GLOBAL GEOSITES PROJECT
PROPOSAL OF NEW GEOSITE TO BE INCLUDED IN AN EXISTING FRAMEWORK
Proposer(s)
Institution or workplace
e-mail
GEOSITE PROPOSAL FORM (1)
Geosite name
Framework
represented (2)
Geological Unit (2)
Geological Domain (2)
Primary geol. interest
Location
State (Autonomous Region):
County(ies):
Town(s):
Place(s):
1:50.000 Sheet(s):
Geosite accession number:
National site accession number:
Coordinates (3)
UTM, ED 1950 
X:
Y:
UTM ETRS89 
If confidentiality is required, mark with an X
Min. elevation:
Max. elevation:
Character of site (4):
Type of site (5):
of the element :
Chronostratigraphic age
of the host rocks:
Description of primary
interest
Justification
(comparative
assessment)
Parameters supporting Representative
the selection of the site Standard or reference site
(mark with an X)
Knowledge of the site
Good state of conservation
Good conditions of observation
Scarcity, rarity
High geological diversity
Beauty
Possibilities for public outreach
Educational values
Possibility of recreational and leisure activities
Association with other natural or cultural elements
Description of the
itinerary to access the
site
Related geosites
Secondary interest(s)
Description of
secondary interest(s)
Non geological
interest(s)
(1) Data will be treated as proposals that can be modified in later phases of the inventory.
(2) See the lists of frameworks, geological units and domains at the end of this document.
(3) Refers to the coordinates of the geometric center of the site.
(4) e.g. crag/tor, quarry, sea cliff, river terrace, hill slope, mine adit, reef, cirque, meadow, etc.
(5) e.g. landform, stratigraphic profile, cave, etc.
UTM zone:
Area (ha):
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GEOSITE PROPOSAL FORM (II)
Location scheme
(with a tentative
delimitation)
(insert a map/SIGPAC
orthophoto image or
attach a separate file)
GEOSITE PROPOSAL FORM (III)
Photos of the
site
(insert the photos
or attach them in a
separate file)
GEOSITE PROPOSAL FORM (IV)
Literature, key
references
Source of data,
collections
In order to facilitate subsequent field work and evaluation (GIS shape files, scanned documents,
documentation in pdf, etc.), do not hesitate to add or attach additional documentation and
information
EXPERT SELF-ASSESSMENT
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
Mark with an X the main lines of argumentation used in answering the questionnaire, indicating the
importance (high - medium - low) of each one of them.
LINES OF ARGUMENTATION
My experience on the subject and/or area as a
professional, researcher, etc.
Previous work by Spanish researchers on the
subject.
Previous work by foreign researchers on the
subject
My intuition, based on previous knowledge, due to
the lack of objective information.
HIGH
MEDIUM
Comments:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COLLABORATION
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to the project manager: garcia.cortes@igme.es
LOW
GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS OF INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE
(Annex VIII-2 Act 42/2007, updated in the project Global Geosites in Spain)
1. Fluvial network, raña deposits and appalachian relief of the Iberian Massif.
2. Coastlines of the Iberian Peninsula.
3. Carbonate and evaporite karst systems of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
4. Lower and Middle Paleozoic stratigraphic successions.
5. Carboniferous of the Cantabrian Zone.
6. Rifting of Pangea and Mesozoic successions of the Betic and Iberian Ranges.
7. Mesozoic continental fossils and ichnofossils.
8. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/T) boundary.
9. South Pyrenean synorogenic basins.
10. Continental Tertiary basins and associated deposits of eastern Spain.
11. Olistostrome units of the Betic Foreland.
12. Messinian evaporite episodes
13. Vertebrate deposits of the Spanish Pliocene and Pleistocene.
14. Neogene and Quaternary volcanism of the Iberian Peninsula.
15. Volcanic edifices and morphologies of the Canary Islands.
16. The Iberian Variscan Orogen.
17. Miocene extension in the Alborán Domain.
18. Mercury mineralization in the region of Almadén.
19. The Iberian Pyrite Belt.
20. Lead-Zinc and Iron mineralization in the Urgonian of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin.
21. Ophiolitic complexes of the Iberian Peninsula.
MOST REPRESENTATIVE GEOLOGICAL UNITS (Annex VIII-1, Act 42/2007)
1. Structures and outstanding geological formations of the Variscan Orogene in the Iberian Massif.
2. Structures and outstanding geological formations of the basement, allochthonous units and MesoCenozoic cover in the Alpine ranges.
3. Structures and outstanding geological formations of the Cenozoic continental and marine basins.
4. Volcanic systems.
5. Deposits, soils and outstanding landforms representative of current and past climate action.
6. Deposits and outstanding landforms of aeolian and fluvial origin.
7. Coastal and shallow water deposits and landforms.
8. Carbonate and evaporate karst systems
GEOLOGICAL DOMAINS
12. Balearic Islands
13. Prebetic range and tabular cover of the
Ebro basin
Iberian plateau
Guadalquivir and postorogenic Betic basins
14. Subbetic ranges
Guadiana basin
15. Gibraltar Domain
Tajo-Mancha basin
16. Betic Internal Zone
Eastern basins
17. Cantabrian Zone
Canary Islands
18. West Asturian-Leonese Zone
Iberian Range
19. Galicia Tras-os-Montes Zone
Coastal-Catalonian ranges
20. Central-Iberian Zone
Pyrenees
21. Ossa-Morena Zone
Basque-Cantabrian ranges and basin.
22. South Portuguese Zone
1. Duero-Almazán basin
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