Geoheritage and sport climbing activities: using the Montestrutto cliff (Austroalpine domain, Western Alps) as an example of scientific and educational representativeness

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-199

  Bollati, Irene ^a   Zucali, Michele ^a   Giovenco, Cristina ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sesia lanzo zone; Sites of geological and geomorphological interest; Sport climbing; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; GEODIVERSITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALPS; ITALY; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84919418307     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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