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Popularizing Structural Geology: Exemplary Structural Geosites from the Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark (Northern Apennines, Italy)

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  • Chiara Frassi

    (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Via Santa Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy)

  • Alessia Amorfini

    (Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark, Fortezza di Mont’Alfonso, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, 55032 Lucca, Italy)

  • Antonio Bartelletti

    (Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark, Fortezza di Mont’Alfonso, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, 55032 Lucca, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Ottria

    (Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark, Fortezza di Mont’Alfonso, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, 55032 Lucca, Italy
    Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Italian National Research Council, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

Popularizing endogenic geological processes that act deep on the Earth during geologic time producing orogenic belts requires a great effort. Consequently, geosites dealing with structural geology are surveyed with a lower frequency. Geological structures, however, may strongly control and model the territory and/or trigger the exogenous processes responsible for a specific landform/landscape. We describe here three geosites in the Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark (Tuscany, Italy) to highlight their geoheritage values. We used the classical methods applied in structural geology to conceive and design three new interpretative panels of structural geosites using simple language and graphic schemes that facilitate the understanding of geological structures. The three selected structures were produced by different deformation regimes and at different structural depths. The first geosite is the boundary between the metamorphic and non-metamorphic rocks and represents the boundary of the Apuan Alps tectonic window. The second geosite is the spectacular Mt. Forato natural arch and the third represents a beautiful example of folds. Each panel is characterized by QR codes that allow the reader to access a short geological glossary, the Apuan Alps Geopark website, and a short evaluation survey on the quality of the interpretative panel.

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  • Chiara Frassi & Alessia Amorfini & Antonio Bartelletti & Giuseppe Ottria, 2022. "Popularizing Structural Geology: Exemplary Structural Geosites from the Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark (Northern Apennines, Italy)," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:8:p:1282-:d:884568
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    1. Chiara Frassi & Giuseppe Ottria & Alessio Ferdeghini, 2020. "Fault tectonics of the Tuscan Nappe in the eastern sector of the Apuan Alps (Italy)," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 745-754, December.
    2. Andrea Ferrando & Francesco Faccini & Flavio Poggi & Paola Coratza, 2021. "Geosites Inventory in Liguria Region (Northern Italy): A Tool for Regional Geoconservation and Environmental Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-19, February.
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