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Geoheritage : assessment, protection, and management / / edited by Emmanual Reynard, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jos�e Brilha, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
| Geoheritage : assessment, protection, and management / / edited by Emmanual Reynard, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jos�e Brilha, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxi, 450 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Disciplina | 910.4 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Ecotourism Geoparks Geology |
| ISBN |
0-12-809542-3
0-12-809531-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. Introduction -- Section 2. Geodiversity -- Section 3. Geoheritage -- Section 4. Geoheritage and conservation -- Section 5. Uses of geoheritage -- Section 6. Case studies -- Section 7. Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583358003321 |
| Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The geotraveller : geology of famous geosites and areas of historical interest / / Roger N. Scoon
| The geotraveller : geology of famous geosites and areas of historical interest / / Roger N. Scoon |
| Autore | Scoon Roger N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (liii, 398 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 550 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology
Geoparks |
| ISBN | 3-030-54693-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- The Geotraveller -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- 1 Canyonlands National Park and Monument Valley, Eastern and Southern Utah -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Colorado Plateau -- 1.3 Regional Geology -- 1.3.1 Upper Carboniferous -- 1.3.2 Lower Permian -- 1.3.3 Triassic -- 1.3.4 Jurassic -- 1.3.5 Mineral Resources -- 1.4 Canyonlands National Park -- 1.4.1 Stratigraphy -- 1.4.2 Salt Domes -- 1.4.3 Additional Features -- 1.4.4 Trails -- 1.5 Monument Valley -- 1.5.1 Navajo Tribal Park -- 1.5.2 Stratigraphy -- 1.5.3 Monuments -- References -- 2 Arches National Park and Dinosaur National Monument, Eastern Utah -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Regional Geology -- 2.3 Moab Fault -- 2.4 Arches National Park -- 2.4.1 Geological Setting -- 2.4.2 Middle Jurassic Sandstone -- 2.4.3 Formation of Arches -- 2.4.4 Delicate Arch -- 2.4.5 Landscape Arch -- 2.4.6 Balanced Rocks -- 2.4.7 Trails -- 2.4.8 Stone Tools -- 2.5 Dinosaur National Monument -- 2.5.1 Geological Setting -- 2.5.2 Morrison Formation -- 2.5.3 Quarry Sandstone -- References -- 3 Yosemite National Park, California -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 History of the Park -- 3.3 Ecosystems -- 3.4 Park Entrances -- 3.5 Geological Setting -- 3.6 Glaciations -- 3.7 Geosites -- 3.7.1 Formation of Granitic Domes -- 3.7.2 Alpine Lakes -- 3.7.3 Waterfalls -- 3.8 Giant Sequoia -- References -- 4 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 History and Physiography -- 4.3 Fauna -- 4.4 Rocky Mountains -- 4.4.1 Grand Teton National Park -- 4.5 Older Volcanism -- 4.6 Yellowstone Volcano -- 4.7 Late Pleistocene Ice Ages -- 4.8 Yellowstone Caldera -- 4.8.1 Yellowstone Tuff -- 4.8.2 Plateau Rhyolite -- 4.8.3 Obsidian -- 4.8.4 Basalt Flows -- 4.9 Geothermal Activity -- 4.9.1 Circulation of Groundwater -- 4.9.2 Hot Springs.
4.9.3 Mudpots and Fumaroles -- 4.9.4 Geysers -- 4.9.5 Travertine -- 4.10 Yellowstone Lake and Canyon -- References -- 5 National Parks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Rocky Mountain Fold-and-Thrust Belt -- 5.3 Erosion and Ice Ages -- 5.4 Geological Setting -- 5.5 Jasper National Park -- 5.5.1 Lake Maligne -- 5.5.2 Maligne Gorge -- 5.5.3 Mounts Edith Cavell and Geraldine -- 5.5.4 Waterfalls on the Athabasca River -- 5.5.5 Columbia Icefield -- 5.5.6 Athabasca Glacier -- 5.6 Banff National Park -- 5.6.1 Bow Valley -- 5.6.2 Lake Louise -- 5.6.3 Moraine Lake -- 5.7 Yoho National Park -- 5.7.1 Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake -- 5.7.2 Cambrian Explosion of Life -- 5.7.3 Burgess Shale -- References -- 6 National Parks, Rivers and Lakes of Southern Uganda -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 National Parks and Speciation Patterns -- 6.3 Regional Geology -- 6.3.1 Central African Craton -- 6.3.2 Proterozoic Mobile Belts -- 6.3.3 Regional Plateau -- 6.3.4 East Africa Rift System -- 6.4 Lakes and Rivers -- 6.4.1 Lake Albert and Lake Edward -- 6.4.2 Lake Victoria -- 6.4.3 Victoria Nile -- 6.5 Quaternary Climatic Regimes -- 6.6 Lake Victoria and the Victoria Nile -- 6.7 Murchison Falls National Park -- 6.7.1 Lake Albert -- 6.8 Queen Elizabeth National Park -- 6.8.1 Lake Edward and Lake George -- 6.9 Kibale National Park -- 6.10 Crater Fields -- 6.11 Rwenzori Mountain and Semliki National Parks -- 6.12 Lake Mburo National Park -- 6.13 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park -- 6.14 Mgahinga National Park and the Virunga Mountains -- 6.14.1 Virunga Volcanic Province -- 6.14.2 Nyiragongo -- 6.15 Evolution of Mountain Gorilla -- References -- 7 Lake Natron and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Northern Tanzania -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Regional Geology -- 7.3 Lake Natron -- 7.3.1 Geological Setting of Lake Natron. 7.4 Oldoinyo Lengai -- 7.5 Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) -- 7.5.1 Geological Setting -- 7.5.2 Ngorongoro Caldera -- 7.5.3 Other Volcanoes of the Ngorongoro Volcanic Complex -- 7.5.4 Shifting Sands -- 7.5.5 Serengeti Migration -- 7.6 Oldupai Gorge -- 7.6.1 Geological Setting -- 7.6.2 Oldupai Group -- 7.6.3 Discovery of the Hominin Fossils -- 7.7 Laetoli -- 7.8 Evolution of Hominins -- 7.9 Treks -- References -- 8 Mediterranean Basins and Italian Island Volcanoes -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Ancient Greeks and Romans -- 8.3 Regional Geology -- 8.3.1 Alpine Orogeny -- 8.3.2 Accretionary Convergent Margin -- 8.3.3 Apennine-Mahgreb Thrust -- 8.4 Mediterranean Basins -- 8.5 Earthquakes -- 8.6 Volcanism -- 8.6.1 Explosiveness of Eruptions -- 8.6.2 Magma Compositions -- 8.7 Aeolian Islands -- 8.7.1 Volcanic Island Arc -- 8.7.2 Stromboli -- 8.7.3 Vulcano -- 8.7.4 Fossa Cone -- 8.8 Etna -- 8.8.1 Early Volcanism -- 8.8.2 Historical Activity -- 8.8.3 Recent Activity -- 8.9 Pantelleria -- 8.10 Archaeological Sites of Magna Graecia -- 8.11 The Odyssey -- References -- 9 Neapolitan Volcanoes, Southern Italy -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Volcanology -- 9.3 Regional Geology -- 9.4 Neapolitan Volcanoes -- 9.5 Campi Flegrei Volcano -- 9.5.1 Historical Tectonism -- 9.5.2 Magma Chamber -- 9.6 Ischia Volcano -- 9.6.1 Cliff Sections -- 9.6.2 Recent Activity -- 9.7 Somma-Vesuvius Massif -- 9.7.1 Prehistoric Eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius -- 9.7.2 Periodicity -- 9.7.3 79 AD Event -- 9.7.4 Roman Cities -- 9.7.5 Roman Beach Resorts -- 9.7.6 Details of the 79 AD Volcanic Deposits -- 9.8 Vesuvius National Park -- References -- 10 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of Southeast and Northwest Greece -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Regional Geology -- 10.2.1 Alpine Zones -- 10.2.2 Basins and Grabens -- 10.3 The Acropolis of Athens. 10.3.1 Tourkovounia Limestone -- 10.3.2 Antiquities -- 10.4 Plains of Marathon -- 10.5 Delphi -- 10.5.1 Regional Geology -- 10.5.2 Delphic Landscape -- 10.5.3 Antiquities -- 10.5.4 Delphic Oracles -- 10.6 The Pass of Thermopylae -- 10.6.1 Modern Landscape -- 10.6.2 Geomorphological Reconstruction -- 10.7 Pindus Mountains -- 10.7.1 Regional Geology -- 10.7.2 South Pindus Mountains -- 10.7.3 North Pindus Mountains -- 10.8 Meteora -- 10.8.1 Regional Geology -- 10.8.2 Meteora Group -- References -- 11 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of the Peloponnese and Zakynthos, Greece -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Early Civilizations -- 11.3 Regional Geology -- 11.3.1 Alpine Zones -- 11.3.2 Basins and Grabens -- 11.4 The Argolid -- 11.4.1 Ancient Humans -- 11.4.2 Antiquities -- 11.5 Corinthia and Achaea -- 11.5.1 Corinth Basin -- 11.5.2 Antiquities -- 11.5.3 Corinth Canal -- 11.5.4 Earthquakes and Tsunamis -- 11.6 Elis -- 11.6.1 Olympia -- 11.7 Arcadia -- 11.8 Laconia and Messenia -- 11.8.1 Antiquities in Laconia -- 11.8.2 Antiquities in Messenia -- 11.9 Zakynthos -- 11.9.1 Geological Framework -- 11.9.2 Earthquake of 1953 -- 11.9.3 Springs -- References -- 12 Volcanoes of the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, Greece -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Regional Geology -- 12.2.1 Aegean Basin -- 12.2.2 Subduction Zone -- 12.2.3 Island Arc Volcanism -- 12.3 Methana Peninsula -- 12.3.1 Geological Framework -- 12.3.2 Methana Volcanic Complex -- 12.3.3 Mavri Petra Volcano -- 12.3.4 Pausanias Submarine Volcanism -- 12.4 Milos -- 12.4.1 Geological Framework -- 12.4.2 Volcanism -- 12.4.3 Geotrails -- 12.4.4 Historical Mining -- 12.4.5 Archaeological Sites -- 12.4.6 Current Mining -- 12.4.7 Geosites -- 12.5 Santorini -- 12.5.1 Geological Framework -- 12.5.2 Explosive Cycles -- 12.5.3 Minoan Event -- 12.5.4 Historical and Archaeological Sites. 12.5.5 Kameni Islands -- 12.5.6 Columbo Seamount -- 12.5.7 Recent Activity -- References -- 13 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of Western Turkey -- Abstract -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 First Century Christianity in Asia Minor -- 13.3 Regional Geology -- 13.3.1 Regional Sutures -- 13.3.2 Southwest Migration of the Anatolian Microplate -- 13.3.3 Basins and Grabens -- 13.3.4 Geological Terrains -- 13.3.5 Sea Level Changes -- 13.3.6 Geomorphological Changes -- 13.4 Troy -- 13.4.1 Geological Setting -- 13.4.2 Ancient Troy -- 13.4.3 Historical Reconstruction -- 13.5 Gallipoli Peninsula National Park -- 13.6 Assos and Pergamum -- 13.6.1 Geological Setting -- 13.6.2 Assos -- 13.6.3 Pergamum -- 13.7 Ephesus -- 13.7.1 Geological Setting -- 13.7.2 Antiquities -- 13.7.3 Geomorphological Reconstruction -- 13.8 Antiquities in the Denizli Basin -- 13.8.1 Geological Setting -- 13.8.2 Aphrodisias -- 13.8.3 Laodicea -- 13.8.4 Colossae and Kibyra -- 13.8.5 Marbles -- References -- 14 The Hierapolis-Pamukkale Archaeological and Geosite, Southwest Turkey -- Abstract -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Travertine -- 14.3 Geological Setting -- 14.3.1 Denizli Basin -- 14.3.2 Pamukkale Travertine Deposits -- 14.3.3 Formation of the Travertine Deposits -- 14.4 Pamukkale Geosite -- 14.5 Hierapolis Archaeological Site -- 14.6 Earthquakes -- References -- 15 Cappadocia, Central Turkey -- Abstract -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Historical Activity -- 15.3 Regional Geology -- 15.4 Cappadocia Volcanic Province -- 15.4.1 Petrogenesis and Volcanic Centres -- 15.4.2 Ignimbrite Sheets and Ash-Fall Deposits -- 15.5 Göreme Historical National Park -- 15.6 Differential Erosion -- 15.7 Human Settlement -- 15.7.1 Üchisar Castle -- 15.7.2 Ihlara Gorge -- 15.7.3 Underground Cities -- 15.8 Current Hazards -- References -- 16 The Lake District, Northwest England -- Abstract -- 16.1 Introduction. 16.2 Human Settlement and Literary Connections. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484153603321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International journal of geoheritage and parks
| International journal of geoheritage and parks |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | St. Louis, MO : , : Darswin Publishing House, , 2018- |
| Disciplina | 910.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology
Conservation of natural resources Landscape protection Geoparks Géologie Conservation des ressources naturelles Paysages - Protection Géoparcs |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 2577-445X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996326346603316 |
| St. Louis, MO : , : Darswin Publishing House, , 2018- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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International journal of geoheritage and parks
| International journal of geoheritage and parks |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | St. Louis, MO : , : Darswin Publishing House, , 2018- |
| Disciplina | 910.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology
Conservation of natural resources Landscape protection Geoparks Géologie Conservation des ressources naturelles Paysages - Protection Géoparcs |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 2577-445X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910370353603321 |
| St. Louis, MO : , : Darswin Publishing House, , 2018- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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