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A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil
Fossils of Cretaceous sea turtles adapted to an open marine lifestyle remain rare finds to date. Furthermore, the relationships between extant sea...
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Impact of Tagoro Volcano Formation on Benthic Habitats and Associated Biota: A Review
Since Tagoro volcano erupted in 2011, several impacts have been associated to the volcano formation process, some of which are still present to date....
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Geochemical and Mineralogical Contributions in the Study of Sedimentary Rock (Barreiras Formation) Soils, Recife/Brazil: Implications for Landslides
This study contemplates the geochemical and mineralogical characterization with spatial analysis of the following soil parameters of the “Alto de...
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Tagoro Submarine Volcano as a Natural Source of Significant Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients
The shallow submarine volcano Tagoro releases high amounts of inorganic nutrients (N, P, Si, Fe) into the surrounding waters. These emissions have...
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Geochemical and petrological analyses of the phosphorite deposits (Amman/Al Hisa Formation) from northwest Jordan, and their insights for paleoenvironment
This study sheds a light on the depositional environment of the late Cretaceous phosphorite deposits that belong to Amman/Al Hisa Formation. The...
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Geo-Mining Heritages of the Mariana Anticline Region, Southeast of Quadrilátero Ferrífero-MG, Brazil: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Chico Rei and Passagem Mines
The main gold deposit discoveries in Minas Gerais during the colonial period occurred in the Mariana Anticline region, southeast of the Quadrilátero...
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Ten Years of Intense Physical–Chemical, Geological and Biological Monitoring Over the Tagoro Submarine Volcano Marine Ecosystem (Eruptive and Degassing Stages)
The shallow Tagoro submarine volcano monitoring represents a unique opportunity not only for improving our sparse understanding of submarine volcanic...
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Using Limestone Mining Waste to Stabilize Expansive Soils in Ceará, Brazil
This article aims at presenting the results of an experimental study using limestone waste from a mining operation in order to reduce the swelling...
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Microbial Communities Surrounding an Underwater Volcano Near the Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands)
Underwater hydrothermal systems release nutrient-rich fluids that are favorable for microbial activity. This allows the growth of a plethora of...
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Investigation of the contamination behavior in water and soil of an inactive dump from chemical analysis and geophysical method
In rapidly growing urban areas of developing countries, inappropriate urbanization practices near water bodies lead to significant environmental...
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Petrofacies and taphofacies analyses of coquinas as a tool for the establishment of a stratigraphic evolution model of the Morro do Chaves Formation (Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, NE Brazil)
Petrofacies and taphofacies defined for the Morro do Chaves Formation (Late Barremian/Early Aptian) outcropping in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin (NE...
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Rare-Earth Mineralization in Terrigenous Rocks of the Shatak Complex (Southern Urals): Species Diversity and Features of Chemical Composition
Abstract —The study of terrigenous rocks of the Shatak Complex, which includes rocks of the Kuz”elga and Karan subformations (Mashak Formation, Upper...
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Assessment of aquifer recharge and groundwater availability in a semiarid region of Brazil in the context of an interbasin water transfer scheme
Particularly in arid and semiarid areas, more and more populations rely almost entirely on imported water. However, the extent to which intentional...
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The Geoheritage of Madeira: Implications for Natural Heritage and Geotourism
The island of Madeira forms part of the Madeira Archipelago, an Autonomous Region of Portugal, in the NE Atlantic Ocean. The Madeira Archipelago was...
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Land Use and Land Cover in the Territory of Seridó UNESCO Global Geopark, Northeast Brazil
The Seridó UNESCO Global Geopark is a territory of 2802 km 2 located in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, recognized by UNESCO...
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Evolutionary fingerprint, phylogenetic and forest structure of tropical montane Atlantic cloud forests along an elevation gradient
Environmental conditions can change markedly over geographical distances along elevation gradients, making them natural laboratories to study the...
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Geoheritage of a Brazilian Semi-Arid Environment: the Seridó Aspiring UNESCO Geopark
Since the end of 2019, two new Brazilian areas are candidates to join UGG/GGN; one of them is Seridó Aspiring UNESCO Geopark, located in the...
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Promotion of the Geological Heritage of Araripe Unesco Global Geopark, Brazil: the Casa da Pedra Reference Center
The valuing of geological heritage is a crucial task in geoconservation, and particularly relevant in geoparks’ activities. In geoparks displaying a...
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Growth rates of Brazilian carbonate speleothems by the 210Pb chronological method
Carbonate speleothems contain measurable concentration of 210 Pb, which can be used to estimate modern growth rates up to a 150-years timescale....
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The Invisibles of Science and the Paleontological Heritage: the Brazilian Study Case
Paleontology, as a science of discoveries, mainly prioritizes those that describe new fossils, in general, as the work of individuals disconnected...
