CONHECENDO A FLORESTA PETRIFICADA DE MISSÃO VELHA: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.4162407034

• Palavras-chave: Troncos Fósseis, Sedimentação, Fossilização, Fragmentos

• Keywords: Fossil trunks, Sedimentation, Fossilization, Fragments.

• Abstract: The first Geopark on the American Continent was created in 2006 - Geopark Araripe, which covers an area of 3,441 km² around some cities in Ceará, such as Crato, Juazeiro do Norte, Barbalha, Nova Olinda, Santana and Missão Velha. The Petrified Forest of Cariri Geosite, 6 km away from Missão Velha, which access is via a road, is a private fenced area and its entrance is controlled by a padlock. It has a lack of support infrastructure, as it has great potential for tourism. In this perspective, the general objective of this study is to understand the formations of the silicified fossil trunks of the Missão Velha formation and to report the advantages for tourism and the difficulties of implantation in the Petrified Forest Geosite. A Bibliographic Review was adopted as a methodology, developed from the junction of already published works. It was used as search platforms: SCIELO, Google academic, EDU and Periodicals of CAPES. In the search for relevant studies, “AND” was adopted as a Boolean operator, making use of the following descriptors: Fossil trunks “AND” Conifers, Missão Velha Formation “AND” Jurassic. The results were developed based on 33 studies, after adopting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The studies showed us that this geosite has an accentuated exuberance due to the presence of fossil trunks, as well as a wide didactic potential, associated with its relevance for the Missão Velha Formation. Therefore, this work was of total relevance for the production of knowledge about this theme, however, it presented as main limitations the restriction regarding the access of articles published in a non-public way.