Geoheritage

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The Challenging Nature of Volcanic Heritage: The Fogo Island (Cabo Verde, W Africa)

Alfama, V.; Henriques, M. H.; Barros, A.

2024 Geoheritage

Many volcanic landscapes reflect the essence of volcanism and are particularly attractive to different kinds of visitors, featuring the concept of volcanic geoheritage. The expressiveness of volcanic processes is exacerbated in active volcanoes, which increasingly attracts geotourism, despite the...

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Geotouristic Approach to the Elements of Geocultural Heritage by Using UGAM Model: UNESCO World Heritage Site Felix Romuliana (Zaječar, Serbia)

Marjanović, Miloš; Marković, Rastko; Šarić, Kristina; Radivojević, Aleksandar R.; Antić, Aleksandar;

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00940-2

This article presents a new Urban Geoheritage Assessment Model (UGAM) for the tourism potential of urban geoheritage. The model was applied to the well-known archaeological site Felix Romuliana (Serbia), so as to determine if the site has the potential to become an urban geosite. To support the...

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Step Wells of Jodhpur, Western Rajasthan, India: Implication for Hydro-geosites and Hydro-geotourism

Rathore, Shiv Singh; Mathur, Saurabh; Mathur, S. C.

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00919-z

Geodiversity is defined as the variety of geological, geomorphological, pedological and hydrogeological phenomena (IUCN 2022). Step wells in India are magnificent groundwater bodies characterized by their greater values of hydrogeological geodiversity. Step wells of Jodhpur situated in the Thar...

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Geological Features of Northwestern Himalaya, Ladakh, India: Geosites and Their Significance in the Ladakh Himalaya

Namga, Stanzin; Nayak, Ranjit

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00942-0

Geoheritage and geotourism are the two essential aspects of human appreciation of the Earth's geological resources. Ladakh Himalaya has fascinating and exquisite landforms and landscapes. The area of interest in the present study is located along the Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone (ITSZ), caused by...

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Location-Based Management of Paleontological Collections using Open Source GIS Software

da Silva Mano, Andre; Silva, Bruno Camilo; Mocho, Pedro; Ortega, Francisco

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00941-1

Management of Natural History collections, particularly paleontological collections, is usually structured around specimens. However, it might not be feasible when the collections are incorporated from sources where the whole cycle of specimen collection is unknown, making it hard to determine...

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Pages of Earth History in an Exceptional Uniqueness: The Geo-Heritage of the Sila National Park and its Spheroidal Boulders Geosite (Northern Calabria, Italy)

Muto, Francesco; Biondino, Deborah; Crisci, Gino Mirocle; Marabini, Stefano; Procopio, Fabio;

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00937-x

The knowledge of the territory that people inhabit, the awareness of the geological heritage value and its management are aimed both at the benefit of local socio-economic sustainable development goals and at promoting geopark-inclined geotourism through actions which identify potential geosites...

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Unveiling the Legacy of the Nineteenth Century Riotinto Mining Railway: From Historic Heritage to Thriving Tourist Attraction

Boente, C.; Romero-Macías, E.; Delgado-Domínguez, A.; Sierra, C.

2024 Geoheritage

doi:10.1007/s12371-024-00936-y

The Riotinto mining railway is a remarkable construction. Stretching an impressive 348 km it was built between 1873 and 1875 to transport minerals from Riotinto’s mining operations to the international port of Huelva. At its height in the 1950’s, this monumental railway network had a fleet of 162...

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