{"id":17251,"date":"2024-02-22T11:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montanhasmagicas.pt\/?page_id=17251"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:04:49","slug":"geology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanhasmagicas.pt\/en\/magic-mountains\/geography-and-geology\/geology\/","title":{"rendered":"Geology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Find in the Montanhas M\u00e1gicas a fascinating “memoir” of Planet Earth.<\/h2>\n

The territory of Montanhas M\u00e1gicas\u00ae presents geological evidences with over 560 million years dating back to the Neoproterozoic period. Since this period and over millions of years the dynamics of the planet remained portrayed in great detail in the rocks of this territory, which constitute an authentic \u201cstone book\u201d and which certainly still keeps many \u201cLocal Memories\u201d unknown to the geologists.<\/p>\n

The geodiversity of Montanhas M\u00e1gicas\u00ae is dominated by rocks of the \u201cD\u00farico Beir\u00e3o\u201d group, a thick sequence of shales and greywacke of the Neoproterozoic age, and by granitic \u201cvariscos\u201d. The predominance of these rocks and processes involving their geological formation, justify the remarkable set of 78 geosites distributed throughout seven municipalities, with particular focus on the area of the Arouca Geopark. These geosites are presented in the form of giant trilobites, unique rocks and boulders, trace fossils of international relevance, imposing cliffs and waterfalls, thermal springs, fracture valleys, tectonic faults, alveoli, rocky domes, among others. Some of these geosites 15 will be shown in this guide.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\t

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