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Fig. 12
Stone forest in Shilin
geopark
Fig. 13
Glacial relics in Lushan
geopark
tectonic geology, volcanology, etc. Most scholars place
emphasis on the principle disciplines and related main geologic
factors in the geoheritage classi
The geomorphology within the category of the
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Geolog-
ical
can be subdivided into: karst landform,
granite landform, volcanic landform, glacial landform,
Danxia landform, aeolian landform, sandstone landform,
marine erosion landform and Yuntai landform. The geologic
hazard relics (or
landforms
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cation scheme. Through the
comprehensive analysis of the types of National geoparks in
China, and the revised Zhaoxun
s scheme (Zhao and Zhao
2009
;Zhao
2005
), the authors have summarized the main
geoheritage types (Table
1
).
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) can be divided into
earthquake ruin relic, landslide relic, and debris
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Geohazard relic
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ow relic.
