Miocene (~ 14 Ma) Vertebrate-Yielding Site of Palasava, Kachchh, Gujarat State, Western India: Geoheritage-Geotourism Perspectives and Geosite Potential

IF 2.3 2区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Vivesh V. Kapur, Gaurav Chauhan
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United Nations protection programmes under the UNESCO’s Global Geopark initiatives have resulted in the establishment and recognition of 195 Global Geoparks in 48 countries to sustainably protect Geoheritage. Given an inclusive approach with local communities and the geoscientific communities as stakeholders, the UNESCO Global Geopark concept has gained popularity in India. Further, India provides a diverse range of geoheritage in terms of rock records from the Precambrian to the Holocene. The Kachchh region (western India) has tremendous scope to be conserved under the UNESCO Geopark programme as it sustains many plausible geosites. Of the numerous geosites within Kachchh, the “Palasava” locale holds geoheritage potential as it exposes ~ 14 million-year-old Chassra Formation sedimentary succession that is well-known to yield vertebrate (including marine and terrestrial mammals) fossils. These fossils hold significance in the context of origin and diversification of middle Miocene vertebrates (including mammals), Neogene biochronology of Kutch, palaeobiogeographic scenarios involving various vertebrate groups, and related aspects. In a geotourism context, the Palasava locale presents picturesque views being located between the Wagad Highland and the Little Rann of Kutch. In addition to local religious and cultural features, the Kachchh (= Kutch) region is globally well-recognized for the “Wild Ass Sanctuary” and the “Rann Utsav”– “Festival of the Rann.” Owing to its unique Geoheritage and geotourism potential, we herein, propose Palasava locale as a “geosite” within the “Kachchh Geopark” to protect and conserve this geologically significant locale, to enhance sustainable geotourism in the region for the economic benefit of the local population and for the public to cherish.

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中新世(约 14 Ma)印度西部古吉拉特邦 Kachchh 的 Palasava 古脊椎动物产地:地质遗产-地质旅游视角与地质复合潜力
联合国教科文组织全球地质公园倡议下的联合国保护计划已在 48 个国家建立并认可了 195 个全球地质公园,以可持续的方式保护地质遗产。联合国教科文组织全球地质公园的概念采用包容性方法,将当地社区和地质科学界作为利益攸关方,因此在印度广受欢迎。此外,印度的地质遗产种类繁多,从前寒武纪到全新世都有岩石记录。卡奇地区(印度西部)拥有许多似是而非的地质遗迹,因此在联合国教科文组织地质公园计划下具有巨大的保护空间。在 Kachchh 地区的众多地质遗迹中,"Palasava "地段具有地质遗产的潜力,因为它出露了约 1400 万年前的 Chassra Formation 沉积层,该沉积层以出产脊椎动物(包括海洋和陆地哺乳动物)化石而闻名。这些化石对中新世中期脊椎动物(包括哺乳动物)的起源和多样化、卡奇新近纪生物年代学、涉及各种脊椎动物群的古生物地理情景以及相关方面都具有重要意义。在地质旅游方面,帕拉萨瓦位于瓦加德高地和小卡奇大草原之间,风景如画。除了当地的宗教和文化特色外,卡奇(= Kutch)地区的 "野驴保护区 "和 "兰恩节"(Rann Utsav)也是全球公认的旅游胜地。由于其独特的地质遗产和地质旅游潜力,我们在此建议将帕拉萨瓦地区作为 "卡奇地质公园 "内的一个 "地质公园",以保护和保存这一具有重要地质意义的地区,加强该地区的可持续地质旅游,为当地居民带来经济利益,并让公众珍视这一地区。
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Geoheritage
Geoheritage GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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5.10
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34.50%
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107
期刊介绍: The Geoheritage journal is an international journal dedicated to discussing all aspects of our global geoheritage, both in situ and portable. The journal will invite all contributions on the conservation of sites and materials - use, protection and practical heritage management - as well as its interpretation through education, training and tourism. The journal wishes to cover all aspects of geoheritage and its protection. Key topics are: - Identification, characterisation, quantification and management of geoheritage; - Geodiversity and geosites; - On-site science, geological and geomorphological research: - Global scientific heritage - key scientific geosites, GSSPs, stratotype conservation and management; - Scientific research and education, and the promotion of the geosciences thereby; - Conventions, statute and legal instruments, national and international; - Integration of biodiversity and geodiversity in nature conservation and land-use policies; - Geological heritage and Environmental Impact Assessment studies; - Geological heritage, sustainable development, community action, practical initiatives and tourism; - Geoparks: creation, management and outputs; - Conservation in the natural world, Man-made and natural impacts, climate change; - Geotourism definitions, methodologies, and case studies; - International mechanisms for conservation and popularisation - World Heritage Sites, National Parks etc.; - Materials, data and people important in the history of science, museums, collections and all portable geoheritage; - Education and training of geoheritage specialists; - Pedagogical use of geological heritage - publications, teaching media, trails, centres, on-site museums; - Linking the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005- 2014) with geoconservation.
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