Overview
- Explores the impressive geotourism potential of Georgia
- Reviews the latest studies of the geological structure of Georgia
- Contains additional elements to satisfy the curiosity about the history and culture of Georgia
- Includes many color photos of geological outcrops, cultural monuments, geological maps, and cross sections
Part of the book series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism (GGAG)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (4 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
Georgia’s territory represents a real “natural geological laboratory,” exposing magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Neoproterozoic to the Quaternary. After a brief presentation of Georgia’s history and culture, the authors present the stratigraphy, rock types of individual tectonic zones of Georgia, their tectonic structure and paleotectonic reconstructions of the Caucasus.
This book describes the three main geotourism routes of Georgia meticulously: 1. Tbilisi-Pasanauri-Kazbegi (along the Georgian Military Road), 2. Tbilisi-Zugdidi-Mestia-Ushguli and 3. Tbilisi-Khashuri-Vardzia, which cross different parts of Fold Systems of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and Transcaucasian Intermountain area.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Irakli Gamkrelidze is Doctor of Geological Sciences, Academician of Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Head of Earth Sciences Department of Georgian National Academy of sciences and Head of Department of Tectonics and Regional Geology of A. Janelidze Institute of Geology of Tbilisi State University. The field of his research is structural geology and geotectonics, geodynamic evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt and geodynamic conditions of magmatic and metamorphic processes. He is a member of several international organizations. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, 10 monographs and 3 textbooks. He is a Laureate of the Georgian National Prize.
Avtandil Okrostsvaridze is Doctor of Geological Sciences and Professor of the Ilia State University, Tbilisi. Sphere of his scientific interests is granitoid magmatism and continental crust evolution, ore mineralization processes, natural hazard estimation, geological environment influence on human health and protection of geological monuments. He is the author of more than 190 scientific papers and 6 books. He is a Laureate of the A. Janelidze Prize of Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
Kakhaber Koiava is Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) of Georgian National Academy of Sciences in the field of Paleontology and Stratigraphy. He is highly qualified and has a longstanding experience in stratigraphy and micropaleontology of Miocene deposits of Eastern Paratethys. Besides, his main sphere of interest includes oil and gas geology, mud volcanoes, structural geology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. He is the author and co-author of about 50 scientific papers, English-Georgian Terminological Dictionary of Geology (38 300 terms) and 1 monograph.
Ferando Maisadze is Doctor of Geological Sciences, a corresponding member of Georgian National Academy of sciences, and Chief Researcher at the A. Janelidze Institute of Geologyof Tbilisi State University. The field of his research is regional geology, paleogeography, tectonics and sedimentology. He is the author of more than 100 papers and 4 monographs. He is a Laureate of the A. Janelidze Prize of Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geotourism Potential of Georgia, the Caucasus
Book Subtitle: History, Culture, Geology, Geotourist Routes and Geoparks
Authors: Irakli Gamkrelidze, Avtandil Okrostsvaridze, Kakhaber Koiava, Ferando Maisadze
Series Title: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62966-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62965-6Published: 13 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62968-7Published: 14 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62966-3Published: 12 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2363-765X
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7668
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 81
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Earth Sciences, general, Geology, Sedimentology, Evolutionary Biology, Tourism Management