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Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia

Part of the book series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism ((GGAG))

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Geoconservation and geoeducation projects are increasingly popular in many volcanic fields on Earth (Doniz-Paez et al. 2011; El Hadi et al. 2011; Erfurt-Cooper 2011; Ghazi et al. 2013; Guijon et al. 2011; Henriques and Neto 2015; Kwon 2013; Moufti and Nemeth 2013; Moufti et al. 2013; Sang 2014).

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Moufti, M.R., Németh, K. (2016). Introduction. In: Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33015-0_1

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