev VA.
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Dinosaur trackways from the Upper Cretaceous Nichkesai Formation near Mayluu Suu City, Southern Tien Shan Mountains, north-western Kyrgyzstan. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci, 2023
Flannery-Sutherland JT, Kogan I, Trubin YS, Falkingham PL, Winkler A, De Sousa DD, Krylov KD, Pokhaznikova AA, Derbisheva M, Kapitany T, Dudashvili A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source