The Inventory of Geological Heritage of the State of São Paulo, Brazil: Methodological Basis, Results and Perspectives

Brilha, José; Lima, Flavia Fernanda de; Vargas, Jean Carlos; Pérez-Aguilar, Annabel; Alves, Adriana; Campanha, Ginaldo Ademar da Cruz; Duleba, Wânia; Faleiros, Frederico Meira; Fernandes, Luiz Alberto; Fierz, Marisa de Souto Matos; Garcia, Maria da Glória Motta; Janasi, Valdecir de Assis; Martins, Lucelene; Raposo, María Irene Bartolomeu; Ricardi-Branco, Frésia; Ross, Jurandyr Luciano Sanches; Filho, William Sallum; Souza, Célia Regina de Gouveia; Bernardes-de-Oliveira, Mary Elisabeth C.; Neves, Benjamim Bley de Brito; Neto, Mário da Costa Campos; Christofoletti, Sergio Ricardo; Henrique-Pinto, Renato; Lobo, Heros Augusto Santos; Machado, Rômulo; Passarelli, Cláudia Regina; Perinotto, José Alexandre de Jesus; Ribeiro, Rogério Rodrigues; Shimada, Hélio

doi:10.1007/s12371-016-0215-y

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“…Some units occur in isolation, especially the units of Cenozoic age, and some of Proterozoic age. The fluvial marine sediments of Neogenous age are spread along low areas and around elevations composed by Proterozoic rocks, forming Fluvial Marine Plains (Garcia et al, 2015).…”

Section: Characterization Of the Fluvial Marine Plains Studiedmentioning

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Environmental services in watersheds with small declivity: fluvial marine plains

Bueno¹,

Valcarcel²,

Mateus³

et al. 2019

Rev. ambiente água

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Fluvial marine plains harbor environments with reduced declivity, but with different environmental attributes that may be relevant ecosystem services in their watersheds, which can be transformed into opportunities for the development of environmental services payments. This study digitally spatialized part of the ecosystem services related to water availability in the microbasins of the Guandu Basin Hydrographic Basin, the main source of water supply for the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, based on geo-environmental factors and the effects of transposition of watersheds, in order to facilitate the formulation of public policies regarding environmental services. The excerpts with the highest potential for producing environmental services from subsurface water flows, Topographic Wetness Index-ITU (ITU > 11), flat formation and low altimetry (< 40 m), are close to the old silted thalwegs, which can be potentialized by the effects of transposition, notably in the APA Guandu conservation unit. These areas should be prioritized in public and private water systems’ preservation programs. The areas near the transposition canals feature environmental services that depend directly on the transposition, and may be subject to management, as found in Guandu conservation unit. Flat areas with (7<ITU< 11) have their ecosystem services transferred from subsurface water flows to surface water flows and are dependent more on meteorological phenomena and on ways to manage heavy rain showers through their use, especially as altimetry and slope increase.

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Section: Characterization Of the Fluvial Marine Plains Studiedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental services in watersheds with small declivity: fluvial marine plains

Bueno¹,

Valcarcel²,

Mateus³

et al. 2019

Rev. ambiente água

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“…Starting with AD HOC-based methods, these works evolved to the application of well-established, internationally recognised methods, like the Inventory of Geological Heritage of the State of São Paulo (Garcia et al 2017) and the inventory here presented, among others. The geosites defined in these works are candidates to compound the basis for a future systematic inventory of the Brazilian Geoheritage.…”

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Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil

Moura

Garcia

Brilha

et al. 2017

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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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.

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“…The general geological setting of the state of São Paulo is composed of two quite distinct domains: i) about 30% of the state area corresponds to Precambrian rocks of the crystalline basement; ii) approximately 70% of the area is represented by sedimentary deposits (Garcia et al, 2018).…”

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Potential educational use of geomorphological units and landforms

2019

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The inventory of the geological heritage of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, was carried out from 2012 to 2015 and resulted in the selection of 142 geosites in 11 geological frameworks representative of its geological history. Among the frameworks is the “Geomorphological units and landforms”, which includes fourteen geosites representative of the main geomorphological features in the area. Since these kinds of geosites are very suitable to interpretative and educational purposes, in this work we present both qualitative and quantitative assessments of the potential educational use of the geosites present in this geological framework. The assessment was carried out using the GEOSSIT platform, which was developed by the Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM). The outcomes of the quantitative assessment made it possible to rank the geosites according to their importance. The geosites Jaraguá Peak and Itapeva Peak achieved the highest rankings, a result that reinforces their current use for tourist activities; on the other hand, the geosites Jureia Massif and Diabo Hill were the lowest ranked. The data obtained in this study suggest the need to establish educational measures that may increase activities of valorisation, dissemination and conservation of these geosites, and that take into account the geodiversity elements. In order to implement such measures, some support from public and private agencies is fundamental. In general, geosites present excellent conditions for the dissemination of geoscientific knowledge, making a key to the construction of a geoconservation conscience by the general public.

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The Inventory of Geological Heritage of the State of São Paulo, Brazil: Methodological Basis, Results and Perspectives

Cited by 58 publications

References 53 publications

Environmental services in watersheds with small declivity: fluvial marine plains

Environmental services in watersheds with small declivity: fluvial marine plains

Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil

Potential educational use of geomorphological units and landforms

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