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

• Autor(es): Moura, Pâmella ; Garcia, Maria da Glória M. ; Brilha, J. B. ; Amaral, Wagner S.
• Data: 2017
• Identificador Persistente: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/49061
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Assunto(s): Geological heritage; Geoconservation; Inventory; Borborema Province; Brazil
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Universidade do Minho

Descrição

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 scienti c relevance of Ceará Central Domain. By applying a method for large areas, the nal selection resulted in eight geological frameworks represented by 52 geosites documented in a single database. This is the rst step for a geoconservation strategy based on systematic inventories, statutory protection, geoethical behaviour and awareness about scienti c, educational and/or cultural relevance of geosites.