TY - EJOUR
AU - Benton, Michael J.
AU - Brasier, Alexander J
AU - Harrison, Peter
AU - Hamlet, Laura
PY - 2024
DA - January
TI - The North West Highlands UNESCO Global Geopark: Oldest Fossils in Europe
T2 - Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.)
VL - 4
L1 - https://oiccpress.com/geoconservation-research/article/the-north-west-highlands-unesco-global-geopark-oldest-fossils-in-europe/
DO - 10.30486/gcr.2020.1911147.1034
N2 - The North West Highlands Geopark is probably one of the largest geoparks anywhere, comprising 2000 km2 of remote, mountainous and coastal terrain. It was the first European Geopark to be recognised in Scotland in 2004 and was designated by UNESCO as a Global Geopark in 2015. Since then, it has been very successful in delivering projects to support sustainable community and economic development based on the region’s Geoheritage and giving informative introductions to the geology, wildlife, landscapes, and human heritage of the region. The geological importance resides in the incredible age of the Lewisian rocks, which are some of the most ancient in Europe, and the organic-walled microfossils of the Torridonian rocks, amongst the oldest evidence of life in the continent of Europe, and possibly the oldest evidence of complex (eukaryotic) non-marine life in the world.
IS - 1
PB - OICC Press
KW - Torridon Group, Stoer Head Group, Geoconservation, Geotourism, Geopark, Torridonian, Precambrian life 
EN -