An adequate management of geological heritage by national and regional authorities
presupposes the existence of a solid geosites inventory. Unfortunately, this is not the case …

A área da Serra da Capivara (Piauí, Brasil) é famosa na comunidade arqueológica
internacional, principalmente pela polêmica ao redor do sítio Pedra Furada e de suas datas …

Inselbergs sensu lato are isolated, mainly granitic and gneissic, rock outcrops, forming old
landscape elements on crystalline continental shields on all continents. Mats consisting …

Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is the first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Some 500
dinosaur trackways from the Cretaceous period still remain in the Rio do Peixe basins of …

RESUMO A relação indissociável entre a Biodiversidade e a Geodiversidade gera os
diferentes tipos de paisagem, porém o homem com dificuldade de realizar uma análise …

Since the 1990s, the main international organizations dedicated to the conservation of
nature and geosciences have included geoconservation among their areas of research …

In addition to a Fossil-Lagerstätte of international significance for the Lower Cretaceous, the
Araripe basin is one of the richest and most threatened reservoirs of geodiversity in Brazil …

The geological characterization of geosites is essential in the process of valorization of the
geoheritage, as it is the first step to reveal its scientific relevance and to promote geoscience …

The city of Araraquara in southeastern Brazil is unique regarding its paleontological record.
Flagstones have been quarried from eolianites (Botucatu Formation, Lower Cretaceous) …

Interest in geoconservation has been growing since the 1990s and, therefore, several
actions have been taken to integrate geoheritage in scientific research, public policies and …