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Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources [PDF]
Resources, 2020 This Special Issue wants to outline the role of Geoheritage and Geotourism as potential touristic resources of a region. The term “Geoheritage” refers to a peculiar type of natural resources represented by sites of special geological significance, rarity or beauty that are representative of a region and of its geological history, events and processes ...
Santangelo N., Valente E.
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Geoheritage and Geoconservation: Some Remarks and Considerations
Sustainability, 2023 Topics related to geoheritage research, protection, and conservation, as well as the enhancement and dissemination of geoheritage knowledge, have experienced an important increase in interest regarding the perspectives of both research and management ...
E. Pescatore, M. Bentivenga, S. Giano
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Land, 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
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Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil [PDF]
, 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
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International 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
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Journal of Palaeogeography, 2020 Sichuan Basin is very famous for the Mesozoic reptiles, especially the Jurassic dinosaurs. Here, we report some isolated plesiosaurian teeth and vertebrae newly excavated from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation in Yunyang county, Chongqing City ...
Feng Zhang +5 more
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Heritage, 2022 Recognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea.
Dmitry A. Ruban +2 more
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Large-Scale Accessibility as a New Perspective for Geoheritage Assessment
Geosciences, 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
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Land surface diversity: A geomorphodiversity index of Italy
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 48, Issue 15, Page 3025-3040, December 2023., 2023 Geomorphodiversity refers to the variety of landforms and morphological processes characterizing the landscape. The definition of an index to quantify geomorphodiversity is a relevant step for Earth science, land use management, geoheritage conservation, and helps describing the interaction between abiotic and biotic compartments.
Martina Burnelli +2 more
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Seeing beyond the frames we inherit: A challenge to tenacious conservation narratives
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 2107-2123, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices brought upon people living in and around conservation landscapes. This has resulted in increasing calls for critical reflection on the narratives driving conservation research and practice ...
Stephen M. Chignell, Terre Satterfield
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