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DOI	10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104959
	Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic geoheritage resources of the Kharga Oasis (Egypt): Novel assessment, exploitation perspectives, and policy implications
	Mousa, Fatma A.; Ruban, Dmitry A.; Abu El-Hassan, Mohamed M.; Sallam, Emad S.
通讯作者	Ruban, DA
来源期刊	RESOURCES POLICY
ISSN	0301-4207
EISSN	1873-7641
出版年	2024
卷号	91
英文摘要	Geoheritage resources are valuable to countries and regions, which make urgent their exploration. Particularly, Egyptian geoheritage has been examined only partly, and it has not been reported from many areas. New field investigations in the Kharga Oasis in the southern Western Desert of Egypt permit to report a new portion of geoheritage resources. The collected materials are used to propose six geosites, describe them (particularly, standardized geoheritage types are established), and assess semi-quantitatively. The approach is the same as already used for some other areas of Egypt, and the semi-quantitative assessment is based on scoring of various geosite properties with the different weight. It is established that these geosites exhibit lithologies and depositional environments of Upper Cretaceous-Eocene terrestrial and marine sedimentary rocks, Quaternary terrestrial carbonates (tufa deposits), and residual desert landforms. The geosites are attributed to the sedimentary, palaeogeographical, stratigraphical, palaeontological, and geomorphological geoheritage types. Scoring them by several criteria implies that two geosites (Naqb El-Rufuf and Naqb Bulaq) are national and four geosites (Naqb Assiut, Wadi El-Midawara, Gebel Taref, and Kharga Stadium) are regional in rank. The accessibility of some geosites is limited, and the Kharga Stadium geosite demonstrates significant vulnerability due to its location in the urban area. Generally, the analyses imply the presence of a valuable geoheritage resource in the Kharga Oasis. The outcomes of the present study also indicate the perspectives of scientific, educational, and touristic exploitation of the established geoheritage resources and the need in the development of the optimal policy for their effective management. Geopark creation seems to be a plausible instrument for the implementation of this policy, and its proposal requires further investigations of geological and cultural heritage of the Kharga Oasis.
英文关键词	Natural resources Sustainable development Policy implications Geosite assessment Western desert
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:001217823200001
WOS关键词	WESTERN DESERT ; URBAN GEOTOURISM ; CULTURAL-HERITAGE ; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE ; GEOSITE ; REGION ; STRATIGRAPHY ; CHALLENGES ; EDUCATION
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405340
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mousa, Fatma A.,Ruban, Dmitry A.,Abu El-Hassan, Mohamed M.,et al. Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic geoheritage resources of the Kharga Oasis (Egypt): Novel assessment, exploitation perspectives, and policy implications[J],2024,91.
APA	Mousa, Fatma A.,Ruban, Dmitry A.,Abu El-Hassan, Mohamed M.,&Sallam, Emad S..(2024).Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic geoheritage resources of the Kharga Oasis (Egypt): Novel assessment, exploitation perspectives, and policy implications.RESOURCES POLICY,91.
MLA	Mousa, Fatma A.,et al."Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic geoheritage resources of the Kharga Oasis (Egypt): Novel assessment, exploitation perspectives, and policy implications".RESOURCES POLICY 91(2024).