¿Es necesario un inventario del patrimonio geológico dentro de un global geosite?Una cuestión de tamaño y de uso en Timanfaya, Lanzarote

  1. J. Vegas 1
  2. I. Galindo 1
  3. C. Romero 2
  4. N. Sánchez 1
  5. A. García-Cortés 1
  1. 1 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
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    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04cadha73

  2. 2 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Livre:
Patrimonio geológico y geoparques, avances de un camino para todos
  1. M. Mendia (ed. lit.)
  2. Asier Hilario (ed. lit.)
  3. Manuel Monge-Gamuzas (ed. lit.)
  4. E. Fernández (ed. lit.)
  5. J. Vegas (ed. lit.)
  6. Angel Belmonte (ed. lit.)

Éditorial: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

ISBN: 978-84-7840-962-4

Année de publication: 2015

Pages: 31-36

Type: Chapitre d'ouvrage

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Résumé

Timanfaya historical volcanic deposits are included into the “Recent Volcanism of Timanfaya (Lanzarote)” Global Geosite in the geoheritage inventory of international significance inventory for Spain. This Geosite has been defined by the Global Geosites Project, a global inventory of the Earth’s geological heritage (IUGS-UNESCO) and it is representative of the “Volcanic morphologies and edifices from Canary Islands” geological framework. The Timanfaya geoheritage inventory has the aim of evaluate and select geological sites of interest that show the most valuable and representative sites useful for geotourism into the National Park and the project “Lanzarote and Chinijo islands Geopark” (candidate to EGN and GGN). Conservation and outreach of the geoheritage of Timanfaya requires, like all such conservation exercises, a rigorous inventory at small scale that a Global Geosite. In this area new 15 sites of geological interest have been defined that are representative of the best volcanic processes and geomorphological features associated to mafic fissure eruptions of historical time.

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