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Geomorphodiversity of the San Lucano Valley (Belluno Dolomites, Italy): a Well-Preserved Heritage

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The San Lucano Valley (Belluno, Italy) was the core topic of the symposium: "L'armonia fra uomo e natura nelle valli dolomitiche” held in Agordo (Belluno) on the 12th and 13th November 2010. In this work the valley is analysed according to the following features: geological, geomorphological, structural, stratigraphic and ecological. The purpose of this paper is to review these features in order to establish the origins underlining the intrinsic geomorphodiversity of this unique area in dolomites. By walking along the river and observing landscape geomorphology or reading micro- and macroscale evidence on the mountainsides, the valley clearly reveals the keys to comprehending the geological history of dolomites from Triassic to present. A full list of geomorphosites has been appended in order to improve the scientific documentation of this valley.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks go to all the authors who attended the Agordo symposium together with the chairman of the conference Eng. Luciano Sabbedotti, who helped with the initial preparation of these notes. Many thanks also go to the colleagues of ARPAV (Belluno) who worked in the field and to many local people and undergraduate students that worked hard to develop public awareness. Valuable acknowledgements to the reviewers Prof. Mario Panizza, Prof. José Brilha and an anonymous reviewer who provided a substantial contribution to the final version of this manuscript.

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  1. Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes - National Research Council, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milano, Italy

    Bruno Testa, Barbara Aldighieri, Grazia Caielli & Roberto de Franco

  2. Technical Industrial Institute of Mining “U. Follador”, Agordo (BL), Italy

    Alberto Bertini & Danilo Giordano

  3. Technische Universität Clausthal, Geology and Paleontology Institute Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstr. 10, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Wolfgang Blendinger

  4. Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Via Bottai 1, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Evelyn Kustatscher

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Testa, B., Aldighieri, B., Bertini, A. et al. Geomorphodiversity of the San Lucano Valley (Belluno Dolomites, Italy): a Well-Preserved Heritage. Geoheritage 5, 151–172 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-013-0079-3

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