Open AccessGeotypes of the north-western land of UCS and their usage in geotourism
Author(s) -
Inna Sirenko
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
vìsnik lʹvìvsʹkogo unìversitetu. serìâ geografìčna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-7201
pISSN - 2078-6441
DOI - 10.30970/vgg.2011.39.2191
Subject(s) - geotourism , geopark , ukrainian , geology , shield , geography , archaeology , mining engineering , earth science , tourism , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics
It was shown an abilitiy of detachment of valuable geotypes and creation of some geotouristic marshroutes on their base with the aim to preserve of geological-geomorphological heritage and to use it realizadle in geotourism (north-western land of Ukrainian Crystalline Shield was taken as a example). 28 geotypes of geological and geomorphological characters were detached, which with regional “Nadsluchanskiy landscape park” and reserved parks “Socolyni Hory” and “Marynynsko-Ustyanski Hranity” made up a geotouristic carcass of territory. 4 geotouristic marshroutes were worked out for familiarizing with valuable geological-geomorphological objects. It was put the base for future creatioof a geopark “North-western land of Ukrainian Crystalline Shield” on its territory. Key words: north-western land of Ukrainian Crystalline Shield, geological-geomorphological heritage, geotourism, geotype, geopark.