Nuevo inventario de Lugares de Interés Geológico de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja
- A. Salazar 1
- A. Alegría 2
- A. Cabrera 1
- R. Esteban 2
- S. Gómez 2
- R. Jiménez 1
- J. Luengo 1
- J.J. Moratalla 1
- J. Vegas 1
- 1 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
- 2 Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental y Recursos Hídricos de La Rioja
ISSN: 1576-5172
Année de publication: 2022
Titre de la publication: Geoparques: investigar, educar, conservar y gestionar. Libro de resúmenes de la XIV Reunión de la Comisión de Patrimonio Geológico
Número: 19
Pages: 25-28
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Geotemas (Madrid)
Résumé
This paper details the methodology and results of the inventory of Geological Sites of Interest (geosites) of La Rioja. To carry out this inventory, regional geological frameworks were established for each of the geological regions present in La Rioja (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Ebro Basin, and Iberian Range). The new inventory consists of 65 geosites, which represents a higher density than other Spanish territories. Because it integrates 18 geosites belonging to the geological framework of international relevance “Fossils and ichnofossils from the continental Mesozoic of the Iberian Peninsula” (Global Geosites project for Spain), the inventory has a thematic bias towards Palaeontology and a greater accumulation of geosites in the Cameros Basin (Aragonese Branch, Iberian Range). Fifty two % of the geosites of the new inventory are located in a protected natural area and all the dinosaur footprint geosites have been declared Sites of Cultural Interest in 2000.