The Unique Granite Gorge in Mountainous Adygeya, Russia: Evidence of Big and Complex Geosite Disproportions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Setting
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Geological Heritage Features | Local Occurrence of Similar Phenomena | Regional Occurrence of Similar Phenomena | National Occurrence of Similar Phenomena | Global Occurrence of Similar Phenomena | Uniqueness of the Feature |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gm1 | + | + | + | +++ | National |
Gm2 | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Gm3 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Ig1 | + | + | +++ | +++ | Regional |
Ig2 | + | + | + | ++ | National |
Mt1 | + | ++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Mt2 | + | + | +++ | +++ | Regional |
Sd1 | + | + | +++ | +++ | Regional |
Sd2 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Sd3 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Mn1 | + | ? | ? | ? | Local? |
Pg1 | + | + | + | ++ | National |
Pg2 | + | + | + | ++ | National |
Tc1 | + | + | +++ | +++ | Regional |
Tc2 | + | ++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Tc3 | + | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Ec1 | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
En1 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Hy1 | + | + | +++ | +++ | Regional |
Hy2 | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Hy3 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Local |
Part of Geosite | Features | Number of Regionally (R) and Nationally (N) Unique Features |
---|---|---|
Northern | Gm1, Gm3, Ig1, Ig2, Mt1, Mt2, Sd2, Sd3, Mn1, Pg1, Pg2, Tc1, Tc2, En1, Hy1, Hy2 | R = 4, N = 4 |
Central | Gm1, Gm2, Gm3, Ig1, Sd1, Tc1, Ec1, En1, Hy1, Hy2, Hy3 | R = 4, N = 1 |
Southern | Gm1, Gm3, Ig1, Sd3, Tc1, Tc3, Hy1 | R = 3, N = 1 |
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Mikhailenko, A.V.; Ruban, D.A.; Yashalova, N.N.; Rebezov, M.B. The Unique Granite Gorge in Mountainous Adygeya, Russia: Evidence of Big and Complex Geosite Disproportions. Geosciences 2019, 9, 372. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090372
Mikhailenko AV, Ruban DA, Yashalova NN, Rebezov MB. The Unique Granite Gorge in Mountainous Adygeya, Russia: Evidence of Big and Complex Geosite Disproportions. Geosciences. 2019; 9(9):372. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090372
Chicago/Turabian StyleMikhailenko, Anna V., Dmitry A. Ruban, Natalia N. Yashalova, and Maksim B. Rebezov. 2019. "The Unique Granite Gorge in Mountainous Adygeya, Russia: Evidence of Big and Complex Geosite Disproportions" Geosciences 9, no. 9: 372. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090372