National geoparks initiated in China: Putting geoscience in the service of society

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-37

  Zhao, Xun ^a   Wang, Milly ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Geological Institute of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PARK;

CHINA;

EID: 0036525393     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2002/v25i1/005     Document Type: Article

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