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Formed between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, Brazil has numerous offshore basins that contain oil, related to the rifting of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sergipe-Alagoas Basin is an example of Aptian age shale, conglomerate and sandstone deposited in the final phase of rifting, while the Miranga, Aracas, Dom Joao and Agua Grande fields reflect mid ...
Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia (SBG) Other name (English: Brazilian Geological Society) Established: 6 May 1945: Mission "To foster the knowledge and development of geosciences, applied geology and related research and technology and the rational and sustainable use of mineral and water resources" [1]
The Amazonian Craton is a geologic province located in South America. It occupies a large portion of the central, north and eastern part of the continent and represents one of Earth's largest cratonic regions. [1] The Guiana Shield and Central Brazil Shield (Guaporé Shield) constitute respectively the northern and southern exhumed parts of the ...
The journal covers the field of geology and related earth sciences, in Brazil, South America, and Antarctica, including oceanic regions adjacent to these regions. [1] The journal was established in 1971 and articles are published in English and Portuguese. The journal replaced the Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia established in 1952.
Pages in category "Geology of Brazil" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Amazon alluvium deposit. The Amazon Basin is a large sedimentary basin (620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi)) located near the middle and lower course of the Amazon River, south the Guiana Shield and north of the Central Brazilian Shield.
The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto Brasileiro) is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all some 4,500,000 km 2 (1,930,511 sq mi) or approximately half of the country's land area.
Between 1977 and 1980 he also collaborated with the course of geology at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. In 1974, Ebert won the Jose Bonifacio Gold Medal of the Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, [2] the highest prize in Brazilian geology. As a naturalist, Ebert had a passion for butterfly collection. He died in 1983, in Rio Claro, Brazil.