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The Unique Granite Gorge in Mountainous Adygeya, Russia: Evidence of Big and Complex Geosite Disproportions [PDF]
Geosciences, 2019 Geological heritage sites (geosites) are subject to conservation and exploitation for science, education, and tourism. Some geosites are big and comprise diverse phenomena.
Anna V. Mikhailenko +3 more
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Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2015 Trace fossils may be of crucial importance for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, which is demonstrated by example of new ichnological finds in Mountainous Adygeya.
E. E. Plyusnina +3 more
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Geosites of Northern Mountainous Adygeya (Southwestern Russia): A Novel Vision
GeosciencesTerritorial inventories of geosites remain on the international agenda, and they can help in acquiring information for solving pure geological research tasks.
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban
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New ichnological findings in Hauterivian sandstones of Mountainous Adygeya
Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведкаBackground. Trace fossils are highly informative objects for geological investigations. However, the information about their distribution in sedimentary settings lacks completeness.
D. A. Ruban +3 more
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TYPOLOGY OF GEOCONSERVATION OBJECTS IN MOUNTAINOUS ADYGEYA
Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Biology. Earth Sciences, 2023 Geological heritage constitutes a precious natural resource, its studies are dynamically evolved research direction, and its protection and use are subjects of geoconservation. Mountainous Adygeya in the southwest of Russia has already become a locus for testing the related methods, but some questions about its geological heritage remain open.
A.V. Mikhailenko, D.A. Ruban
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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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Geosciences, 2022 New investigations in the Western Caucasus contribute to the understanding of granite pseudokarst (sensu lato) and megaclasts linked to river erosion. A plot on the bank of the Belaya River (Mountainous Adygeya, Western Caucasus) was selected to examine ...
Dmitry A. Ruban
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Bridges as Geoheritage Viewpoints in the Western Caucasus
Geosciences, 2021 Distant observation of unique geological and geomorphological features facilitates comprehension and tourism of these important resources. Bridges offer an opportunity for such observation, and the idea of bridge-based geoheritage viewpoints is proposed.
Anna V. Mikhailenko +2 more
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Heritage, 2022 Relief inversion is the result of an unusual interplay between landform evolution and peculiarities of geological settings. Recent fieldwork in Mountainous Adygeya in the western part of the Greater Caucasus mountains has enabled the identification of ...
Dmitry A. Ruban +2 more
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Quaternary Sediments in Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus
Heritage, 2023 Some previous studies have already highlighted the importance of Quaternary sediments as geoheritage, although the related knowledge remains incomplete and geographically biased.
Dmitry A. Ruban
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