Management of the Palaeozoic Palaeontological Heritage Associated With Metamorphic Bedrocks: Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark (Spain)

Geoconservation Research

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 15 بهمن 1399  

نوع مقاله: European UNESCO Geoparks:Original Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30486/gcr.2020.1912243.1039

نویسندگان

Daniel Ballesteros ^{1، 2}؛ Manuel García-Ávila ^{1، 3}؛ José B. Diez ^{1، 3}؛ Ramón Vila^{1، 4}؛ Xosé Carlos Barros¹؛ Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco ^{1، 5}؛ Pablo Caldevilla ^{1، 6}؛ Martín Alemparte^{1، 7}

¹Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain

²UMR 6266 IDEES, University of Rouen-Normandie/CNRS. Mont Saint-Aignan CEDEX, France.

³Department of Marine Geoscience and Land Use Management, and Galician Paleontological Association, University of Vigo. Campus Universitario Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain

⁴Geological Museum of Quiroga. Rúa do Caurel, 21, 27320 Quiroga, Spain.

⁵Institute of Geosciences (CSIC, UCM), Dr. Severo Ochoa 7 - 4ª pl., 28040 Madrid, Spain

⁶Higher Technical School of Mine Engineering, University of León. Campus de Vegazana, s/n, 24071 León, Spain.

⁷Rural Development Group Ribeira Sacra-Courel, Rúa Doctor López Lallana 6, 1ºD, 27340 Bóveda, Spain

چکیده

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.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Geoconservation؛ Museum؛ Management؛ Palaeontological Heritage؛ Teaching؛ UNESCO Global Geopark؛ Virtual Models