The geological heritages in Xinjiang are characterized by their large quantity, rich variety and high grade. The main types of the geological heritages in Xinjiang are the geologic-geomorphic landscapes and the water landscapes. The spatial
distribution can be divided into 5 geological heritage districts: Altay, Junggar, Tianshan, Tarim and Kunlun-Altun, among which Tianshan and Kunlun-Altun are most important. It is confirmed that the insufficient coordination between protection and exploitation
is the primary cause for the backward situation in the geological heritage protection. To solve the problem, the A. proposes 6 major protection steps.
Representation and transfer of geological knowledge in IT-supported projects
Data bank ; Earth sciences ; Geological structure ; Geology ; Information ; Knowledge transfer ; Structural geomorphology ; Technology
Information Technologies (IT) have the capability to improve the clearness and the usefulness of scientific information, and related applications in earth sciences could allow to make geological data more sharable among different users. This paper
illustrates an approach to represent the knowledge paths followed by field geologists involved in assessment and description of complex structural-geological settings and processes, through the use of specific IT applications. - (NF)
The geological mapping of the 438 Sheet «Bari» (scale 1:50.000), located in the northern part of the Murge area (Apulia, southern Italy), offered the opportunity to revise the local stratigraphy of the mid-Cretaceous carbonate succession belonging
to the Calcare di Bari Fm. In agreement with the previous edition of the Geologic Map of Italy few stratigraphic intervals showing a rich content in rudist assemblages and an interval of dolomitic breccias have been used as reference layers and successfully used
Butte detachment : how pre-rift geological structure and drainage integration drive escarpment evolution at rifted continental margins
Continental margin ; Drainage network ; Erosion ; Escarpment ; Geological structure ; India ; Lithology ; Model ; Vertical movement
-uniform and unsteady fashion. As a result escarpments can form, be destroyed, reform, and leave topographic vestiges (buttes) of the retreating escarpment. Given the pre-rift geological heterogeneities, there are no a priori reasons why escarpment
The aim of this paper has been to verify schemes for the development of cliff coasts proposed earlier. This is justified by observations suggesting greater differentiation to the geological structure and consequent hydrogeological characteristics
activity make the karstic origin debatable. Possible relations between the location of landforms and the geological structure were investigated in the paper. Subsurface indications were also searched for using detailed geoelectric and electromagnetic
mapping. The author concluded that on the basis of geological considerations and geophysical measurements an anthropogenic origin seems to be most probable. - (AM)
This paper deals with the geological setting of the Rapolano Terme area (Siena) located in southern Tuscany, inner Northern Apennines. The Rapolano area is part of an important morpho-tectonic feature NNW-SSE oriented, ranging from the Chianti Mts
Geological mapping and structural analysis, coupled with extensive samplings on terrigenous Tertiary covers, enable us to reconstruct the structural setting as well as the tectonic evolution of the northern Sicanian-southern Palermo Mountains range
In this work a report is given of the geological, petrographic and ore mineralogical features of several sulphide-bearing quartz breccia (SQB) bodies outcropping in a structurally complex sector of the Orobic Alps (Southern Alpine domain) and close
to the uranium-rich mining area of Novazza. Although little studied, these breccia bodies were previously attributed to different genetic processes and/or geological domains (e.g., Crystalline Basement, Basal Conglomerate formation). The features of the SQB
surveys at 10 geologically diverse areas in the delta plain provided a basis for estimating the total volume of accommodation formed by interior-wetland subsidence and subsequent erosion. Results indicate that at most of the study areas subsidence
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[b1] US Geological Survey, Texas, Austin, Etats-Unis
[b2] US Geological Survey, Florida, St Petersburg, Etats-Unis
C 14 dating ; European part of Russia ; Geological structure ; Holocene ; Island ; Lake shore ; Murmansk ; Neotectonics ; Structural geomorphology ; Terrace