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Edyta Pijet-Migon and Piotr Migon
Relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage are being increasingly explored and have become one of the mainstreams within studies of geoheritage and geodiversity. In this review paper, we identify the main and secondary themes at the geoherit...
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Javier Dóniz-Páez, Esther Beltrán-Yanes, Rafael Becerra-Ramírez, Nemesio M. Pérez, Pedro A. Hernández and William Hernández
Volcanic areas create spectacular landscapes that contain a great diversity of geoheritage. The study of this geoheritage enables us to inventory, characterise, protect and manage its geodiversity. The Canary Islands are a group of subtropical active vol...
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Dmitry A. Ruban
Framing geoheritage thematically is important to reveal its diversity. Field investigations in the western part of the Greater Caucasus orogen have allowed for the characterization of three localities representing palaeoislands of the Caucasian Sea, whic...
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Laura Melelli, Massimo Palombo and Sabrina Nazzareni
The paper proposes a method to valorize abandoned mines whose traces were lost in the territory and in the collective memory. We selected two case studies in the Umbria region (central Italy) that were used as examples. The evidence of the presence of li...
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Dmitry A. Ruban
New investigations in the Western Caucasus contribute to the understanding of granite pseudokarst (sensu lato) and megaclasts linked to river erosion. A plot on the bank of the Belaya River (Mountainous Adygeya, Western Caucasus) was selected to examine ...
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Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Paúl Carrión-Mero, Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí and Edgar Berrezueta
Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of the contributions that address the topics...
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George Zafeiropoulos, Hara Drinia, Assimina Antonarakou and Nikolaos Zouros
The purpose of this review is, initially, to emphasize the importance of geoenvironmental education for the promotion and preservation of geological heritage and geoethical values, and based on these, to present the current situation in Greece. Geoeducat...
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Anna V. Mikhailenko, Vladimir A. Ermolaev and Dmitry A. Ruban
Distant observation of unique geological and geomorphological features facilitates comprehension and tourism of these important resources. Bridges offer an opportunity for such observation, and the idea of bridge-based geoheritage viewpoints is proposed....
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Lucie Kubalíková, Ale? Bajer and Marie Balková
Geodiversity has an irreplaceable significance for both biodiversity and for human society as it has numerous functions and offers various benefits and services. These have been already recognized and assessed by using numerous approaches and methods (e....
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Jaroslav M. Gutak, Dmitry A. Ruban and Natalia N. Yashalova
Marine geoheritage comprises unique geological features of modern and ancient seas and oceans. The Russian Altai (southern Siberia) is a vast and geologically rich area, which was covered by a marginal sea of the Panthalassa Ocean in the Devonian. New ge...
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John E. Gordon
Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communiti...
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John E. Gordon
Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communiti...
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Alexandros Aristotelis Koupatsiaris and Hara Drinia
The relationship between humans and the environment in the modern world is challenging. UNESCO Global Geoparks are current holistic approaches for protecting and managing geographical areas that emphasise local communities and sustainability. This paper ...
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Guiomar Calvo, Beatriz Carrasquer-Álvarez and Javier Martínez-Aznar
Salt harvesting through natural solar evaporation of salt brines is a practice notably abundant in the Iberian Peninsula. Such activity has been relevant for human consumption, food preservation, livestock feed, and various industries throughout history....
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Vanessa Cocal-Smith, Graham Hinchliffe and Michael G. Petterson
The geoheritage value in the Thames District, North Island, New Zealand, is notable for its over 50 epithermal gold deposits associated with the Coromandel Volcanic Zone, significant to the region?s geological, cultural, and mining heritage. This case st...
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George Zafeiropoulos and Hara Drinia
A new assessment method named GEOAM (geoeducational assessment method), that will be a useful tool for highlighting the geoeducational and geoethical value of a geosite, is proposed. This method takes into account, initially, 11 criteria, which are group...
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Katia Hueso-Kortekaas and Emilio Iranzo-García
Salinas and saltscapes are relevant geoheritage sites with important implications on socioeconomic activities beyond the production of salt, particularly tourism and education. As cultural landscapes, they also have implications related to the identity o...
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Efthymios Georgousis, Maria Savelidi, Socrates Savelides, Spyros Mosios, Maximos-Vasileios Holokolos and Hara Drinia
In order to design a geoeducation program in the context of the possibilities given to the Experimental Schools of Greece of Lower Secondary Education, teachers identified the need for diagnostically assess students? understanding of basic concepts of th...
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Vasilis Golfinopoulos, Penelope Papadopoulou, Eleni Koumoutsou, Nickolas Zouros, Charalampos Fassoulas, Avraam Zelilidis and George Iliopoulos
The assessment of the geosites of Chelmos-Vouraikos UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) was carried out based on an established methodology for the evaluation of geoparks? geosites. Such assessments should be used for sustainable development and geoconservation...
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