Abstract The Flinders Ranges in the north and Mount Lofty Ranges in the south form a continuous highland chain extending ∼1000 km in eastern South Australia. This region corresponds to outcropping rocks of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Rift Complex. The semi-arid ranges of the north with their historic mining heritage and the agriculture and vineyards of the south are heavily promoted as iconic natural and cultural tourism attractions, increasingly combining with indigenous landscape stories. With the exception of Arkaroola and Kangaroo Island, these regions are linked by the 600 km Heysen Walking Trail and adjacent Mawson Cycle Trail. Research on the Ediacara fossil biota in the Flinders Ranges has raised public awareness of geological history and the early evolution of life on Earth and developed into a multi-site Flinders Ranges World Heritage Nomination project. This is supported by the South Australian Government as part of its Nature Tourism programme to provide opportunities for conservation, education, tourism initiatives and local employment, all of which are aspirations of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). South Australia has a World Heritage Fossil site at the Naracoorte Caves complex, which is a compact National Park with many staff and security for laboratories and underground fossil deposits. The multi-site World Heritage proposal for the semi-remote Flinders Ranges presents a very different approach for protection and public visitation. Following an emerging global trend for geotourism and developing geotrails, this paper proposes a 400-km loop geotrail across the region linking the nominated Flinders World Heritage elements with other ‘Geological Monuments’, listed State Heritage and historical sites. This strategy has the potential to involve wider community interest, engagement, support and involvement in its management. The concept would be a natural link to the Heysen and Mawson trails, both named after prominent South Australians with strong links to the Flinders Ranges landscape. It could be named the Ediacara Geotrail, Sprigg Geotrail or Arkaroo Geotrail after the indigenous dreamtime creator of the northeastern Flinders Ranges.

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连接地质遗迹：南澳大利亚弗林德斯山脉世界遗产提名区的地质旅游和未来地质小径

摘要 北部的弗林德斯山脉和南部的洛夫蒂山脉在南澳大利亚东部形成了一条绵延约 1000 公里的连续高地链。该区域对应于新元古代至寒武纪阿德莱德裂谷杂岩的出露岩石。北部的半干旱地区及其历史悠久的采矿遗产以及南部的农业和葡萄园被大力宣传为标志性的自然和文化旅游景点，越来越多地与土著景观故事相结合。除了阿卡罗拉岛和袋鼠岛外，这些地区由 600 公里的海森步行道和相邻的莫森自行车道相连。对弗林德斯山脉埃迪卡拉化石生物群的研究提高了公众对地质历史和地球生命早期进化的认识，并发展成为一个多地点弗林德斯山脉世界遗产提名项目。这是南澳大利亚州政府支持的自然旅游计划的一部分，旨在为保护、教育、旅游倡议和当地就业提供机会，所有这些都是联合国教育科学与文化组织 (UNESCO) 的愿望。南澳大利亚的 Naracoorte Caves 综合体拥有世界遗产化石遗址，这是一个紧凑的国家公园，拥有许多工作人员和实验室和地下化石沉积物的安保人员。半偏远的弗林德斯山脉的多地点世界遗产提案提出了一种截然不同的保护和公众参观方法。遵循全球新兴的地质旅游趋势和开发地质拖车，本文提出了一条 400 公里长的地质拖车环线，将被提名的弗林德斯世界遗产元素与其他“地质古迹”、列入国家遗产的国家遗产和历史遗址连接起来。该战略有可能在其管理中涉及更广泛的社区利益、参与、支持和参与。这个概念将是与 Heysen 和 Mawson 步道的自然联系，这两条步道都以与弗林德斯山脉景观有着密切联系的着名南澳大利亚人命名。它可以被命名为Ediacara Geotrail，