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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (04): 1075-1088.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.086

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Characteristics and Geological Significance of Geoheritage in the Arxan Global Geopark, Inner Mongolia

WANG Lulin1(), ZHU Qingfeng1,2()   

  1. 1. Institute of Earth Nature and Culture, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083,China
    2. Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100105,China
  • Received:2023-06-01 Revised:2023-06-26 Online:2023-08-10 Published:2023-09-02

Abstract:

The scientific classification and characterization of geoheritage is the premise and foundation of rational utilization and protection of geoheritage. The Arxan Global Geopark has distinctive and extremely rich geoheritage, which has high touristic value and geological research significance. In this paper, based on geolo-gical survey and evaluation of the geoheritage, we divided the geoheritage resource into two categories,i.e. geomorphological landscape and water landscape,and six landform/landscape types,i.e. volcanic, rock, fluvial, structural, and spring water,and 9 subcategories,i.e. volcanic formation, volcanic lava landform, volcanic lake, granite landform, fluvial erosion landform, fluvial accumulation landform, structural landform, hot spring, and scenic river sections, with 47 geosites in total. Among them, volcanic landforms and hot spring landscapes are of great significance in the comparative analysis of global geoheritage. Additionally, the authors analyzed the characteristics of various geoheritage and discussed the important geotouristic significance of the geoheritage in the Arxan Geo-park. Studies have shown that the geoheritage of Arxan Geopark have important scientific value in the fields of geomorphology, hydrogeology and geotourism. This provides a scientific basis for the protection of geoheritage and tourism route planning, and promotes the sustainable development of geoscience research, science popularization and geoscience tourism in the Arxan Geopark.

Key words: volcanic landform, geoheritage, geological significance, Arxan Global Geopark

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