Abstract
Modern conceptual approach to geointerpretation and geoeducation emphasizes the holistic understanding of the environment and attends to linkages between various abiotic, biotic, and cultural components. In this paper, we highlight multiple relationships between Cenozoic volcanism and host sedimentary rocks, mainly sandstones of Cretaceous age, which can be explored in the context of geotourism and geoeducation in several Central European geoparks (Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark, Land of Extinct Volcanoes Aspiring Geopark, Ralsko National Geopark) and their surroundings. These include the effects of magmatism on sandstones, with further consequences for landform development at different spatial scales, the origin of mineral resources, underpinning of biological diversity, and specific land use contrasts. Existing interpretation provisions are reviewed, and a three-tiered framework to show these different linkages is proposed. It is argued that different, but complementary themes can be addressed at the landscape, landform, and individual outcrop (geosite) level.
Highlights
Holistic approach to the environment is at the core of geopark idea (Zouros and Valiakos 2010; Ólafsdóttir and Dowling 2014; Pásková and Zelenka 2018; Pásková et al 2021)
Modern conceptual approach to geointerpretation and geoeducation emphasizes the holistic understanding of the environment and urges to highlight linkages between various abiotic, biotic and cultural components
A common feature of three geoparks located in Central Europe, in Czechia and Poland (Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark, Land of Extinct Volcanoes Aspiring UNESCO Geopark, Ralsko National Geopark), is the co-existence of Cenozoic volcanic and subvolcanic rocks with thick sedimentary packages of Permian and Mesozoic age, among which sandstones are abundant
Summary
Holistic approach to the environment is at the core of geopark idea (Zouros and Valiakos 2010; Ólafsdóttir and Dowling 2014; Pásková and Zelenka 2018; Pásková et al 2021). Geotourism, even though focused on geoheritage, builds upon general landscape appreciation and aims to raise awareness of mutual causal connections between geological past, present-day environments, and human activities (Newsome and Dowling 2005; Hose 2008, 2010; Dowling and Newsome 2018; Gordon 2018a, b). The presence of outstanding geoheritage as a prerequisite to create a geopark, and the role of geodiversity and georesources as factors underpinning both biodiversity values and cultural heritage of an area have been emphasized since the
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