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Geoheritage Resource of a Small Town: Evidence from Southwestern Russia

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Urban geoheritage is an important research theme, and new lines of evidence are necessary for its development. The small town of Kamennomostskiy located in southwestern Russia is crossed by lengthy outcrops of Tithonian variegated sedimentary rocks along the Belaya River and its right tributary. These rocks include red (iron rich) siltstones, dolomitic siltstones and dolomitic marlstones. They accumulated in sabkha environment. The studied outcrops constitute a nationally unique geological object (geosite), which represents the Late Jurassic dolomite-bearing sabkha deposits. This geosite occupies a significant part of the urban area and boasts exceptional aesthetic properties, appropriate visibility and perfect accessibility. It can be used for the purposes of science, education and tourism. This geosite creates a significant advantage to further development of Kamennomostskiy.

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The authors gratefully thank the journal editor, as well as P. Wolniewicz (Poland) and G. Schweigert (Germany) for thorough examination of this paper and helpful recommendations, A.J. van Loon (Spain) for useful comments on sabkha deposition, N.V. Ruban (Russia) for field assistance, G.I. Doludenko (Russia) for driving support and conversations revealing the town identity, and A.A. Goryacheva (Russia) for attempts to find palynomorphs in the samples.

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The contribution by A.V.M. was carried out with the financial support of the RF President grant MK-1862.2020.5. The contribution by S.O.Z. was supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program; by the Ministry of Science and High Education of the Russian Federation contract No. 14.Y26.31.0029 in the framework of the Resolution No. 220 of the Government of the Russian Federation; by the subsidy allocated to Kazan Federal University for the state assignment no. 671-2020-0049 in the sphere of scientific activities. All sample analyses were made at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of the Kazan Federal University. The contributions by D.A.R. and N.N.Y. were not funded.

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  1. K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (the First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

    Dmitry A. Ruban

  2. Higher School of Business, Southern Federal University, 23-ja Linija Street 43, Rostov-on-Don, 344019, Russia

    Dmitry A. Ruban

  3. Department of Physical Geography, Ecology, and Nature Protection, Institute of Earth Sciences, Southern Federal University, Zorge Street 40, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia

    Anna V. Mikhailenko

  4. Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan Federal University, Kremlyovskaya Street 18, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 420008, Russia

    Svetlana O. Zorina

  5. Department of Economics and Management, Business School, Cherepovets State University, Sovetskiy Avenue 10, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600, Russia

    Natalia N. Yashalova

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Ruban, D.A., Mikhailenko, A.V., Zorina, S.O. et al. Geoheritage Resource of a Small Town: Evidence from Southwestern Russia. Geoheritage 13, 82 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-021-00607-2

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