Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province-NE/Brazil
Document title: Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province-NE/Brazil
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000417592
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Geologia, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
2Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Ciencias da Terra, Braga. Brasil
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 89
Number: 4
Pages: 2625-2646
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract The Ceará Central Domain, in the northern Borborema Province/NE Brazil, encompasses important geological records (geosites) which allow understanding a relevant period of the Earth’s evolution, mainly associated to Neoproterozoic Brazilian/Pan-African Cycle and West Gondwana amalgamation, besides Neoarchean to Ordovician records. The presented geoheritage inventory aims to characterise the geosites with scientific relevance of Ceará Central Domain. By applying a method for large areas, the final selection resulted in eight geological frameworks represented by 52 geosites documented in a single database. This is the first step for a geoconservation strategy based on systematic inventories, statutory protection, geoethical behaviour and awareness about scientific, educational and/or cultural relevance of geosites
Disciplines: Geociencias
Keyword: Geología,
Conservación de recursos,
Recursos geológicos,
Geositios
Keyword: Geology,
Resource conservation,
Geological resources,
Geosites
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