Table 1 National Geopark Planning Compilation Technical Requirements – Types of geoheritage resources
Group | Type | Sub-type |
|---|---|---|
I. Geological section (body, strata) | 1. Stratigraphic section | (1) Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) |
(2) National standard profile | ||
(3) Regional standard profile | ||
(4) Area standard profile | ||
2. Igneous rock section | (5) Typical basic and ultra-basic rock mass (profile) | |
(6) Typical intermediate rock mass (profile) | ||
(7) Typical acidic rock mass (profile) | ||
(8) Typical alkaline rock mass (profile) | ||
3. Metamorphic rock profile | (9) Typical contact metamorphic belt profile | |
(10) Typical heat dynamic metamorphic belt profile | ||
(11) Typical migmatisation and metamorphic belt profile | ||
(12) Typical high- and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic belt profile | ||
4. Sedimentary rock profile | (13) Typical sedimentary lithic facies | |
II. Geological structure | 5. Structure | (14) Global structure |
(15) Regional (large-scale) structure | ||
(16) Medium to small structure | ||
III. Palaeontology | 6. Ancient humans | (17) Ancient human fossils |
(18) Ancient human activity relics | ||
7. Ancient animals | (19) Ancient invertebrates | |
(20) Ancient vertebrates | ||
8. Ancient plants | (21) Ancient plants | |
9. Palaeontological relics | (22) Palaeontological activity relics | |
IV. Minerals and deposits | 10. Typical mineral origin | (23) Typical mineral origin |
11. Typical deposits | (24) Typical metal deposits | |
(25) Typical non-metal deposits | ||
(26) Typical energy resource deposits | ||
V. Geomorphological landscape | 12. Rock and landform landscape | (27) Granitic landscape |
(28) Clastic rock landscape | ||
(29) Soluble rock landform (karst landform) | ||
(30) Loess landscape | ||
(31) Sand depositional landscape | ||
13. Volcanic landscape | (32) Volcanic structure landscape | |
(33) Volcanic lava landscape | ||
(34) Pyroclastic deposit landscape | ||
14. Glacial landscape | (35) Glacial erosion landscape | |
(36) Glacial deposition landscape | ||
(37) Periglacial landscape | ||
15. Fluvial landscape | (38) Fluvial erosion landscape | |
(39) Fluvial deposition landscape | ||
16. Marine erosion and deposition landscapes | (40) Marine erosion landscape | |
(41) Marine deposition landscape | ||
17. Structural geomorphology | (42) Structural landscape | |
VI. Water bodies | 18. Spring landscape | (43) Hot spring landscape |
(44) Cold spring landscape | ||
19. Lacustrine landscape | (45) Lacustrine landscape | |
(46) Swamp and wetland landscape | ||
20. Fluvial landscape | (47) Scenic river | |
21. Waterfall landscape | (48) Waterfall landscape | |
VII. Environmental and geologic landscape | 22. Earthquake landscape | (49) Ancient earthquake landscape |
(50) Recent earthquake landscape | ||
23. Meteorite landscape | (51) Meteorite landscape | |
24. Geohazard landscape | (52) Landslide landscape | |
(53) Landslip landscape | ||
(54) Mud flow landscape | ||
(55) Fissure and ground subsidence landscape | ||
25. Mining relic landscape | (56) Mining relics |