Silica and iron mobilization, cave development and landscape evolution in iron formations in Brazil

AS Auler, HA Barton, B Zambelli, J Senko, CW Parker… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron formations display some of the oldest and most enigmatic landforms on Earth, presently
restricted to few areas of the planet. The original rock, the Banded Iron Formation (BIF) was …

A hydrogeological conceptual model for the groundwater dynamics in the ferricretes of Capão Xavier, Iron Quadrangle, Southeastern Brazil

JC dos Santos Dias, LAP Bacellar - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Iron Quadrangle (IQ), southeastern Brazil, ferricretes usually overlie the
banded iron formations (BIFs) of the Cauê Formation, rocks that not only host the most …

O registro fóssil das coberturas sedimentares do Cráton do São Francisco em Minas Gerais

JS Bittencourt, M Kuchenbecker, AG Vasconcelos… - Geonomos, 2015 - periodicos.ufmg.br
O registro fóssil dos depósitos sedimentares proterozoicos, paleozoicos e mesozoicos do
Cráton do São Francisco inclui estruturas de origem microbiana (microbialitos, oncólitos) …

Hydrological behavior of distinct types of ferricretes (“cangas”) of the southeast region of the iron quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

NC de Magalhães Oliveira, LAP Bacellar - Journal of South American Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ferricretes (“cangas”) in southeastern Brazil are hardened iron-rich layers that
usually cover the itabirites of the Cauê Formation of the Iron Quadrangle–a world-class …

[HTML][HTML] Descriptions of two new genera of the spider family Caponiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) and an update of Tisentnops and Taintnops from Brazil and Chile

AD Brescovit, A Sánchez-Ruiz - Zookeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
New members of the spider family Caponiidae from Brazil and Chile are presented. Three
new species in previously known genera are described: Taintnops paposo sp. n. from Chile …

Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection

AG Vasconcelos, JS Bittencourt… - Anais da Academia …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
We describe the first occurrence of biogenic traces made by mammals within an iron
formation cave located in the Serra da Ferrugem Ridge, in Southeastern Brazil. These …

Patrimônio em Geossistemas Ferruginosos: Potencial de Uso para o Geoturismo

ÚA Ruchkys, PTA Castro, DJ dos Santos… - … Latino-Americana de …, 2018 - periodicos.claec.org
Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar o potencial dos geossistemas ferruginosos de
Minas Gerais, Brasil, para a prática do geoturismo e da educação patrimonial. Foi realizada …

[PDF][PDF] Desenterrando a vida do passado. Potencial paleontológico em cavernas

AG Vasconcelos, J Bittencourt - O carste de Vazante …, 2018 - paleontologiaufmg.com.br
Os fósseis podem ser divididos em duas categorias: restos orgânicos propriamente ditos,
como troncos de árvores, ossos, dentes e conchas; e vestígios, quando apenas traços da …

[HTML][HTML] A New Genus of Prodidominae Cave Spider from a Paleoburrow and Ferruginous Caves in Brazil (Araneae: Prodidomidae)

I Cizauskas, RA Zampaulo, AD Brescovit - Taxonomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
A new monotypic genus of Prodidominae, Paleotoca gen. n., is proposed to include one
cave species collected in a paleoburrow and ferruginous caves from Quadrilátero Ferrífero …

Análise da dinâmica hidrogeológica de diversas tipologias de canga do sudeste do Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais.

NCM Oliveira - 2022 - repositorio.ufop.br
As cangas são coberturas endurecidas ricas em ferro que ocorrem no Quadrilátero Ferrífero
(QFe), capeando, principalmente, os itabiritos da Formação Cauê, onde situam-se intensas …