PALEONTOLOGICAL NATURAL MONUMENT AS AN OBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC TOURISM IN EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION

In this article the substantiation of the Tarkhan key geological section is given. The Tarkhan key geological section is show of rocks in a sculptural terrace on the right bank of the Ulba river-valley in the East Kazakhstan region. The Tarkhan geological section surpasses only one geological section with similar properties in the Ardennes (Belgium) in richness of fossil fauna, and fossil organisms of this section are fiducial for definition of geological age limit of rocks between Devonian period and Carbonic period. The history of studying of the Tarkhan geological section proves its uniqueness, big scientific and cultural importance; the uniqueness of this object has to play a positive role in development of the East Kazakhstan region with the status of a paleontological natural monument.