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

Migoń Piotr (), Woo Kyung-Sik and Kasprzak Marek
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Migoń Piotr: Department of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography and regional Development, University of Wrocław, Poland
Woo Kyung-Sik: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
Kasprzak Marek: Department of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography and regional Development, University of Wrocław, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018, vol. 37, issue 1, 103-114

Abstract: 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: granite geomorphology; rock control; mass movements; bedrock channels; World Heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2018-0008

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