Characteristics and evaluation of geologic heritage landscape resources in Jiangyou national geopark

The Jiangyou national geopark has rich geological heritage landscape resources, such as karst cave, karst funnel, standard geologic profile of the Devonian period, fossil, hill and barranca. On the basis of field survey, the characteristics of the geologic heritage landscape resources in the geopark is summarized, the types of geologic heritage landscape resources are divided, and the main geological heritage resources are evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively. The evaluation results prove that the geopark is of distinguishing feature, high quality and strong complementarity as well as great matching performance of geologic heritage resources. Furthermore, the geopark is of great value for scientific research, ornamental and tourism development. It is concluded that the Jiangyou national geopark includes 11 national level geologic heritage resource sites and 12 provincial level geologic heritage resource sites. The evaluating results can not only help understand the geologic heritage resources in the Jiangyou national geopark but also provide guidance for the protection, development and utilization of geologic heritages as well as the management of the geopark.