http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/GeoTourism_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb15 May 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comA landscape of harmony and peace, with scenery made for poetry and romance: the majestic karst landscape of the north-east Guangxi Zhuang Region in south-west China is one of nature’s true masterpieces.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Crowns_of_Nature_The_Majestic_Landscape_of_Guilin/628cec63.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Crowns_of_Nature_The_Majestic_Landscape_of_Guilin/628cec63.aspxSun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The world’s first national park established a new concept in preservation and protection of special areas for future generations. Now, 140 years later, millions have benefited from the founder’s foresight and can enjoy seeing half of the earth’s geothermal features, jaw dropping scenery, and abundant wildlife in Yellowstone’s nearly intact ecosystem.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Wonders_of_Yellowstone/04f97735.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Wonders_of_Yellowstone/04f97735.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kota Kinabalu, the largest town in Sabah, Borneo, is a rapidly developing urban centre and a tourist attraction in South East Asia. To the geologist, this part of Sabah is also renowned for its outcrops of turbidites. These Oligocene deepwater sediments are among the most sand-rich turbidite outcrops in the world.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Kota_Kinabalu_Sabah_A_Turbidite_Paradise/d9e614f6.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Kota_Kinabalu_Sabah_A_Turbidite_Paradise/d9e614f6.aspxThu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Northern Tanzania is a World Heritage site renowned for its beauty and unique wildlife and one of the few places where active continental break-up and its attendant magmatism can be observed today. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Truly_Magical_Place/a02ba072.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Truly_Magical_Place/a02ba072.aspxSun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The subsurface of the Paris Basin has yielded less hydrocarbons than oil companies had hoped for. On the other hand, the old rocks of this basin have made an excellent foundation for the production of the very best wines.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Paris_Basin_the_geological_foundation_for_petroleum_culture_and_wine/e5d86360.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Paris_Basin_the_geological_foundation_for_petroleum_culture_and_wine/e5d86360.aspxSat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT For a geoscientist, hiking the Grand Canyon is a trip through two billion years of the past, making on average an impressive 60,000 years back in time for every step. This geologic showpiece, the greatest gorge on Earth, has been carved out by the Colorado River in a mere five million years.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Hiking_through_the_Palaeozoic/3dd2e495.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Hiking_through_the_Palaeozoic/3dd2e495.aspxSat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT White chalk, forming spectacular cliffs, is found outcropping in England, Denmark as well as France. For the layman these cliffs are favoured attractions on holidays, for geologists they constitute excellent outcrops for studying the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the chalk as well as being analogues for some of the North Sea fields.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Chalk_multipurpose_use/04dddc2c.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Chalk_multipurpose_use/04dddc2c.aspxSat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT After many years of civil unrest and terrorist activity Peru has now experienced relative economic and political stability for more than 15 years. A well-established hydrocarbon industry offering attractive terms has helped rebuild this beautiful country. However, faced with rising internal energy consumption, the country is trying to attract foreign companies to undertake exploration in new, possibly high-risk areas like the remote Madre de Dios Basin. Can Peru ever become self-sufficient in hydrocarbons again?http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Peru_Not_just_a_tourist_destination/c05ec428.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Peru_Not_just_a_tourist_destination/c05ec428.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Glacial meltwater and subaerial erosion after the ice age has sculptured a badlands landscape within Upper Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks. Abundant dinosaur fossil bones and skeletons have been exposed making the Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada the richest dinosaur locality in the world.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Cretaceous_Park/9a4d1aeb.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Cretaceous_Park/9a4d1aeb.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Several thousand years ago, between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, the rich and fertile soil of Mesopotamia gave birth to civilization. Today, deeply buried oil and gas reservoirs provide Mesopotamia with energy resources that are seen by many to be the cause of geopolitical conflicts and simultaneously fuel and threaten our civilization.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Mesopotamia_the_Cradle_of_Civilization/a7968349.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Mesopotamia_the_Cradle_of_Civilization/a7968349.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT