Landform recognition in granite mountains in East Asia (Seoraksan, Republic of Korea, and Huangshan and Sanqingshan, China) – a contribution of geomorphology to the UNESCO World Heritage

• Authors: Piotr Migoń , Kyung-Sik Woo , Marek Kasprzak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Applied research in geomorphology includes landform analysis and evaluation from a specific perspective of scientific significance and global relevance. In this paper, landform diversity of Seoraksan, Republic of Korea, a UNESCO World Heritage candidate, is compared with geomorphic characteristics of two World Heritage properties in China, Huangshan and Sanqingshan. Seoraksan represents an almost complete mountain geomorphic system of considerable contemporary dynamics, with outstanding scenery and spectacular landforms such as domes, fins, bedrock channels, waterfalls, and inherited block fields. It is argued that Seoraksan contains outstanding scientific and aesthetic values, not present at the Chinese properties, offering scope for successful nomination.

Keywords

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granite geomorphology; rock control; mass movements; bedrock channels; World Heritage

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 103-115

Dates

published

2019-01-09

Contributors

author

Piotr Migoń

author

Kyung-Sik Woo

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Marek Kasprzak

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