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Chapter 1: The Scope and Nature of Geotourism

Figure 1.1: The existing spectrum of tourism.
Figure 1.2: Conceptualization of the nature and scope of geotourism.
Figure 1.3: Hierarchy of features of potential geotourism interest.
Figure 1.4: Glacier trek, Nigardsbreen Glacier, Jostadelen Region, Norway (photograph courtesy of David Newsome).
Figure 1.5: Eruption of Anak Krakatau, Indonesia (photograph courtesy of David Newsome).
Figure 1.6: Location of selected geotourism sites in Western Australia.
Figure 1.7: Incised meanders, Murchison River Gorge, Kalbarri National Park, Australia (photograph courtesy of David Newsome).
Figure 1.8: Wave Rock, Western Australia (photograph courtesy of David Newsome).
Figure 1.9: Linkages in relation to the interpretation of Wave Rock.

Figure 2.1: Geotourism sites in Sabah and Sarawak.
Figure 2.2: Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in Southeast Asia, overlooks the Crocker Range Mountains of Sabah.
Figure 2.3: Columnar joints on andesitic rocks along the Balung River in Tawau District, Sabah.
Figure 2.4: The development of tropical karst landscape in Sarawak.
Figure 2.5: Location and general geology of the Miri Airport Road Outcrop Museum in Sarawak.
Figure 2.6: A three-dimensional sketch of the Miri Airport Road Outcrop showing the fault lines (based on Lesslar and Wannier, 2001).
Figure 2.7: Students looking at one of the major faults at the Miri Airport Road Outcrop in Sarawak (photograph reproduced courtesy of Phillip Lesslar).

Figure 3.1: Simplified geological map of South Africa (after Viljoen and Reimold, 1999). This figure indicates the locations of...

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