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DOI	10.1007/s12371-023-00879-w
	Jabal Al-Qarah, Saudi Arabia-from a Local Tourist Spot and Cultural World Heritage to a Geoheritage Site of Possible Global Relevance
	Sen, Subhajit; Migon, Piotr; Almusabeh, Ali; Abouelresh, Mohamed Omar
通讯作者	Migon, P
来源期刊	GEOHERITAGE
ISSN	1867-2477
EISSN	1867-2485
出版年	2023
卷号	15 期号:4
英文摘要	Jabal Al-Qarah in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia is a flat-topped residual hill (mesa) built of calcareous sandstones, mudstones, and marls of Miocene age. It is located within the World Heritage property of Al-Ahsa Oasis, but geoheritage values were not considered in the nomination and remained overlooked. The locality is famous for its systems of maze caves developed along deep fractures by mainly mechanical erosion and wall/roof collapses. They illustrate the origin of non-karstic caves through the action of underground flows, redirected from the surface via sinkholes and open cracks. Hillsides of Jabal Al-Qarah show evidence of various types of mass movements, including spectacular collapses of harder overlying strata after denudation of weaker strata beneath caused loss of vertical support. Thus, the mesa may become a key locality to understand slope development in layered successions and the role of subsurface flows in the global context. The site also has considerable potential to develop geotourism, as an added value to the already recognized cultural assets of the oasis and scenic qualities.
英文关键词	Sedimentary tablelands Escarpments Non-karstic caves Mass movements Geotourism
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001082245600001
WOS关键词	CREVICE-TYPE CAVES ; GEOMORPHOLOGY ; LANDSCAPES ; MOUNTAINS ; EVOLUTION ; LANDFORMS ; ORIGIN ; FORMS
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
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/2XILL650/396715
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sen, Subhajit,Migon, Piotr,Almusabeh, Ali,et al. Jabal Al-Qarah, Saudi Arabia-from a Local Tourist Spot and Cultural World Heritage to a Geoheritage Site of Possible Global Relevance[J],2023,15(4).
APA	Sen, Subhajit,Migon, Piotr,Almusabeh, Ali,&Abouelresh, Mohamed Omar.(2023).Jabal Al-Qarah, Saudi Arabia-from a Local Tourist Spot and Cultural World Heritage to a Geoheritage Site of Possible Global Relevance.GEOHERITAGE,15(4).
MLA	Sen, Subhajit,et al."Jabal Al-Qarah, Saudi Arabia-from a Local Tourist Spot and Cultural World Heritage to a Geoheritage Site of Possible Global Relevance".GEOHERITAGE 15.4(2023).