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Travertine Park in Azarshahr (NW Iran): an Opportunity for Geoheritage Conservation and Diminishing Geohazards Risk

Travertine Park in Azarshahr (NW Iran): an Opportunity for Geoheritage Conservation and... Azarshahr region in NW Iran is known in the geology world for its travertines. Travertines have inherent natural features that are geoheritages of Azarshahr. The formation of travertine derived from huge karstification in subsurface Mesozoic limestones. The occurrence of small sinkhole collapses, geophysical studies, drilling data and remote sensing results indicates to presence of hidden voids in the subsurface of the Azarshahr region that could constitute a serious hazard. The management of travertine geoheritages and the karst hazard, along with mining activities, is challenging; however, they were not considered by decision-makers. The establishing of a travertine park in Azarshahr could promote conservation geoheritages and manage karst hazard risks as well as could lead to the sustainable development of the area. Moreover, it could help developing tourism, creating job opportunities, enhancing living standards of the local community by improving their incoming and earth/tourism sciences knowledge, creating avenues for economic goods and developing infrastructures and urbanization. UNESCO has many projects for the conservation of geoheritage and decreasing geohazards, like Geoheritages for Geohazard Resilience project, which following their successful models and making global networks can help in achieving the goal in Azarshahr. The local government of Azarshahr, by monitoring and providing a database of geoheritage and geohazard features, could not only accelerate to jointing of the project but also helps the council in determining of subdivision and rural plans or development. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Geoheritage Springer Journals

Travertine Park in Azarshahr (NW Iran): an Opportunity for Geoheritage Conservation and Diminishing Geohazards Risk

Mehdipour Ghazi, Javad; Audra, Philippe
Geoheritage , Volume 14 (3) – Sep 1, 2022
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Abstract

Azarshahr region in NW Iran is known in the geology world for its travertines. Travertines have inherent natural features that are geoheritages of Azarshahr. The formation of travertine derived from huge karstification in subsurface Mesozoic limestones. The occurrence of small sinkhole collapses, geophysical studies, drilling data and remote sensing results indicates to presence of hidden voids in the subsurface of the Azarshahr region that could constitute a serious hazard. The management of travertine geoheritages and the karst hazard, along with mining activities, is challenging; however, they were not considered by decision-makers. The establishing of a travertine park in Azarshahr could promote conservation geoheritages and manage karst hazard risks as well as could lead to the sustainable development of the area. Moreover, it could help developing tourism, creating job opportunities, enhancing living standards of the local community by improving their incoming and earth/tourism sciences knowledge, creating avenues for economic goods and developing infrastructures and urbanization. UNESCO has many projects for the conservation of geoheritage and decreasing geohazards, like Geoheritages for Geohazard Resilience project, which following their successful models and making global networks can help in achieving the goal in Azarshahr. The local government of Azarshahr, by monitoring and providing a database of geoheritage and geohazard features, could not only accelerate to jointing of the project but also helps the council in determining of subdivision and rural plans or development.

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Geoheritage – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 2022

Keywords: Iran; Azarshahr; Travertine; Geoheritage; Geohazard

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