RT Journal Article
T1 Management of the Palaeozoic Palaeontological Heritage Associated With Metamorphic Bedrocks: Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark (Spain)
A1 Ballesteros, Daniel
A1 García Ávila, Manuel
A1 Diez, José B.
A1 Vila, Ramón
A1 Barros, Xosé Carlos
A1 Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos
A1 Caldevilla, Pablo
A1 Alemparte, Martín
AB The Spanish Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark has strong educational and touristic resources despite limited preservation of Paleozoic invertebrate fossil assemblages within metamorphic rocks. The paleontological sites are managed by means of their inventory and integration in a Geographical Information System, the construction of virtual 3D fossil models, the creation of a fossil collection exhibition, the transport of large boulders with fossils to places such as tourist offices, and hiking trails to see ichnofossils. To enable geoconservation, the Palaeozoic paleontological sites are neither promoted nor frequently visited. Fossils found in the Geopark by paleontologists and fortuitously by local people or hikers are deposited and safeguarded in the Geological Museum and are available for eventual exhibition and paleontological studies.
PB Isfahan Islamic Azad University
SN 2588-7343
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6905
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6905
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025