@article{10272/17937, year = {2004}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17937}, abstract = {This paper deals with the evaluatioh of the preservation interest of two Quaternary loca lites with aeolian deposits, Barranco de los Encantados and Cantera Melián, from the Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands). Their scientific, social and cultural importance has been evaluated. It is noteworthy to signify that thay are the type localities of a new terrestrial gastropod species belonging to genus Cochlicella. Due to mining activities are destroying both deposits, their inclusion in the maximum level of legal protection has been proposed (Paleontological Zone according to 4/7999 law on Canarian Historical Heritage)}, publisher = {Sociedad Geológica de España}, title = {Valoración patrimonial de las formaciones dunares Cuaternarias del Barranco de los Encantados y Cantera de Melián de la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias)}, title = {Evaluation of paleontological heritage from quaternary aeolian deposits of Barranco de los Encantados and Cantera de Melián from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)}, author = {Yanes, Y. and Castillo, Carolina and Hutterer, R. and Nuez, J. de la and Torres, Trinidad de and Ortiz, José Eugenio and Torres, J. M. and Alonso, M. R. and Ibánez, M. and Quesada, M.}, }