Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark
Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses a wide variety of well-exposed and accessible geological features. The combination of ocean floor remnants on top of ancient continental crust, a cross-section through a volcano, and evidence of earth movements is preserved nowhere else in the world and, in...
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| description | Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses a wide variety of well-exposed and accessible geological features. The combination of ocean floor remnants on top of ancient continental crust, a cross-section through a volcano, and evidence of earth movements is preserved nowhere else in the world and, individually, are some of the best examples known. Devonian rocks deposited on the resulting landscape contain fossil faunas – vertebrate, invertebrate and plant - representing an early terrestrial ecosystem, elements of which have been correlated to similar Devonian deposits across northeast Scotland. Today, the Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark is managed by the Shetland Amenity Trust with the involvement of many organisations on and beyond the islands to conserve and promote exposures of the various geological features, now and into the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-53eb69b3df9940ae9e2dea12a59f5ee22025-01-02T22:58:40ZengOICC PressGeoconservation Research2645-46612588-73432021-06-014115816910.30486/gcr.2021.1912922.1052681427Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland GeoparkSusan Beardmore0National Museums ScotlandShetland UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses a wide variety of well-exposed and accessible geological features. The combination of ocean floor remnants on top of ancient continental crust, a cross-section through a volcano, and evidence of earth movements is preserved nowhere else in the world and, individually, are some of the best examples known. Devonian rocks deposited on the resulting landscape contain fossil faunas – vertebrate, invertebrate and plant - representing an early terrestrial ecosystem, elements of which have been correlated to similar Devonian deposits across northeast Scotland. Today, the Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark is managed by the Shetland Amenity Trust with the involvement of many organisations on and beyond the islands to conserve and promote exposures of the various geological features, now and into the future.http://gcr.khuisf.ac.ir/article_681427_9012677c4ef50863dafe69f445ea2c90.pdfshetland ophioliteeshaness volcanodevonian fishshetland amenity trustgeoconservationgeotourism |
| spellingShingle | Susan Beardmore Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark Geoconservation Research shetland ophiolite eshaness volcano devonian fish shetland amenity trust geoconservation geotourism |
| title | Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark |
| title_full | Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark |
| title_fullStr | Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark |
| title_short | Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark |
| title_sort | shifting continents and a devonian lake full of fish the extraordinary geological history of the shetland geopark |
| topic | shetland ophiolite eshaness volcano devonian fish shetland amenity trust geoconservation geotourism |
| url | http://gcr.khuisf.ac.ir/article_681427_9012677c4ef50863dafe69f445ea2c90.pdf |
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