Paleogeography as geological heritage: Developing geosite classification

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 300-312

  Bruno, Delia Evelina ^a,b   Crowley, Brooke E ^c   Gutak, Jaroslav M ^d   Moroni, Adriana ^e   Nazarenko, Olesya V ^f   Oheim, Kathryn B ^g   Ruban, Dmitry A ^b,f,h   Tiess, Günter ^b,i   Zorina, Svetlana O ^j,k  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b International Agency for Minerals Policy MinPol   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d SIBERIAN STATE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g Suffolk County Department of Planning   (United States)

^h University of Leoben ^*  (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^j Central Research Institute of Geology of Industrial Minerals   (Russian Federation)

^k KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Geodiversity; Geological heritage; Geotourism; Paleoecosystem; Paleoenvironment; Paleogeographical geosite

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE CONSERVATION; ICHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SITE SELECTION; TAPHONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84908268411     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.06.005     Document Type: Review

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