Caracterização morfolitoestrutural da reserva particular do patrimônio natural vargem grande, Pirenópolis-GO : valorização e divulgação do patrimônio geológico e geoturismo

Abstract

The Vargem Grande Natural Heritage Private Reserve area belongs to the city of Pirenópolis- GO and explores ecological tourism since its foundation in 1996. Due to the geological context

in which it is inserted, the Vargem Grande NHPR aims to explore geotourism, with the objective of tourist use of geological elements, helping to promote, publicize and enhance the geodiversity of the Geopark of the Pyrenees – Proposal. To meet the objective of the research, two field campaigns were carried out, the first in November 2017, and the second in November 2020. The morpholitostructural characterization of rocks belonging to the Araxá Group, from the Brasília Folding band that outcrop in the area was performed in sequence. Fourteen homologous drainage zones (ZMD) were mapped using photointerpretation of data collected in loco; seven homologous geomorphological zones (ZHG); the structural lineations and alignments that mark the area; three outcropping lithologies and the main structural features that mark the rocks at the site and interpret the tensors that promoted these deformations. This characterization provided the selection of twelve geosites that exhibit important features of particular interest to geology, in particular the Lazaro’s Waterfall geosite, which exhibits structures of great scientific, educational and touristic value. For the promotion of geotourism, the research proposes two georoutes: the first entitled the Trail of Waterfalls, aimed at the general public, taking advantage of trails already used for tourism, and the second entitled Geological Trail, with part of the route taken on paths along undefined trails, exclusively for researchers in geosciences.