The Amazon region is rich in geomorphological features as result of systemic interaction of nature elements, we can point out the speleological patrimony. The Speleology is an area of study that is dedicated to investigating the nature, genesis and formation processes of natural underground cavities (which include different denominations such as caves, shelters, etc..) and their related features, including even...
The Jaibaras River Basin, in the State of the Ceara, Brazil, presents an expressive landscape diversity, with a view that is located in a semi-arid region, which contrasts with the mountain landscape of the sub-humid Meruoca and Ibiapaba plateau. The objective of this paper is evaluate, with aid of the techniques of geomatic, the environmental systems in the Jaibaras river Basin, based on the systematization an...
Orbital images of the Landsat series have been systematically employed in the mapping of land cover and use. However, some areas, due to the relief characteristics or the strong antropic influence, impose difficulties in this characterization. The Uruburetama massif, in the state of Ceará, represents an area with such peculiarities. This work compares images of the OLI / Landsat-8 and MSI / Sentinel-2 orbital s...
This research was focused on weathering conditions regarding Banded Iron Formations (BIF) ore exploitation at Bonito Mine. The database is stemmed from an exhaustive drilling program at the mining site. Therefore, hundreds of iron ore samples were assayed for Fe2O3, SiO2, Al2O3, P and Mn grades, and qualitative geotechnical data such as weathering grades, physical ore type, voids, and coring depth levels were c...
Two new occurrences of banded iron formations (BIF’s) had been identified in the regions of Quixeramobim and Boa Viagem, Ceará State. The occurrences are associated to the Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic rocks of the Cruzeta Complex, whose Sm/Nd - TDM model ages vary between 2,3 and 3,2 Ga. The chemical analyses of major elements in six samples show a relatively simple chemical composition, with SiO 2 and Fe2O3 ...
The Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza has a great diversity of environmental components and a substantial increase in recent decades of occupation and land use and exploitation of natural resources by human activities, notably the expansion of urban settlement and mining. This diversity implies environmental different levels of capabilities and limitations of exploiting these areas to human activities. Knowledge...
Iron oxide-apatite (IOA) occurrences have recently been identified in the western sector of the Neoproterozoic Santa Quitéria magmatic arc (Ceará state, northeast Brazil), close to the boundary with the Paleozoic Parnaíba Basin. The IOA mineralization is hosted by albitized metadiorites and metavolcano-sedimentary rocks, which are crosscut by a late- to post-Brasiliano/Pan-African biotite granite intrusion with...
The Novo Oriente Group is a restricted well-preserved metasedimentary sequence, composed of two tectonic-stratigraphic sequences in the southwestern portion of the Cear a Central Domain, NE Brazil. The Bonsucesso Formation comprises mainly quartzite and metamafic rocks and the Caraúbas Formation is dominantly metapelitic, with chemical sedimentary contribution, metamafic and metaultramafic rocks. New integrated...
The Itataia phosphate-uranium deposit is located in Santa Quiteria, in central Cear a State, northeastern Brazil. Mineralization has occurred in different stages and involves quartz leaching (episyenitization), brecciation and microcrystalline phase formation of concretionary apatite. The last constitutes the main mineral of Itatiaia uranium ore, namely collophane. Collophanite ore occurs in massive bodies, len...
The Amazon region is rich in geomorphological features as result of systemic interaction of nature elements, we can point out the speleological patrimony. The Speleology is an area of study that is dedicated to investigating the nature, genesis and formation processes of natural underground cavities (which include different denominations such as caves, shelters, etc..) and their related features, including even...