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Islands in the Caucasian Sea in Three Mesozoic Time Slices: Novel Dimension of Geoheritage and Geotourism [PDF]

open access: goldJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Framing geoheritage thematically is important to reveal its diversity. Field investigations in the western part of the Greater Caucasus orogen have allowed for the characterization of three localities representing palaeoislands of the Caucasian Sea ...
Dmitry A. Ruban
doaj   +2 more sources

A new IUGS Commission for Geoheritage: The ‘ICG’ [PDF]

open access: gold, 2017
2016 marked a milestone in the development of the principles and practice of Geodiversity, Geoheritage and related conservation through the establishment of IUGS’s new International Commission on Geoheritage (ICG) at the 35th International Geological ...
Page, KN, Pereira, D
core   +5 more sources

Large-Scale Accessibility as a New Perspective for Geoheritage Assessment [PDF]

open access: goldGeosciences, 2022
The exploitation of geoheritage resources depends on their accessibility. The latter is usually established for geosites, whereas reaching the areas where geosites concentrate also deserves attention.
Yuri A. Fedorov   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The types, grades and distribution features of geoheritage in China: An inventory

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2023
Geoheritage represents typical geological phenomena formed through internal and external geological processes during the Earth's long evolution. It serves as a carrier of crucial information regarding the Earth's evolution, the origin of life, and ...
Qingwei Song   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informed Geoheritage Conservation: Determinant Analysis Based on Bibliometric and Sustainability Indicators Using Ordination Techniques

open access: yesLand, 2021
Ordination methods are used in ecological multivariate statistics in order to reduce the number of dimensions and arrange individual variables along environmental variables.
Boglárka Németh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geoheritage Threats in South African National Parks

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality, 2023
The uniqueness and potential of South African geoheritage to contribute to sustainable development is undoubtedly unmatched. However, little is known about the geoheritage threats in South Africa because geoheritage research is geographically skewed to ...
Khodani Matshusa, Llewellyn Leonard
doaj   +1 more source

Geoheritage and Cultural Heritage—A Review of Recurrent and Interlinked Themes

open access: yesGeosciences, 2022
Relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage are being increasingly explored and have become one of the mainstreams within studies of geoheritage and geodiversity.
Edyta Pijet-Migoń, Piotr Migoń
doaj   +1 more source

Geomorphological Classification of Monogenetic Volcanoes and Its Implication to Tectonic Stress Orientation in the Middle Atlas Volcanic Field (Morocco)

open access: yesLand, 2022
The Middle Atlas Volcanic Field (MAVF) covers an area of 1500 km2, with a total erupted volume of solid products (e.g., Dense Rock Equivalent or DRE) estimated to be more than 80 km3.
Mohammed Benamrane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Ceará Central Domain, in the northern Borborema Province/NE Brazil, encompasses important geological records (geosites) which allow understanding a relevant period of the Earth’s evolution, mainly associated to Neoproterozoic Brazilian/Pan-African ...
ALMEIDA AR   +60 more
core   +7 more sources

Assessment of geoheritage and prospects of geotourism: An approach to geoconservation of important geological and geomorphological sites of Puruliya district, West Bengal, India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021
Exploration of geoheritage sites is a new venture in tourism studies. The objective of the study is centred around the Geoheritage site conservation for geological and geomorphological interpretation and introduction of Geotourism involving the local ...
Avijit Ghosh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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