Study on the Development of Evaluation Criteria of Geological Heritage and the Application of Basic Resource Survey

Abstract

This study is to develop the criteria for setting up scientific and quantitative evaluation of the values of Korea's geological heritage sites. The evaluation was made with a checklist on eight locations around Yeongwol-gun, Kangwon-do, which had good accessibility and various geological periods and rocks. Reliability was measured with evaluators' agreement. the result was a satisfying 0.9. The analysis of evaluation results was applied to the judgment of conservation values of geological heritage sites. As analysis results can provide more information on the judgment of geological heritage values and basic resources surveys, emphasis must be placed on the development of more diverse and concrete evaluation items.