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Mironivka quaternary loess-paleosoil sequence along the Azov shore.

Preservation of the Geological

Heritage of Ukraine: new steps

towards the creation of a database

of geosites

Volodymyr Manyuk, Dnipropetrovsk National University,

K.Marx, 36, Dnipropetrovsk, 49044, Ukraine.

E-mail: manuk-geo@mail.ru

In 2003 the State Geological Service of Ukraine made

an attempt to estimate the geological heritage of the

country. During one field season, from the beginning of

May up to the end of September the incorporated efforts

of the regional representatives of the Geological

Service carried out field work to study the natural geological

monuments throughout Ukraine. It is an increasingly

active movement for creating a national ecological

network in Ukraine, and a major component in this

work is linked to the nation’s geological heritage and

geoconservation.

Thanks to the financial support of the State Geological

enterprise "Pivdenukrgeology", objects of geological

heritage of six regions of Ukraine have been investigated.

The investigated area, which makes up 25 % of

the country, is located in the structural – tectonic relation

within the limits of the Ukrainian shields, Dnieper-

Donetsk and Prechernomorian depressions and the

Donetsk folded structure of the Hercynides.

Before the beginning of, and during the period of field

research a significant amount of work was done towards

obtaining archival data which most fully described

the history of each object of geological heritage

and its scientific value.

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The purpose of the work was to identify geosites deserving

preservation as well as existing objects, having

protected status. An evaluation of the condition of each

of the monuments was carried out including the degree

of their safety, a detailed description of objects of its

contribution to geological heritage (under the draft

format offered in 1998 Johansson C.E. et al.), survey

control and stratigraphy. A photographic documentation

was also carried out and rock, minerals and fossil

samples was collected for documentation.

131 geosites of high quality were identified during the

field work. Of these about 50 have the official status of

protected natural objects in one way or another: geological

monuments of local and state importance, landscape

and geological reserves and part of nature reserves

("Atlas of Objects of Nature-Reserve Fund of

Ukraine " 2003).

According to standard classification of geosites in

Ukraine 26 geosites was stratigraphic, 20 paleontological,

2 geochronological, 19 petrographic, 4 mineralogical,

6 tectonic, 19 geomorphologic, 3 karstic, 5 glaciological,

5 sediment-litological, 13 geoeconomic, 4 volcanic

and 5 geocultural.

A book, „Natural Geological Monuments of Ukraine” is

under preparation for publication and a computer databank

of all geosites of Ukraine is proceeding. Besides

providing basic geological information, the database,

with the purpose of popularizing the geological heritage

and its potential for tourism, will also be filled with information

on objects of cultural heritage.

A number of objects are considered as suitable for the

creation of geoparks. First of all :

• the unique outcrops of Proterozoic rocks containing

rich iron ores of the Krivorozhskian deposit

on the river Inguletc;

• picturesque outcrops of Archean granitoids,

• Devonian and Carboniferous limestones,

• basalt intrusions with spherical and columnar

structures such as " The Giants Causeway " in

Cultural and geological heritage. Keleberda granitic

rocks along the banks of the Dnepr.

The natural geological monument “Eagles nest” by the

river Ingulets in Kryviy Rig.

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Gigantic stone

“Giant” at the

“Grave-stones”

reserve.

The forms of

weathering in the

granitic rocks of

the “Grave-stones”

reserve

the valley of the river Kalmius in the south of

Donetsk region;

• Isachkovskian salt-dome structure (diapir),

fragments of which it is possible to see in

abandoned quarries in Poltava region (basalts,

tuff-breccias, diabasis, dolerites, tuffconglomerates

of Devonian, limestones of

Carboniferous);

• Granite massive " Stone tombs " in the Priasovian

block of the Ukrainian shield, with surprising

forms of weathered rocks of the Proterozoic

Kamennomogilskian complex.

In Dnipropetrovsk National University, the creation of a

geological museum is planned. It will include an exhibition

„Preservation of natural geological monuments of

Ukraine”.

A display of samples of minerals, rocks and fossils

collected in the course of field work and a description

of the basic geosites will be included in the museum

together with the illustrative materials describing basic

objects of geological heritage such as geological maps,

geologic sections, photos, a slide - show, educational

films etc.

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ProGEO Membership 2005

For you who have not yet renewed your subscription,

please notice that it is due time to do so.

Please inform the Treasurer about your subscription

intentions, either personally or via the national representative.

If you are uncertain about your payment

status you are very welcome to contact us.

In order to reduce the administration no individual invoices

are sent out since 2003, except on request and

to all institutional members. For the same reason we

have abandoned issuing member cards in favour of

ordinary receipts upon payment occasion.

The fees are the same as before: individuals pay 25

Euro and institutional members 150 Euro, if no other

agreements have been made. (Members from many

former Soviet countries are currently exempted from

payment (annual member registration is required) or

may pay full or reduced subscriptions.)

If you by any reason have difficulties with the bank

transfer, then please contact the Treasurer for optional

arrangements. Unfortunately we are still not able to

accept credit card payments because of high charges.

Payment instructions:

Please remember to state name and member year.

Payment to ProGEO should be transferred to

IBAN: SE81 8000 0838 1697 3296 5174

Swiftcode: SWEDSESS

If additional information is required, the address is:

SWEDBANK,

SE-105 34 Stockholm

It is recommended to inform the Treasurer by email

(see address below).

Joining ProGEO

To join, please write to or e-mail to the Executive Secretary

and include a signed member application form.

This and all necessary information is found on the

ProGEO subpage Join ProGEO (www.progeo.se).

If you have any further questions about payment,

please contact me at progeo@sgu.se

Gunnel Ransed

Treasurer

Natural and Cultural Landscapes,

The Geological Foundation

Proceedings of a conference, 9-11 September 2002,

Dublin Castle, Ireland

Edited by Matthew Parkes

Conference Sponsors:

Royal Irish Academy; Geological Survey of Ireland;

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland >; The Heritage

Council; DEPFA BANK.

The conference was organised in association with

ProGEO, UNESCO, IUGS, European Geoparks and

the Environment and Heritage Service

.

EUR 20.00 / USD 25.00/ GBP 15.00 (including postage),

ISBN 1-904890-00-8

There are a limited of copies available free to ProGEO

members who might not easily be able to order one.

Please contact

Matthew Parkes (matthewparkes@gsi.ie).

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“ Ten years geological heritage in

SE Europe”

ProGEO WG-1 subregional meeting & field trips

Tirana, Albania, May 12-17, 2005

ProGEO-Albania/Afat Serjani

E-mail: aserjani@yahoo.com

The meeting was organized by ProGEO-Albania (Union

of Albanian Geologists for Geoscience Heritage) in

collaboration with Academy of Sciences of Albania and

Geological Survey of Albania (GSA) according to the

objectives determined in August last year as included

in the First Circular distributed during the International

Geological Congress in Florence, Italy (20-28, August,

2004).

The reception was dedicated to the celebration of the

Tenth Anniversary of ProGEO WG-1 SE European

countries and was held on May 12 at 2000, exactly ten

years after the Bransko, Bulgaria Declaration and

Resolution, signed on May 1995) in Vila Nr. 31, “Pjeter

Bogdani” Str. Representatives from Bulgaria, Serbia

and Monte Negro, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Slovenia,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Italy, Russia participated

together with the Executive Secretary of Pro-

GEO. From Albania were also invited representatives

from ministries, Academy of Sciences of Albania, from

GSA and the Geological Research Institute etc. Greetings

speeches where held by Prof. Dr. Afat Serjani,

Prof. Dr. Ivan Zagorchev and Dr. Dusan Mijovic.

ProGEO Participants of excursion together with a group of students of Gjirokastra University

Foto A. Serjani.

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The scientific sessions were held in the conference hall

of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. The following

papers was presented:

• Afat SERJANI, Adil NEZIRAJ & Halil HALLAÇI:

Ten Years Geological Heritage Conservation

in Albania

• Galiba SIJARIC: Situation Regarding Protection

of Geological Heritage in BH in the last 10

years

• Radoslav NAKOV and Todor TODOROV: Ten

years ProGEO-Bulgaria – results and tasks in

the frame of the Nature Protection in the

Country

• Irini THEODOSSIOU-DRANDAKI: Geological

Heritage Conservation in Greece during last

ten years (since the foundation of ProGEO

WG-1)

• Dušan MIJOVIC: The Framework of the Geological

Heritage Conservation activities in Serbia

and Montenegro (1995-2005)

• Branka HLAD: Geological Heritage, ten years

from Sofia to Tirana - minutes from Slovenia

• Alexandru ANDRASANU: Integration of geodiversity,

biodiversity and local development

• Fuat SAROGLU, Nizamettin KAZANCI, Hulya

INANAER: Last Ten years of Geoheritage in

Turkey

• Ivan ZAGORCHEV: Planet Earth and Balkan

“mountains of fire”: Geological Heritage and

European diversity

• Nizamettin KAZANCI, Ediz KIRMAN, Fatih

UYSAL, Sonay BOYRAZ: Sedimentary responses

of different lakes to semi-arid climate

and their roles on development of geosites in

Turkey

• Arben PAMBUKU, Hamdi BESHKU, Halil

HALLAÇI: Karavasta lagoon as a geomonument

protected by Ramsar Convention

20 poster presentations were also included in the program

covering issues from Albania, Russia, Serbia and

Monte Negro, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Kosovo.

Two field trips were organized:

• A southern geotour from Tirana to Saranda

and Butriniti archeological site was lead by

Afat Serjani & Halil Hallaci. It included the Tirana

coal basin, Ndroqi stratigraphical section

of molasses, Kavaja Rock, Marinza oil deposit,

Greshica transgression, Memaliaj coal basin,

Participants of field trip in the last stop: Komani tectonical-structural site, May 17, 2005. Foto: A. Serjani

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Kelcyra geotourist spot, Viroi artesian spring,

Mali Gjere section and Muzina Pass, “Blue

Eyes” springs, Llogara regional geosite (contact

between African and Eurasian Plates) and

Llogara national Park - Pashaliman Lagoon

• A northern geotour from Tirana to Shkodra up

to Komani north and back. (Leaders Adil

Neziraj & Ibrahim Milushi) visited the Spiteni

condensed section- Lezha historic town -

Shkodra City (Rozafa castle watch point) - Vau

Dejes – Karma pillow lavas and Komani tectonical-

structural regional geosite

Working Group meetings were held on the following

topics:

• ProGEO Strategy and concrete state-of-art in

every SE Europe country.

• State of the inventories of geological sites in

each country of SE Europe

• Portugal Symposium and proposal for the next

meeting of WG-1.

• Geological Heritage Conservation and Education,

present state and program

• Consolidation of ProGEO National Groups in

every country improving mutual working contacts

and activities especially between

neighboring countries of SE Europe.

Some of the main values of this meeting:

• ProGEO WG-1 SE Europe Meeting testified

clearly: The European Association for the

Geological Heritage Conservation, which is

dealing with one of the most important problems

of European countries is going to be

wider and stronger step by step. The questions

of knowledge, management and protection

of natural monuments and geosites in

Balkan countries are treated in state institutions

and by non government organizations.

• The celebration of Tenth Anniversary of WG-1

was a good example for other working groups

of ProGEO.

• The organization of oral and poster scientific

sessions with level of preparation and good

level of organization testify about new

achievements in scientific field and in modern

mode of presentation. Both sessions were visited

by a lot of Albanian specialists of geology,

geography, geomorphologists, etc.

• The field trips with their perfect organization

gave to all foreign participants, who were for

the first time in Albania the possibility to see

rare natural monuments and interesting geology

of Albania. The same we can say for the

Albanian participants.

• Good organization of the meeting and the stability

of our country were seen clearly during

this long activity all over Albania. During these

days nobody had any trouble. All participants

were feeling very good and pleasant.

• The solidarity and social integration of all participants

was seen clearly during reception,

sessions and field trips. Between the Balkan

countries are going to establish new reports

and nowadays relations including here correct

relations between participants from Serbia and

Kosovo.

Finally in this report we would like to repeat again our

cordial thanks to all participants and to them, who supported

this international Meeting.

From the webmaster

http://www.progeo.se

Dear members,

Summer is slowly but surely finding its way to my latitudes,

but I am sure the rest of you have enjoyed the

warmth for some time now. It is now June and so far

(this year) I have spent most of my ProGEO time assisting

our Treasurer Gunnel Ransed with membership

issues. The rest of my time I have tried to keep the

web site up-to-date, but have not been able to make

other efforts.

There are suggestions of changes proposed for the

site, and as the Webmaster of ProGEO I am looking

forward to have the time to do a bit of ”home improvement”.

After the Braga meeting I will start to update

some pages and functions.

I write to let you know this, and secondly to ask you to

start to change the web site by contributing! If you

know any other geoconservation organisations (or

ProGEO national group that are not on the Links

page!), please send that link to me. Organisations,

museums, authorities and other bodies involved in

geoconservation should of course be represented on

our Links page. I have some links already, just waiting

for the right group to be put in.

When principal changes are made I will let you know of

course.

Best wishes

Sven Lundqvist

Webmaster

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Deadline for the next issue of ProGEO NEWS: 01.10.2005

SUMMER SCHOOLPROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM

TITLE : « Geological and Palaeontological

Heritage: Retrieval, Conservation, Management

and Display »

The postgraduate course of Museum Studies of the

University of Athens in collaboration with the Technological

Institute of Athens organizes an intensive

course on a range of subjects related to Geological

and Palaeontological Heritage and Monuments. The

course is aimed at providing an overall outlook of Geological

Heritage in an interdisciplinary manner. Therefore,

it will start with a review of the attributes of Geological

and Palaeontological heritage as well as processes

of geological formations. It will further continue

with short presentation of the subjects of history, fieldworks

techniques and connoisseurship on Geological

and Palaeontological Heritage, as it has been formed

from the past up to the present day. In addition, the

course will focus on aspects of environmental hazards

and conservation, management, display techniques

and communication modes applied in geological exhibitions

and monuments.

The course is intended for those, who have a level of

proficiency in the domain of museum or collection of

geological heritage or in a broadly defined field of conservation

and collection management. It will be also

suitable for museum, conservation or geology students.

The main body of the course will aim at acquainting the

participants with a wide variety of topics, concerning

management and exhibition of the above material as

well as with proper terminology and methodology to be

used in order to obtain the best practice.

The four day course involves 7 hours of lectures daily.

The fifth day is devoted to a practical session, thus

conducting a palaeontological excavation. Also, during

the last day, the geological museums and monuments

of the area will be shown, in one day excursion, as well

as case studies, which will address, in a practical manner,

the theoretical discussions and will attempt to

apply the knowledge and the conclusions of the given

lectures.

Tutor: Professor M. D. Dermitzakis, Vice-Rector of

Financial Planning and Development. Professor of the

Department of Geology at the University of Athens.

Vice- Tutor: Professor G. Panagiaris, President of the

Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works

of Art at the Technological Institution of Athens.

Duration: 6 days (21 August 2006-26 August 2006)

Location: Vrisa Lesvos Island, Greece

Number of participants: up to 40 persons

Contact details:

Daphne Stamboliadi,

E-mail: dstabol@admin.uoa.gr

Tel.: 00302103689780

www.museum-studies.uoa.gr

ProGEO: European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage. ● Address: Box 670, SGU,

SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden. ● Treasurer: Gunnel Ransed. ● Bank: SWEDBANK, SE-105 34 Stockholm, Sweden.

Swiftcode: SWEDSESS. IBAN: SE81 8000 0838 1697 3296 5174. ● Membership subscription: personal: €25/yr.,

institutional: €150/yr. ● President: Dr. Francesco Zarlenga, ENEA Cr-Casaccia, Division CAT, Via Anguillarese, 301,

00060 Roma, Italy. ● Executive Secretary: W.A.P. Wimbledon, Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology

University of Reading, Whiteknights, READING RG6 6AB, United Kingdom.

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