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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

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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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Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li, Mike Schindler, Martha Paskin, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Elliott Scott, Sabine Hauert, Nicholas Payne, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Frederik H. Mollen, Daniel Baum, Sean Hanna, Mason N. Dean   +12 more
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Geological dimension of the cultural heritage: A case example of the Ajanta Caves (Maharashtra, India) [PDF]

, 2015
[Abstract]International development for the both geoconservation and geotourism requires attention to all kinds of (potential) geological heritage. The Ajanta Caves (western Maharashtra, India) is a famous cultural object consisting of 30 caves carved ...
Ahmad, M., Ansari, M.K., Gontareva, E.F., Ruban, D.A., Singh, T.N.   +4 more
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An osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) cranial ornamentation

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Ceratopsids are among the most distinctive and well known extinct Cretaceous vertebrates, yet many details regarding the growth and composition of their cranial features are still not fully anatomically described or understood. In particular, striking cranial adornments such as the postorbital horns and parietal‐squamosal frill of Triceratops ...
Kyle D. Obuszewski, N. Adam Smith, Guinevere Rose Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of priority geosites for public use management: application to the geological heritage inventory of São Paulo state

Geologia USP. Série Científica, 2023
The characterization of the elements of geodiversity, through different inventory and quantitative evaluation methods, in the past decades, has allowed the identification of the most representative sites of the regional geological evolution of the state
Priscila Lopes de Abreu Santos, Maria da Glória Motta Garcia   +1 more
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Problems of preservation of architectural heritage of the historical center of Kiev in conditions of increasing ecological and technogenic risk

Геофизический журнал, 2011
The substantial part of the historical centre of Kiev with the architectural heritage is located in the zones of a geological risk, i.e. zones of the development of the dangerous natural and tech-nogenic processes.
V. I. Starostenko, A. E. Antonyuk, M. G. Demchishin, A. P. Dyshlyk, A.V. Kendzera, P. I. Krivosheev, S. P. Levashov, V. I. Lyalko, Yu. A. Maslov, I. V. Matveev, A. G. Mychak, V. D. Omelchenko, N. I. Orlenko, V. F. Rybin, Yu. S. Slyusarenko, N. Kh. Sokovnina, M. M. Teremenko   +16 more
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mechanism of protection of proposed Geopark West of Khorasan Razavi by brilha method [PDF]

نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2018
Geotourism, encourages tourism into geosite and conservation of geodiversity and an understanding of earth sciences. One way to effectively protection and conservation geodiversity is that valuable parts such as geoheritage (geological and ...
Mohammad Ali Zanganeh Asadi, Abolghasem Amirahmadi, ali akbar shayan yeganeh   +2 more
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Widespread distribution of large silesaurids evidenced by a new record from the Middle Triassic of southwest Gondwana

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The largest silesaurid known from South America is described here, demonstrating that silesaurids reached large body sizes in southwestern Gondwana. This discovery further underscores the widespread geographic distribution and temporal persistence of large silesaurids across Pangea, despite faunal turnovers and environmental events such as the Carnian ...
Rodrigo Temp Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Automated Feature Extraction and Classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets in the Puck Lagoon via Multisensor Remote Sensing

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski, Andrzej Pydyn, Mateusz Popek, Anna M. Kotarba‐Morley, Paweł Tysiąc   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

London’s foundations protecting the geodiversity of the capital [PDF]

, 2009
This report describes a geodiversity audit of London commissioned by a partnership led by the Greater London Authority (GLA), which includes the British Geological Survey (BGS), Natural England, Government Office for London, London Biodiversity ...
Aldiss, Don, Barron, Hugh, Harrison, Anna, Thompson, Joanna, Woods, Mark   +4 more
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