Open AccessGEOEDUCATIONAL AND GEOTOURISM VALUES OF AGGREGATE QUARRIES, MISSAN, SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ
Author(s) -
Riaed Saee Al Siaede
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iraqi geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8754
pISSN - 2414-6064
DOI - 10.46717/igj.53.2e.3ms-2020-11-25
Subject(s) - geotourism , aggregate (composite) , geography , diversity (politics) , geology , archaeology , tourism , sociology , materials science , anthropology , composite material
The geoeducation and geotourism potential capabilities were quantitatively estimated in nine quarries locations in eastern Missan, SE Iraq. A quantitative approach is used to compute the scientific, educational, functional, and touristic categorises values for each quarry. categorised values were weighted for three types of audiences: university students, school pupils, and tourists then, the previous geoscientific studies about quarries areas were searches of different geoscience branches and registered. The results show that geoeducation values are greater than geotourism ones in all quarry sites. All quarries show high weight for the education values while the geotourism values are affected by functional infrastructure in each site. The diversity of scientific values of each site are also studied where the petroleum and hydrological activities increased the geoeducation weight of the specific site and supplied more geological knowledge.