Geology

Geology

Islands in the Savannah

"Blotches" in the cerrado emerged in ancient riverbeds in the Amazon

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Geology

Quaking earth

Recurrent earthquakes helped to shape the northeastern terrain

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Geology

Where mountains were born

Microscopic cracks in crystals help reconstruct the history of the Bocaina

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Geology

In the bowels of the Earth

Viscous masses of rock blend together and may escape as lava

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Geology

Hell on earth

Two billion years ago, volcanoes reigned where the Amazon Region lies today

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Earth Science

The last piece of Gondwana

Ancient ocean that isolated the Amazon dried up 520 million years ago

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Geology

Hitching a ride in steam

Interaction of water with rocks facilitated the formation of amethysts

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Memory

Science in colonial Brazil

Naturalists have been better acquainted with the Brazil's natural resources

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Geophysics

When humans make the earth quake

Water wells cause dozens of earthquakes a day in São Paulo State

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Memory

Evil upon the Earth

Modern seismology resulted from the big 1755 earthquake that destroyed Lisbon

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Geology

Jarau mysteries

Meteorite fall formed range of hills in the western part of Rio Grande do Sul

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Geophysics

Electrifying bacteria

The origin of the electricity found in contaminated soil

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Astronomy

Inhospitable land

Planet outside the Solar System has a rocky surface and extreme temperatures

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Ecology

Impoverished rivers

Hydroelectric increase erosion of the Parana river

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Geology

Land in Transit

Super continent that existed a billion years ago gains new contours

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Geology

The lost beaches

Erosion and retreat of the sea redesign the Brazilian coastline

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geology

Vision of the depths

Brazilian team makes a map of the seabed close to the Brazilian coastline

Geology

The glaciers turned into backlands

The landscape of the future northeast of Brazil was dominated by ice

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Geology

Ten tremors a day

Study reveals intense movement of the crust in the central region of Brazil

Geology

More gold under the forest

Two volcanoes in the Amazon may shelter vast reserves of precious minerals

Geology

Landscape sculptors

Earthquakes were important for the formation of the Brazilian relief

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Geology

Mother Earth

Team from USP puts South America on the map of Rodinia

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GEOLOGY

The restless earth

Discovery reinforces the idea that deep convection currents move the continents

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