Geologia Croatica, Vol. 69 No. 3, 2016.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.4154/gc.2016.28
Upper Cretaceous geosites on Golija Mountain - objects of geoheritage
Ljiljana Grujičić-Tešić
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology
Dragoman Rabrenović
; Geological Survey of Serbia
Jovan Kovačević
; Geological Survey of Serbia
Nataša Gerzina
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology
Nevenka Đerić
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology
Abstract
The Upper Cretaceous rudist limestones are well-known from several localities in Serbia. Three of these localities (Svilanovo, Bele Vode and Kulizino Selo) are located in SW Serbia, on Golija Mt. These localities are crucial for understanding the development of the Upper Cretaceous shallow-water environments, thus this is an area of great scientific and educational value, particularly considering palaeontology, stratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeogeography. One of the aims of this paper is to evaluate these geosites and their geotouristic potential, using Geosite Assessment Model (GAM), which is important for their geoconservation as well as for the sustainable development of the area.
Keywords
geoheritage; geosite; geoconservation; geotourism; rudists; Upper Cretaceous; Mt. Golija; SW Serbia
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168723
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Publication date:
7.10.2016.
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