Advanced Analysis of Geoheritage and Geoscience
A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2025 | Viewed by 180
Special Issue Editor
Interests: volcanology; sedimentology; petrology; geoheritage; geodiversity; geoconservation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geoheritage includes global, national, statewide, and local features of geology and geomorphology, considering important or culturally significant sites and providing information or insights into the evolution of the Earth or the history of science. It can also be used for research, teaching, or reference.
Geological diversity refers to the natural non-living portion of the planet (abiotic nature), both at the surface and within the Earth's interior. This includes minerals, rocks, fossils, soils, sediments, landforms, topography, and hydrological features such as rivers and lakes.
Recently, significant progress has been made in inventorying, evaluating, and estimating geoheritage and geodiversity for various purposes such as tourism, territorial planning, and land use management. As geoheritage is closely connected to human society through our perceptions and values of abiotic elements, it is essential to find objective measures to evaluate and incorporate these elements into socio-economic actions. Advanced technologies, including geographical information systems (GIS), spatial statistics, high-resolution 3D recordings, and the combination of high-tech material science with geological and geomorphological site evaluation, have become central to geoheritage research.
This Special Issue invites contributions where advanced methods are used for geoheritage characterization, particularly in cases where geoheritage is strongly linked with cultural heritage elements, including heritage stones, the foundation of geology for heritage sites, archaeological sites, and cultural elements related to geology.
Prof. Dr. Károly Németh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- geodiversity
- geocultural
- geoheritage
- geographical information system (GIS)
- unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
- ground penetrating radar (GPR)
- laser scanning
- light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
- remote sensing
- geostatistics
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