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We will look at four types of urban geosites with a subterranean aspect in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area (called the “Twin Cities”) of Minnesota in the American Midwest. Springs, as shown by Coldwater Spring, a unit of the National Park system. Natural caves, as shown by Carver’s Cave, an early landmark on the Upper Mississippi River. Artificial caves, as shown by the abandoned sandstone caves of Mushroom Valley. Sandstone tunnels, as shown by Mill Ruins Park and Pillsbury Park, on opposite banks of the river. However, the monotonous uniformity of the St. Peter Sandstone, in which they are found, raises questions about the meaning of geodiversity. I argue that the subterranean Twin Cities provides a corroboration of the “Ollier argument” (2012) as it applies to geoheritage sites in uniform sandstones. The acute difficulty of balancing science, education, and geoconservation at urban sites like this is also discussed.
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.