Loess towards (GEO) tourism - proposed application on loess in vojvodina region (North Serbia)

Acta Geographica Slovenica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-406

  Vasiljević, Djordjije A ^a   Marković, Slobodan B ^a   Hose, Thomas A ^b   Smalley, Ian ^c   O'Hara Dhand, Ken ^c   Basarin, Biljana ^a   Lukić, Tin ^a   Vujičić, Miroslav D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Rockhounds Welcome   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geoheritage; Geotourism; Interpretation; Loess; Palaeosol; Serbia; Vojvodina

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SERBIA; VOJVODINA;

EID: 84555209168     PISSN: 15816613     EISSN: 15818314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/AGS51305     Document Type: Article

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