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Qualitative Assessment of Geoheritage for Geotourism Promotion: a Case Study from Mehrangarh Ridge in Jodhpur City, Western Rajasthan, India

Geoheritage volume 13, Article number: 80 (2021) Cite this article

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Abstract

Mehrangarh ridge (MGR) of Jodhpur, situated in north western part of India, is endowed with wide variety of Georesource of volcanic rocks of Malani Igneous Suite (MIS) of Cryogenian age and overlying Jodhpur Group (JG) of Ediacaran age belonging to Marwar Supergroup (MSG). MIS is the third largest, felsic, anorogenic, and terrestrial volcanic province of the world that witnessed Pan African orogeny related to the splitting of Rodinia Supercontinent. Unique and rare volcanic features of MIS at MGR have been declared as the National Geological Monuments of India with its interface with JG. The suite of fluvio-deltaic to coastal sediments of JG at MGR preserved text book style sedimentary structures with rich assemblage of oldest and complex Ediacaran fossils. MIS and JG altogether at MGR constitute the strato-type sections and outdoor geological museums in India that display geological processes of about 200 million years of Earth’s history. Such records of past tectonics, climates, and environments characterize the land-sea interaction and distribution in this part of Eastern Gondwana land that represent global geodiversity and provide eminent narratives for geo-education. However, these relict volcanic and sedimentary Georesources though formed site-specific landforms of MGR but have received less attention towards their geoheritage values. MGR is also endowed with many archaeological heritage monuments (HM) with additional cultural values that are constructed by indigenous Heritage Stone Resources (HSR) of JG. The HM represents old patronage of Jodhpur since medieval time that makes it a famous tourist destination of the world. In absence of geotourism applications and infrastructures in India, efforts are made under present study to provide suitable qualitative methodologies to identify geosites and assess geoheritage of educational and geotourism values taking MGR as a case study. Based on the proposed methodologies, we propose twelve geosites of geological, geomorphological, and archaeological types of geoheritage at MGR. These significant geosites of the Cryogenian—Ediacaran successions should be conserved as important geoheritage sites for geotourism through the proposed Geopark at MGR in Jodhpur.

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The authors are highly grateful and they express their sincere sentiments of gratitude to HH Gaj Singh Ji for his esteemed guidance, encouragement, and support throughout the project work. The authors are highly gratified to Mr. Karni Singh Ji and Mr. Jagat Singh Ji of MMT for their help during fieldwork on MGR. The authors are very grateful to Prof. Jose Brilha, Geologist and Professor, University of Minho (Portugal) for twice reviewing the MS along with anonymous reviewers for providing thoughtful suggestions and guidance to improve the quality of the paper. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Shruti Kanga, Head, C3WR, SGVU, Jaipur; Prof. S.R. Jakhar, Head, Department of Geology, JNVU, Jodhpur; Dr. S.S. Rathore, honorable member, RPSC, Ajmer; and Prof. M.G. Thakkar, Head, Dept. of Geology, Kachchh University, Bhuj, for providing facilities and support respectively for the present work. It gives us immense pleasure to extend thanks to Mr. Shailesh Mathur (MMT), Dr. V.N Mishra, Dr. Pranay Diwate (SGVU), Dr. S.D. Gour, Dr. V.S. Parihar, Dr. S.L. Nama, Dr. N.S. Shekhawat, Dr. C.P. Khichi, and Mr. Danzil for their help in one and other ways.

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    Mathur Saurabh, Sharma Sudhanshu & Singh S. K.

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Saurabh, M., Sudhanshu, S., K., S.S. et al. Qualitative Assessment of Geoheritage for Geotourism Promotion: a Case Study from Mehrangarh Ridge in Jodhpur City, Western Rajasthan, India. Geoheritage 13, 80 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-021-00604-5

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