European UNESCO Geoparks: Introduction to Part I

Authors

• Michael J. Benton * ¹

• School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom

Abstract

The concept of the volume is to survey all the key geoparks throughout Europe in terms of their palaeontological significance. The first 25 articles in this Part cover the long span of geological time from the Precambrian to the Permian, arranged in chronostratigraphic order. These document some of the most important early stages in the history of life, from its origin to the devastation end-Permian mass extinction.

Keywords

• Fossils
• Geoeducation
• Paleontological heritage
• UNESCO geoparks
• Geotourism. Geoconservation

Main Subjects

• Geoconservation
• Geoparks
• Paleontology