Recognition and assessment of geomorphosites in Malta at the Il-Majjistral nature and history park

Geoheritage

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Coratza, Paola ^a   Bruschi, Viola Maria ^b   Piacentini, Daniela ^a   Saliba, Darren ^c   Soldati, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c The Heritage Parks Federation   (Malta)

Author keywords

Geomorphosite recognition; Malta; Quantitative geomorphosite assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859969470     PISSN: 18672477     EISSN: 18672485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12371-011-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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