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The Geoheritage of Kerdous Inlier (Western
Anti-Atlas, Morocco): Pages of Earth History
in an Outstanding Landscape
La géologie: de l'Antiquité à nos jours Le
géopatrimoine et la géoconservation, cas de la
Grande-Bretagne
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E. Druguet, A. Rahimi, J. Carreras, L.M. Castaño, and I. Sánchez-Sorribes
Abstract
The Kerdous massif (Anti-Atlas of Morocco) consists of outstanding geological features and
landscapes, such as many fascinating erosion landforms. Moreover, the outcropping rocks in
the area comprise a unique record of multiple processes in the Earth geological evolution. The
rst list, resulting of the preliminary inventory of the most relevant and representative geosites
in the region includes four large zones of exceptional value. These are the granite landforms of
Tafraoute (south of Tafraoute village), the Ameln valley (north of Tafraoute), the A
t-Mansour
gorges (southeast of Tafraoute) and the Izerbi plain (south of the Kerdous inlier). Their
features make the Kerdous area worthy of conservation as a natural-cultural site deserving a
Global Geopark status. The protection of these geosites is compatible with their use as a
cultural resource. Geoheritage-based tourism activities could be promoted under an
appropriate management plan based on geoeducation and geoconservation.
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Résumé
Le massif de Kerdous (Anti-Atlas, Maroc) est caract
é
ris
é
par une importante g
é
odiversit
é
due
à
sa structure g
é
ologique complexe et aux reliefs et paysages exceptionnels qui lui sont
associ
é
s. Dans cette r
é
gion, un grand nombre de sites g
é
omorphologiques et g
é
ologiques
offrent un potentiel, tr
è
s important et unique dans son genre au Maroc, pour des usages
scienti
ques,
é
ducatifs et touristiques. La premi
è
re liste r
é
sultant de l
'
inventaire pr
é
liminaire-
des g
é
osites les plus pertinents et les plus repr
é
sentatifs de la r
é
gion, inclut quatre grandes
zones les plus remarquables. Il s
'
agit de Tafraout connue par ses curieuses et impressionnantes
formes model
é
es dans le granite rose, la vall
é
ed
'
Ameln et ses paysages pittoresques, les
'
'
gorges d
Ait Mansour et la plaine d
Ait Ouafka-Izerbi. A ces paysages magni
ques, il faut
ajouter d
'
autres patrimoines d
'
int
é
r
ê
t particulier du point de vue arch
é
ologique (gravures sur
les rochers), architectural,
é
cologique, historique et culturel. La protection de ces g
é
osites est
compatible avec leur utilisation comme une ressource culturelle. Les activit
é
s touristiques
