Grand Canyon: The Puzzle of the Colorado River

Dexter, Leland R.

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“…By realizing this, we give another, scientific dimension to the 'World records' and go beyond a mere fascination with grandeur. There are reasons behind the depth and length of the Grand Canyon (Dexter, 2010), the solitude of Uluru (Twidale, 2010), the immense > 350 m height of sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert in China (Dong et al, 2004), the huge size of karst features in the Mulu National Park in Malaysia (Gillieson and Clark, 2010), or the > 15 km width of tidal flats in Mont-Saint-Michel Bay in France (Bonnot Courtois et al, 2013). In consequence, such sites prove extremely significant for any attempts to establish frequencymagnitude relationships.…”

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The significance of landforms – the contribution of geomorphology to the World Heritage Programme of UNESCO

Migoń

2014

Earth Surf Processes Landf

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This discussion paper addresses the role of geomorphology in designating UNESCO World Heritage properties. Two of the defined criteria employed in the process are explicitly relevant to geomorphology. Criterion (vii) emphasizes the occurrence of superlative natural phenomena, while criterion (viii) directly refers to landforms and on‐going surface processes, along with historical geological values. Superlative natural phenomena may be singular features, but in recent nominations the focus has tended to be on geomorphic diversity over limited areas. Overall, this is a criterion significantly influenced by subjective judgement. The significance of landforms, as included in the wording of criterion (viii), may be considered in three ways. Landforms may be significant for the science of geomorphology itself, and/or for other natural science disciplines, particularly biology and ecology, and/or be of wider cultural significance, including for history, architecture, general landscape aesthetics, art, or religion, underpinning cultural developments. To better determine the conditions to be fulfilled by a property to be considered as geomorphologically significant at the highest global level required for World Heritage listing seems a timely and useful exercise. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The significance of landforms – the contribution of geomorphology to the World Heritage Programme of UNESCO

Migoń

2014

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A geomorphological approach to geodiversity - its applications to geoconservation and geotourism

Thomas

2012

Quaestiones Geographicae

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ThoMas M.F., A geomorphological approach to geodiversity -its applications to geoconservation and geotourism. Quaestiones Geographicae 31(1), Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań 2012, pp. 81-89. 8 Figs. DOI 10.2478/v10117-012-0005-9, ISSN 0137-477X.absTracT. Geodiversity is becoming widely considered alongside biodiversity by conservation agencies and has importance for geotourism. Geomorphology has a central role in understanding geodiversity, particularly at regional and local scales. By focusing on the processes that interact at the earth's surface and how they respond to external forcing, geomorphology analyses both landscape evolution and real-time changes over different timescales. Diversity reflects the complexity of process systems and history. Connectivity and sensitivity amongst landscape elements are highly varied over space and time, leading to divergence and increasing diversity over time. By using these principles within constrained chronologies of landscape change, studies of geodiversity can become a valuable tool in ecosystem management and the delivery of ecosystem services, including sustainable geotourism.

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Grand Canyon: The Puzzle of the Colorado River

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The significance of landforms – the contribution of geomorphology to the World Heritage Programme of UNESCO

The significance of landforms – the contribution of geomorphology to the World Heritage Programme of UNESCO

A geomorphological approach to geodiversity - its applications to geoconservation and geotourism

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