Quantification of geodiversity and its loss

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geoabundance; Geoconservation; Geodiversity; Geodiversity loss; Geological heritage site; Georichness; Mountainous Adygeja

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ADYGEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77956182681     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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