Geological activity of humans represented in the world heritage sites of India, Italy, and Russia: Evidence of the anthropocene
| Autor: | Adriana Moroni, Anastasia A. Statsenko, Aniello Aloia, Ekaterina G. Radchenko, M. K. Ansari, M. Ahmad, Dmitry A. Ruban, Trilok Singh, Svetlana O. Zorina, Natalia I. Panikarskaja |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geoarchaeology World Heritage Site human activity Anthropocene India Italy Russia Stratigraphy Russia India 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Geochemistry and Petrology Anthropocene Environmental protection Geoarchaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:QE1-996.5 Paleontology Geology human activity Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Archaeology lcsh:Geology Geophysics Geography Italy World heritage World Heritage Site Economic Geology |
| Zdroj: | Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, Vol 2016, Iss 77, Pp 55-71 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2406-0747 0350-0608 |
| Popis: | The idea of the Anthropocene attracts attention of scientists, policy-makers, and broad public to the geological activity of humans and poses new important questions for the modern stratigraphy. The growth of the Anthropocene-related knowledge and its promotion can be based potentially on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS). On the one hand, many of these sites provide spectacular evidence of the human activity. On the other hand, these are remarkable tourist attractions. The WHSs of three heritage-rich countries, namely India, Italy, and Russia, have been assessed with regard to how these reflect the geological activity of humans. It is established that 65-90% of all WHSs in each country provide direct and indirect evidence of such an activity (artificial caves, terrace building, etc.), which appears to be enough for the general discussion of the idea of the Anthropocene. However, the distribution of the WHSs by their age allows focusing only on the ?early? (before 1800 AD) start of the Anthropocene, which is not enough for full discussion of the lower limit of this unit. The examples considered in the present study imply that some WHSs alone provide very important pieces of the Anthropocene-related knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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