Geodiversity, geological heritage and renewal of the network of geosites of the Dnipropetrovsk region
Journal: Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology
Year: 2023

This paper is focused on the relatively new terms in the Earth Sciences – geodiver- sity, geological heritage, geoconservation, geosites, geoparks – and their practical usage in Ukraine. The diversity of geological processes that have occurred in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, its structural-tectonic position, and the long complex history of its development, since the Precambrian until the Quaternary Epoch, combined with a large amount of natural and mining-exposed outcrops, has made it rich in various