There is a widespread misconception, which still prevails amongst some land managers, that rocks and landforms are mostly robust, so that no special management of their values is necessary. Whilst this is true of some features, there are many aspects of geodiversity which are highly sensitive to disturbance.
Many soil types are sensitive to a range of accelerated erosion and other degradation hazards.
Terminology Some terms to describe aspects of the sensitivity of geodiversity to disturbance are defined and discussed in the glossary .