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DOI	10.2478/logos-2021-0011
	Caves as geoheritage resource in remote desert areas: a preliminary evaluation of Djara Cave in the Western Desert of Egypt
	Maksoud, Kholoud M. Abdel; Baghdadi, Mahmoud, I; Ruban, Dmitry A.
通讯作者	Ruban, DA (corresponding author), KG Razumovsky Moscow State Univ Technol & Managem, Cossack Univ 1, Zemlyanoy Val St 73, Moscow 109004, Russia. ; Ruban, DA (corresponding author), Southern Fed Univ, Higher Sch Business, 23 Ja Linija St 43, Rostov Na Donu 344019, Russia. ; Ruban, DA (corresponding author), POB 7333, Rostov Na Donu 344056, Russia.
来源期刊	GEOLOGOS
ISSN	1426-8981
EISSN	2080-6574
出版年	2021
卷号	27 期号:2 页码:105-113
英文摘要	Caves are rare in northeast Africa and, thus, deserve attention as potential geoheritage objects (geosites). Assessment of Djara Cave and its vicinity (Western Desert, Egypt) has permitted to document unique features, such as the cave itself as a peculiar subsurface landform, speleothems providing data for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, rock art demonstrating elements of past landscapes, siliceous nodules weathered from Eocene limestones and a network of dry drainage channels indicative of wetter palaeoenvironments. These features are assigned to geomorphological, sedimentological and palaeogeographical types of geoheritage. Djara Cave and its vicinity are proposed as a geosite of national rank; it is vulnerable to anthropogenic stress and needs geoconservation measures and instalment of interpretative signs. This geosite is already popular among tourists, and can be used for further tourism development. More generally, the presence of caves in Egyptian desert areas makes possible the recognition of national speleological heritage that requires special country-level strategies of management.
英文关键词	Desert cave geomorphosite rock art siliceous nodules tourism
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000701693000003
WOS关键词	GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE ; KARST LANDSCAPE ; EASTERN DESERT ; EVOLUTION ; GEOTOURISM ; GEOPARK ; VALUES
WOS类目	Geology
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363417
作者单位	[Maksoud, Kholoud M. Abdel] Cairo Univ, Fac Postgrad African Studies, Nat Resources Dept, Cairo 12613, Egypt; [Baghdadi, Mahmoud, I] Shaybah Wildlife Sanctuary, Rostov On Don, Saudi Arabia; [Baghdadi, Mahmoud, I] Minist Environm, 30 Misr Helwan El Zyrae Rd, Cairo 11728, Egypt; [Ruban, Dmitry A.] KG Razumovsky Moscow State Univ Technol & Managem, Cossack Univ 1, Zemlyanoy Val St 73, Moscow 109004, Russia; [Ruban, Dmitry A.] Southern Fed Univ, Higher Sch Business, 23 Ja Linija St 43, Rostov Na Donu 344019, Russia; [Ruban, Dmitry A.] POB 7333, Rostov Na Donu 344056, Russia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Maksoud, Kholoud M. Abdel,Baghdadi, Mahmoud, I,Ruban, Dmitry A.. Caves as geoheritage resource in remote desert areas: a preliminary evaluation of Djara Cave in the Western Desert of Egypt[J],2021,27(2):105-113.
APA	Maksoud, Kholoud M. Abdel,Baghdadi, Mahmoud, I,&Ruban, Dmitry A..(2021).Caves as geoheritage resource in remote desert areas: a preliminary evaluation of Djara Cave in the Western Desert of Egypt.GEOLOGOS,27(2),105-113.
MLA	Maksoud, Kholoud M. Abdel,et al."Caves as geoheritage resource in remote desert areas: a preliminary evaluation of Djara Cave in the Western Desert of Egypt".GEOLOGOS 27.2(2021):105-113.