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Rock climbing sites as locations for geoheritage and geoscience engagement in mountains

Geology Today, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 223-227, November/December 2024.
Outdoor activities including trekking and hiking are commonly undertaken in mountains and in other environments where bedrock surfaces or bedrock‐controlled landforms are present and where users can enjoy the fresh air and the physical landscape.
Jasper Knight, Irene Maria Bollati
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An open geospatial database as a tool for geoheritage management at national scale: The case study of Greece

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica
Geological heritage or geoheritage is of at least equal significance to – and sometimes also interwoven with – cultural heritage. Hence, it holds the potential of scientific, educational, cultural, aesthetic, and touristic value.
Zoe Pantazopoulou, Antonios Mouratidis, Dimitrios D. Alexakis, Vasileios Tsioukas, Triantafyllia-Maria Perivolioti, Dimitrios Terzopoulos, Panagiotis Kalaitzis   +6 more
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Zircon Xenocrysts From Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Reveal Hotspot Activity Since the Middle Jurassic

AGU Advances, Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract We report the finding of mantle‐derived zircon grains retrieved from red soils, regoliths, and beach sands from Easter Island, that are much older than the island volcanism (0–2.5 Ma) and its underlying lithosphere (Pliocene, 3–4.8 Ma). A large population of 0–165 Ma old zircons have coherent oxygen (δ18O 3.8–5.9‰) and hafnium (εHf(t)+3.5–+12 ...
Yamirka Rojas‐Agramonte, Natalia Pardo, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Christian Winter, María Paula Marroquín‐Gómez, Shoujie Liu, Axel Gerdes, Richard Albert, Shitou Wu, Antonio García‐Casco   +9 more
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Unique Geology and Climbing: A Literature Review

Geosciences, 2020
Geological and geomorphological heritage (geoheritage) is often found in mountain domains that also provide resources for climbing, mountaineering, bouldering, and canyoning.
Dmitry A. Ruban, Vladimir A. Ermolaev
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Landform and landscape mapping, French Guiana (South America) [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper two geomorphologic maps (landform level and landscape level) are presented covering the French Guianan rainforest (84,000 km2) using full-resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The entire country was segmented into 224,000
Betbeder, Julie, Brunaux, Olivier, Carozza, Marlène, Cornu, Cyrille, Guitet, Stéphane, Richard-Hansen, Cécile   +5 more
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Diverse approaches to protecting biodiversity: The different conservation measures discussed as possible other effective area‐based conservation measures

Conservation Letters, Volume 17, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
Abstract Other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) create opportunities for a wide range of area‐based conservation strategies. As countries seek to integrate OECMs into conservation planning, it is useful to consider the types of areas that might meet the formal criteria.
Carly N. Cook
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A case for stronger integration of physical landscape processes in conservation science and practice

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2024.
Abstract I argue that the dynamic nature of contemporary, landscape‐shaping (geomorphic) processes deserves more consideration in conservation science and practice. In an analysis of a sample of fundamental terms related to geomorphology and area‐based conservation in the Web of Science, I found that the terms co‐occurred in <2% of the analyzed entries
Piotr Cienciala
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Geological heritage at risk in NW Spain. Quaternary deposits and landforms of “Southern Coast” (Baiona-A Garda) [PDF]

, 2013
Over the last decade, a knowledge base has been built up worldwide in relation to geological heritage and geodiversity, and respective working methodologies.
Alves, M. I. Caetano, Casais, Manuela Costa   +1 more
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The geolocation of features on information surfaces and the use of the open and FAIR data principles in the mountain landscape domain and geoheritage

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 98-108, April/June 2024.
Abstract This note suggests that decimal latitude/longitude [dLL] locations should be used to identify features of interest, landforms, sample and investigations sites, in an ‘information landscape’ provided by the geomorphological literature. All the information associated with a labelled, or tagged, geolocation should be available for examination as ...
W. Brian Whalley
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Mining and Geoconservation [PDF]

, 2014
[Excerpt] Mining versus geoconservation is often addressed as a source of conflict. Frequently, and misleading misconceptions arguments are used to explain this apparently difficult relation. However, the two activities may coexist.
Brilha, J. B.
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