New trends in geodiversity studies
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geodiversity, geomorphology, biodiversity, pedodiversity, landscape evaluationAbstract
Geodiversity is understood as the diversity of the abiotic nature. It expresses the variety of rocks, minerals, fossils, locations, landforms, processes, soils and elements of drainage. Geodiversity assessment is a new research topic. The number of publications concerning geodiversity is growing fast. New experiences are being carried out to quantify geodiversity. The new trends of assessing geodiversity are presented in this paper. The first approaches summarized the geologic, geomorphologic and hydrologic elements found in a certain area. Another method focuses on examining the values of geodiversity which play an important role in determining the area independently from their distribution and frequency, instead of making a list about all of the elements found. Some studies evaluate the scientific or touristic values of geodiversity, their threats and possible ways of conservation. Other studies regard geodiversity not as geomorphological heterogenity, but as the premise of biodiversity and focus on the variety of the conditions of life.
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