Description: Geotourism Potential of Georgia, the Caucasus : History, Culture, Geology, Geotourist Routes and Geoparks, Paperback by Gamkrelidze, Irakli; Okrostsvaridze, Avtandil; Koiava, Kakhaber; Maisadze, Ferando, ISBN 3030629686, ISBN-13 9783030629687, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Georgia’s territory represents a real “natural geological laboratory,” exposing magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Neoproterozoic to the Quaternary. After a brief presentation of Georgia’s history and culture, the authors present the stratigraphy, rock types of individual tectonic zones of Georgia, their tectonic structure and paleotectonic reconstructions of the Caucasus. This book describes the three main geotourism routes of Georgia meticulously: 1. Tbilisi-Pasanauri-Kazbegi (along the Georgian Military Road), 2. Tbilisi-Zugdidi-Mestia-Ushguli and 3. Tbilisi-Khashuri-Vardzia, which cross different parts of Fold Systems of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and Transcaucasian Intermountain area. The following potential geoparks are described in this book: 1. Sataplia dinosaur footprints together with Sataplia and Prometheus caves; 2. Tskaltubo resort-town and mineral water deposit; 3. Borjomi resort-town and mineral water deposit; 4. Kazbegi Quaternary volcanoes and Keli volcanic highland;5. Dariali Paleozoic granitoid massif; 6. Dmanisi hominids site and the Mashavera gorge basaltic flow; 7. Dashbashi canyon; rock-cut town and Kvakhvreli cave complex; - Upper Miocene marine and continental deposits and David Gareja monastery complex;10. Dedoplistskaro - Vashlovani protected areas and mud volcanoes.
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Book Title: Geotourism Potential of Georgia, the Caucasus : History, Culture, Geology, Geotourist Routes and Geoparks
Item Length: 11in
Item Width: 8.3in
Author: Ferando Maisadze, Irakli Gamkrelidze, Avtandil Okrostsvaridze, Kakhaber Koiava
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Earth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 8.9 Oz
Number of Pages: X, 81 Pages
