This study aimed to characterize the morphology and evolution of coastal deposits in western Ceará state based on the variation of the sea level in the Late Holocene, thus reconstructing the paleogeography of the area. Based on the petrography and facies analysis, fi ve sedimentary facies and their original depositional forms (facies associations) have been identifi ed as follows: coarse-grained sandstone with ...
This study analyzes the environmental sustainability of sand extraction along the active bed of Canindé river, Paramoti municipality, Ceará. The mined material was sampled, characterized and qualified for use as aggregate in construction. The deposit was cubed, resulting in measured reserves, indicated and total one. The sand extraction is carried out continuously in the active bed of the Canindé river, since t...
The Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic Jaibaras Basin is located between the southeastern margin of the Medio Coreaú Domain (MCD) and northwestern edge of the Cear a Central Domain (CCD) of the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil, which is also the location of the main axis of the Transbrasiliano Lineament. The lower volcano-sedimentary rocks in the Jaibaras Basin are composed of two lower Vendian-Cambr...
The Ipubi Formation in the Araripe Basin (Northeast Brazil) has evaporite-lutite successions rich in gypsum, a mineral of great regional economic relevance, a highlighted stratigraphic mark, and also a natural boundary for underlying successions potentially analogous to “Pre-Salt” hydrocarbon reservoirs of the Brazilian coastal basins. In this study, syngenetic and diagenetic aspects of the Ipubi Formation at S...
This study used Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (5-TM) images in the morphostructural characterization of the shallow continental shelf of the eastern coast of Ceará (CE), in the Jaguaribe river mouth. The dam built near the river mouth to transpose the water towards Fortaleza, CE, ensures good water transparency since little of the river-carried sediment reaches the sea. The used image was captured on date and time ...
The area of study is located in the atlantic equatorial margin shelf offshore Ceara State (Brazil), being originated during the formation of the Equatorial Atlantic (Aptian). The residual gravity data highlight offshore continental framework structures, specially the Transbrasiliano Lineament and its offshore portion (Transversal Lineament). The continental margin basins (Ceara and offshore Potiguar) were also ...
Background: Amber has been reported from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, as isolated clasts or within plant tissues. Undescribed cones of uncertain gymnosperm affinity have also been recovered with amber preserved in situ. Here, we provide multiple lines of evidence to determine the botanical affinity of this enigmatic, conspicuous cone type, and to better understand the diversity of amber-source plants p...
Even being the more studied of the interior basins of Northeast Brazil, the Araripe Basin still lacks research in organic geochemistry designed to support interpretations of depositional systems and conditions of formation. This work aims to investigate the organic behavior of evaporites and shales from the Santana Group (Lower Cretaceous), as well as discuss their role in the evolution of its depositional syst...
O conhecimento geológico ainda é, de modo geral, pouco difundido na sociedade. Esta hipótese pode ser confirmada através de levantamento realizado durante uma exposição itinerante montada em uma escola de ensino público através do projeto de extensão “Terra Em Movimento: Exposições Itinerantes Como Meio de Divulgação da Geologia” (Departamento de Geologia/Pró-Reitoria de Extensão-UFC). A exposição foi realizada...
O projeto tem como objetivo divulgar a Geologia junto a estudantes de ensino médio como meio para a conscientização da sociedade (atual e futura) sobre a importância do conhecimento geológico. O método consiste na realização de exposições e palestras sobre Geologia, com mostras de minerais, rochas, fósseis, processos geológicos, importância econômica, atuação profissional, ferramentas de trabalho e informações ...