Classification of geo-mining heritage based on anthropogenic geomorphology

Paulo De Tarso Castro,Ufop - Universidade Federal De Ouro Preto ,Independent Consultant ,Suzana De Paula,Stênio Nascimento

doi:10.29396/jgsb.2021.v4.si1.4

Abstract

Studies on mining heritage and geoheritage walk different paths. While the former is based on a more cultural bias, the latter has its bases and conceptions geared towards the natural. However, the concept of landscape, which merges the natural and the cultural, connects the two concepts of heritage, enabling the conception of mixed heritage, namely, geo-mining. Based on the principle that mining interventions on the natural landscape can result in outcrops of features and aspects of geodiversity relevant for the understanding of regional evolutionary history, this article analyzes geo-mining heritage based on concepts of anthropogenic geomorphology. A geo-mining classification with three types is proposed based on the intensity and extent of anthropic alterations on the geoforms.

Highlights

The finding that humanity was an agent of transformation capable of interfering in and transforming the spheres located on the Geosphere was down to Vladimir Vernadsky at the beginning of the 20th century
From the analysis carried out on the geoheritage and mining heritage sites, based on elements substantiated in the anthropogenic geomorphology, three landscape classes were defined as follows: 1) Re-qualifiable local landscape: places in which the mining activity generates localized pits and mine benches, where the concentration of the mineral resource and the geomorphological conditions enable low-cost, normally mechanized, extraction
Where mining produces and changes geoforms it ends up generating mining landscapes, incorporating the anthropic to the natural

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Introduction

The finding that humanity was an agent of transformation capable of interfering in and transforming the spheres located on the Geosphere was down to Vladimir Vernadsky at the beginning of the 20th century. This idea of humanity's capacity for transformation did not have primacy in Vernadsky, as others had already made this observation Devoted himself to the topic more diligently, including using radio programs to spread these concepts. The use of georesources reached a high intensity and was spread around the planet through the industrial revolution and that of modern agriculture and livestock. There have been modifications to the landscape, whether in urban regions or in regions far from urban centers

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