Sharples (1993)SHARPLES, C. A. Methodology for the identification of significant landforms and geological sites for geoconservation purposes. Tasmania: Ed. Hobart, 1993.
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Diversity of features and systems of abiotic character on planet Earth. |
Gray (2004)GRAY, M. Geodiversity: valuing and conserving abiotic nature. Chichester: Ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.
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Natural variety of geological (minerals, rocks and fossils), geomorphological (landforms, processes) and soil aspects. It includes its correlations, relationships, properties, interpretations and systems. |
Brilha (2005)BRILHA, J. Patrimônio Geológico e Geoconservação: a conservação da natureza na sua vertente geológica. São Paulo: Ed. Pelimage, 2005.
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Geodiversity consists of the variety of geological environments, phenomena and active processes that generate landscape, rocks, minerals, fossils, soils and other surface deposits that form the basis for life on Earth. |
CPRM (2006)CPRM - COMPANHIA DE PESQUISA DE RECURSOS MINERAIS. Mapa Geodiversidade do Brasil. Escala 1:2.500.000, 2006.
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Study of abiotic nature (physical environment) consisting of a variety of environments, composition, phenomena and geological processes that give rise to landscapes, rocks, minerals, waters, fossils, soils, climate and other surface deposits that provide the development of life on Earth, having intrinsic values of culture, aesthetics, economics, science, education and tourism. |
Serrano; Ruiz Flaño (2007)SERRANO, N.; RUIZ-FLAÑA, P. Geodiversity. A theoretical and Applied concept. Geographica Helvetica, v. 62, n. 3, p. 140-147, 2007. https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-62-140-2007 https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-62-140-2007...
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The variety of abiotic nature, including the lithological, tectonic, geomorphological, edaphic, hydrogeological, topographic elements and the physical processes on the terrestrial surface, of the seas and oceans, together with systems generated by endogenous, exogenous and anthropic natural processes, which comprise the diversity of particles, elements and places. |
Azevedo (2007)AZEVEDO, U. R. Patrimônio Geológico e Geoconservação no Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais: Potencial para criação de um Geoparque da Unesco. 2007. 211 f. Tese (Doutorado em Geologia) - Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2007.
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It treats geodiversity as being the lithological variation of the rocks, the geological processes, the diversity of the soils and how the outcrops are arranged on the Earth's surface. |
Nascimento, Azevedo e Mantesso-Neto (2008)NASCIMENTO, M. A. L.; RUCHKYS, U. A.; MANTESSO-NETO, V. Geodiversidade, Geoconservação e Geoturismo: trinômio importante para a proteção do patrimônio geológico. São Paulo: Ed. SBG, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1982-45132009000200015 https://doi.org/10.1590/S1982-4513200900...
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Set of abiotic elements of the Earth, including the associated physical-chemical processes, geoforms, rocks, minerals, fossils and soils, formed from the interaction between the external and internal processes of the Earth and which are endowed with intrinsic, scientific, touristic values and use / management. |
Pereira (2010)PEREIRA, R. G. F. A. Geoconservação e desenvolvimento sustentável na Chapada Diamantina (Bahia-Brasil). 2010. 318 f. Tese (Doutorado em Ciências) - Universidade do Minho, Minho, 2010.
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The set of abiotic elements of the planet earth, including the associated physical-chemical processes, materialized in the form of reliefs (sets of geoforms), rocks, minerals, fossils and soils, formed from the interactions between the processes of the internal and external dynamics of the planet and that have an intrinsic, scientific, touristic and use / management value. |
Gray (2013)GRAY, M. Geodiversity: valuing and conservang abiotic nature. Londres: Ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
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Natural variety (diversity) of geological (rocks, minerals, fossils), geomorphological (geoforms, relief, physical processes), pedological and hydrological features. |