Geodiversity: dimensions, connotations, and associations

The paper aims to outline the main characteristics of term ‘geological diversity’ in its three most clear and interrelated aspects: legal, worldview, natural historic. legal aspect geodiversity now seems be clearly comprehended efficient regard primary tasks. experience regulation international law various objects is considered relation concept world her-itage. Based on convention biological diversity, which also part heritage, we attempt by anal-ogy compare biodiversity as an object regulation. system Kant’s philosophy analysed a worldview basis, can used clarify meaning ‘geodiversity’ based priority researcher’s self-reflection theoretical or practical judgments: being ‘in-tersubjective’ it finds realization principles postmodernism other novelties. his-toric aspects are one variants systematization factual materials amassed earth sciences, needs related scientific, economic, conservational activ-ities humans geological space. Analysing demands science general geology particu-lar, suggest that despite importance systematizing paradigms, systematic unity geology—at least at current stage development—is specifics thinking able fully comprehend diversity phenomena basic fac-tual material neutral dominating paradigms. In this sense, geology—as multi-level dynamic sys-tem reflection results studies—embodies ‘oncoming movement’ empirical gener-alizations conceptual-mathematical models more adequate phenomena, among fractal geometry appear pro-spective.