2021
DOI: 10.3390/heritage4010012
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Granite Landscapes, Geodiversity and Geoheritage—Global Context

Abstract: Granite geomorphological sceneries are important components of global geoheritage, but international awareness of their significance seems insufficient. Based on existing literature, ten distinctive types of relief are identified, along with several sub-types, and an overview of medium-size and minor landforms characteristic for granite terrains is provided. Collectively, they tell stories about landscape evolution and environmental changes over geological timescale, having also considerable aesthetic values i… Show more

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“…There are many such studies and they mostly include formalized bonitations and evaluations of different types of spatial units. On the one hand, they may result from natural reasons (e.g., ecosystems, habitats, micro-regions, geocomplexes, and geomorphological surfaces are studied [18,19]), administrative reasons (territorial division, useful in analyses for practical purposes, e.g., in spatial planning and environmental protection [20]), and finally, they may be artificial units, e.g., geometric units of grid type [21]. On the other hand, these units can be views (view fields, view cones), where GIS techniques related to view extent determination prove to be particularly useful [20,22].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…There are many such studies and they mostly include formalized bonitations and evaluations of different types of spatial units. On the one hand, they may result from natural reasons (e.g., ecosystems, habitats, micro-regions, geocomplexes, and geomorphological surfaces are studied [18,19]), administrative reasons (territorial division, useful in analyses for practical purposes, e.g., in spatial planning and environmental protection [20]), and finally, they may be artificial units, e.g., geometric units of grid type [21]. On the other hand, these units can be views (view fields, view cones), where GIS techniques related to view extent determination prove to be particularly useful [20,22].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…No sentido restrito, os inselbergues são elevações abruptas em meio a uma superfície aplainada, podendo estar isolados ou agrupados (MIGOŃ, 2021). São delimitados por vertentes escarpadas, fato que limita a permanência dos materiais alterados e a formação de um manto pedológico, de modo que os solos são inexistentes ou muito rasos (BREMER;SANDER, 2000).…”
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“…A ocorrência dos inselbergues está relacionada à sucessão de sistemas morfoclimáticos mais úmidos para mais secos, à ocorrência rochas maciças e à uma rede de fraturamentos (BREMER;SANDER, 2000;MAIA, et al, 2015). Eles são bem visíveis em paisagens de savanas, semidesérticas e desérticas, embora sua distribuição real seja global (MIGOŃ, 2021). Essas feições podem ser encontradas na África do Sul, Austrália, Madagascar, Namíbia, Sri Lanka, Suriname e Venezuela (MIGOŃ, 2021;TWIDALE, 1995), entre outros sítios.…”
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