Geodiversification : the evolution of geodiversity through time

Stojilković, Borut (author), Gray, Murray (author)

Geodiversity has gained significant attention in the last three decades due to various research endeavouring to bridge the gap between geo- and biodiversity. This paper points at yet another parallel between the two disciplines: just as biodiversity expansion (i.e. biodiversification) can be evaluated through time, geodiversity change can also be observed on a timescale and referred to as ‘geodiversification’. The paper firstly reviews the biodiversification definition and some of its major events including the Cambrian explosion and Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) and suggests that being palaeontological, these can also be regarded as geodiversification events. In relation to that, the paper defines geodiversification and provides examples of important geodiversification events in the Earth’s history and some local-scale examples. The results show that major biodiversification events can occur due to the evolution of geodiversity.

• Language: English
• Keywords: geodiversity, abiotic nature, geodiversification, biodiversity, biodiversification
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 8 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 16, iss. 3, art. 91
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-161078-4646e45b-dbd7-1a96-191f-05e9e038e658
• UDC: 911.2
• ISSN on article: 1867-2485
• DOI: 10.1007/s12371-024-00987-1
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206232579
• Publication date in RUL: 06.09.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Geoheritage
• Shortened title: Geoheritage
• Publisher: Springer Nature, International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage
• ISSN: 1867-2485
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518434841

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: geologija, geodiverziteta, geodiverzifikacija