Octávio Barbosa
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Octávio Barbosa was a Brazilian geologist.
Barbosa was born in Ituverava
, where he lived with his parents on a farm until 13 years old. He learned to read at the age of five, and had his secondary education at schools in Ribeirão Preto
. Octávio Barbosa graduated from the University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) in civil engineering
and Mining
. He worked in ancient Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Brazil (SGM), in the early 30s, who in 1936 renamed itself the National Department of Mineral Production DNPM.
He married Beatriz de Lima Viana, on April 19, 1933 in Belo Horizonte
, MG
, Brazil. His second wife, Vera Rita de Castro Dias, geographer, formed by the USP
, collaborated on many of the geomorphological works. He has a son and four grandchildren. From his first marriage, until August 1954, had five children, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
At 1932, he joined the Polytechnic School of São Paulo
, where he taught for 16 years. With 48 years went to work for Prospec in Petropolis, where he developed consulting activities. In 1977, he joined the CPRM, currently Geological Survey of Brazil.
It was a professional versatility. He has published over 200 scientific papers and trained hundreds of engineers and geologists. Octávio Barbosa attended the first board of Brazilian Geological Society, serving as vice president alongside Luciano Jacques de Moraes. He made many works of field geology and mineral prospecting and had appreciation for the indigenous terms, which you also were useful in physiographic descriptions and interpretations in Brazil
.
Octávio Barbosa was in the Geological Survey, for six years, research assistant to Luciano Jacques de Moraes, with whom he published some works in co-authorship. Very young, he was appointed Director of Current Development Division of Mineral Production, where he remained until 1940. In those years he studied the phonolite of Lages
, Santa Catarina
(1933) described the rocks and geology of the former Federal District, covering the Rio de Janeiro
. Studied deposits of nickel (1935), iron (especially in Santa Catarina) and manganese
, and devoted some time to studies on groundwater
, particularly in Minas Gerais
(1938–1940), was also interested by the pre-Devonian formations ( 1936). Published in 1938, work on deposits of aquamarine, bismuth and tantalum. Wrote about gold
in general, and particularly on the Gold Caeté (1939) and outlined preliminary ideas about the geology of the Reconcavo Baiano, also in 1939.
In 1938 he criticized, in a famous controversy in the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
, the theory of protognaisse "Alberto Ribeiro Lamego. His versatility and his scientific curiosity, excited by the issues of greatest interest to Brazil, are witnessed by publication of the decade running from 1930 to 1940. In 1940 published a work on hygiene of mines that forerun the Environmental Geology, indicates unfavorable conditions prevailing at the Morro Velho Mine, anticipating the current concepts. That same year he studied the glacial striations of Permo-Carboniferous Paraná Basin
. In 1940 he was invited to occupy the Chair of geology
of Polytechnic School of USP
. He stayed 16 years as a Professor in this University. Published in 1949, co-authored with his assistant, Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
, work on the Tubarão and Ribeira. Studied, from 1941 to 1943, the mine magnesite
of Serra das Éguas, in the Bahia
. He was a consultant Perus Cement Factory, where he supervised the mining of limestone
, clay, and also of magnesite
. In 1953 he specialized in granitization. In 1954 he wrote a note on geology for tunnels and dams. In 1956 he left the Polytechnic School of São Paulo
and was hired as a consultant for the company Prospec in Petrópolis
. Then had the opportunity to attend various congresses and symposia, national and international. Participated in various projects of geological mapping and economic geology. The first work in which he engaged was the "Project Araguaia" photogeological survey, between the rivers Tocantins, Araguaia and Xingu.
The literature reports studies on the coal basin of the Tocantins and descriptions of volcanic events in Brazil
, Peru
and Mexico
(both 1957). That same year he published an essay on the chimney alkaline and carbonatite
. His interest in this subject comes from 1934 and 1936, commented on the chimney of Poços de Caldas
(and also in 1948). He published several papers on geomorphology
, which is in the field, one of their first looks. The versatility of curious Octávio Barbosa is that, from 1952 to 1958, he published some work on paleobotany, setting the age of Gondwana floras and weaving observations (in 1957) on theParatoxopitys Americana, a fossil wood of Irati Formation
. Had the opportunity to spend some time on his passion: the diamonds. Since 1938, when he studied the diamond
"Minas Gerais", by Coromandel
, it remained latent interest to academics, studying, still in Prospec, diamonds in western Minas Gerais. In 1977, after 21 years of stay in Prospec, has joined the cadre of the CPRM, where it remained, as consultant.
He made geological surveys and mineral registry panel to the west of São Francisco River
and eastern Tocantins River
. Surveys conducted in Goiás
Minas Gerais
and current Distrito Federal
. Studied the tin ores of Rio Palma and the nickel
Barro Alto, where calculating 120 million tons of ore weathering. Studied deposits of gold
in the basin of the Ribeira
south of São Paulo
. He researched the covers of the Brazilian Northeast. In recent years engaged in research in platinum
in the states of Pernambuco
Bahia
, São Paulo
Resources and Goiás
.
Octávio Barbosa received numerous accolades, awards and honors. In 1974 he received the Medal of Merit Mineral. The Brazilian Geological Society (SBG) in 1968, awarded him the highest honor of geologists from Brazil, the Gold Medal "José Bonifácio." He stated several times that the professional to feel happy to follow their desires and meet up with their aspirations and their work. Feeling comfortable in improvisations Mandatory field work and having used all means of transport that can be imagined as jeep, airplane, little planes, helicopter, mule, truck, boat and how many types of locomotion may exist , Octávio Barbosa always preached to the young:Love life of the field and like to travel, by any possible means of locomotion'. His love of geology made him declare often that will live with a hammer in his hand until the last day of his life.
" Much remains to be done, geology and mining in Brazil. Although the current labor market and demand for services to geology are still very scarce, I believe (says Octávio Barbosa) that this situation will change because in large countries such as South Africa, Canada, the United States, Russia and others, where the geology was well developed, still discover new things. In spite of all that is known, is a world to discover . The Amazon, for example, which is unknown, is a true Canadian. Therefore, I believe there will, therefore, an incentive for the present, even the new geologists, come here to toil in their specialties"' "- Octávio Barbosa.
Octávio Barbosa died on January 31, 1997 in Petrópolis
, RJ. He left a vast legacy of geological knowledge recorded in hundreds of papers published as reports, books and journal articles which are incorporated in the Library of CPRM, Geological Survey of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro
. The Library was named Library Octávio Barbosa whose works are available for free access. It incorporates a specialized collection in Geosciences, listing papers, books, national and international journals, and technical reports, maps, aerial photographs and various photocartographic documents that are available to the community. In CPRM, are also some precious field notebooks written by Octávio Barbosa during the 1930s and 1950s, recording their insights, adventures, knowledge and important passage for the Geology of Brazil.
Sources: texts summarized page of CPRM and the homage done by geologist Professor J. R de Andrade Ramos to eminent Brazilian geologist Octávio Barbosa, on the occasion of the Third Symposium on Geology of the Southeast (1993), Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
Barbosa was born in Ituverava
Ituverava
Ituverava is a city in central Brazil, located north of the Sao Paulo state. Ituverava is about north of Sao Paulo, at an elevation of 605 meters above sea level. In 2008 the population was about 45,530 people.-Geography:...
, where he lived with his parents on a farm until 13 years old. He learned to read at the age of five, and had his secondary education at schools in Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...
. Octávio Barbosa graduated from the University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) in civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
and Mining
Mining engineering
Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring environment. Mining engineering also includes processing minerals for additional value.Mineral...
. He worked in ancient Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Brazil (SGM), in the early 30s, who in 1936 renamed itself the National Department of Mineral Production DNPM.
He married Beatriz de Lima Viana, on April 19, 1933 in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
, MG
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil. His second wife, Vera Rita de Castro Dias, geographer, formed by the USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, collaborated on many of the geomorphological works. He has a son and four grandchildren. From his first marriage, until August 1954, had five children, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
At 1932, he joined the Polytechnic School of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, where he taught for 16 years. With 48 years went to work for Prospec in Petropolis, where he developed consulting activities. In 1977, he joined the CPRM, currently Geological Survey of Brazil.
It was a professional versatility. He has published over 200 scientific papers and trained hundreds of engineers and geologists. Octávio Barbosa attended the first board of Brazilian Geological Society, serving as vice president alongside Luciano Jacques de Moraes. He made many works of field geology and mineral prospecting and had appreciation for the indigenous terms, which you also were useful in physiographic descriptions and interpretations in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
Octávio Barbosa was in the Geological Survey, for six years, research assistant to Luciano Jacques de Moraes, with whom he published some works in co-authorship. Very young, he was appointed Director of Current Development Division of Mineral Production, where he remained until 1940. In those years he studied the phonolite of Lages
Lages
Lages, formerly Lajens, is a Brazilian town located in the central part of the state of Santa Catarina, in the region known in Portuguese as "Planalto Serrano"....
, Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...
(1933) described the rocks and geology of the former Federal District, covering the Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. Studied deposits of nickel (1935), iron (especially in Santa Catarina) and manganese
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a free element in nature , and in many minerals...
, and devoted some time to studies on groundwater
Groundwater
Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock...
, particularly in Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
(1938–1940), was also interested by the pre-Devonian formations ( 1936). Published in 1938, work on deposits of aquamarine, bismuth and tantalum. Wrote about gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
in general, and particularly on the Gold Caeté (1939) and outlined preliminary ideas about the geology of the Reconcavo Baiano, also in 1939.
In 1938 he criticized, in a famous controversy in the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
The Brazilian Academy of Sciences is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 1916....
, the theory of protognaisse "Alberto Ribeiro Lamego. His versatility and his scientific curiosity, excited by the issues of greatest interest to Brazil, are witnessed by publication of the decade running from 1930 to 1940. In 1940 published a work on hygiene of mines that forerun the Environmental Geology, indicates unfavorable conditions prevailing at the Morro Velho Mine, anticipating the current concepts. That same year he studied the glacial striations of Permo-Carboniferous Paraná Basin
Parana Basin
The Paraná Basin is a large sedimentary basin situated in the central-eastern part of South America. About 75% of its areal distribution occurs in Brazil, from Mato Grosso to Rio Grande do Sul states. The remainder area is distributed in eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina and northern...
. In 1940 he was invited to occupy the Chair of geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
of Polytechnic School of USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
. He stayed 16 years as a Professor in this University. Published in 1949, co-authored with his assistant, Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida is a Brazilian Geologist. Almeida did the central works to understand the South American geology: son of the first Brazilian generation of geologists did the pioners papers of the continent's geology He is considered to be one of the top Brazilians in geology and...
, work on the Tubarão and Ribeira. Studied, from 1941 to 1943, the mine magnesite
Magnesite
Magnesite is magnesium carbonate, MgCO3. Iron substitutes for magnesium with a complete solution series with siderite, FeCO3. Calcium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel may also occur in small amounts...
of Serra das Éguas, in the Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
. He was a consultant Perus Cement Factory, where he supervised the mining of limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, clay, and also of magnesite
Magnesite
Magnesite is magnesium carbonate, MgCO3. Iron substitutes for magnesium with a complete solution series with siderite, FeCO3. Calcium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel may also occur in small amounts...
. In 1953 he specialized in granitization. In 1954 he wrote a note on geology for tunnels and dams. In 1956 he left the Polytechnic School of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
and was hired as a consultant for the company Prospec in Petrópolis
Petrópolis
Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro....
. Then had the opportunity to attend various congresses and symposia, national and international. Participated in various projects of geological mapping and economic geology. The first work in which he engaged was the "Project Araguaia" photogeological survey, between the rivers Tocantins, Araguaia and Xingu.
The literature reports studies on the coal basin of the Tocantins and descriptions of volcanic events in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(both 1957). That same year he published an essay on the chimney alkaline and carbonatite
Carbonatite
Carbonatites are intrusive or extrusive igneous rocks defined by mineralogic composition consisting of greater than 50 percent carbonate minerals. Carbonatites may be confused with marble, and may require geochemical verification....
. His interest in this subject comes from 1934 and 1936, commented on the chimney of Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...
(and also in 1948). He published several papers on geomorphology
Geomorphology
Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them...
, which is in the field, one of their first looks. The versatility of curious Octávio Barbosa is that, from 1952 to 1958, he published some work on paleobotany, setting the age of Gondwana floras and weaving observations (in 1957) on theParatoxopitys Americana, a fossil wood of Irati Formation
Irati Formation
Irati Formation is the name of a geological formation of Brazil.It has previously been dated as Upper Permian using palynomorphs but is now dated as Lower Permian using zircon ages obtained from bentonite layers...
. Had the opportunity to spend some time on his passion: the diamonds. Since 1938, when he studied the diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
"Minas Gerais", by Coromandel
Coromandel, Minas Gerais
Coromandel is a Brazilian town, located in the southeast region of the country, in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population is over 28,000 people according the 2004 census. The municipality of Coromandel is located 495 km from the state capital Belo Horizonte, and 673 km from São Paulo...
, it remained latent interest to academics, studying, still in Prospec, diamonds in western Minas Gerais. In 1977, after 21 years of stay in Prospec, has joined the cadre of the CPRM, where it remained, as consultant.
He made geological surveys and mineral registry panel to the west of São Francisco River
São Francisco River
The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...
and eastern Tocantins River
Tocantins River
The Tocantins is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means "toucan's beak" . It runs from south to north for about 2,640 km. It is not really a branch of the Amazon River, although usually so considered, since its waters flow into the...
. Surveys conducted in Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
and current Distrito Federal
Brazilian Federal District
The Federal District is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Located in a region called Planalto Central, or Central Plateau, the Federal District is divided in 29 administrative regions. Brasilia - place where the three branches of the Federal Government are located - is the main...
. Studied the tin ores of Rio Palma and the nickel
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile...
Barro Alto, where calculating 120 million tons of ore weathering. Studied deposits of gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
in the basin of the Ribeira
Ribeira
Ribeira is Portuguese and Galician for stream, ravine or rivulet, and may refer to:-Galicia:* Santa Uxía de Ribeira, a municipality, civil parish and town in A Coruña province-Portugal:...
south of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. He researched the covers of the Brazilian Northeast. In recent years engaged in research in platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
in the states of Pernambuco
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
, São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
Resources and Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
.
Octávio Barbosa received numerous accolades, awards and honors. In 1974 he received the Medal of Merit Mineral. The Brazilian Geological Society (SBG) in 1968, awarded him the highest honor of geologists from Brazil, the Gold Medal "José Bonifácio." He stated several times that the professional to feel happy to follow their desires and meet up with their aspirations and their work. Feeling comfortable in improvisations Mandatory field work and having used all means of transport that can be imagined as jeep, airplane, little planes, helicopter, mule, truck, boat and how many types of locomotion may exist , Octávio Barbosa always preached to the young:Love life of the field and like to travel, by any possible means of locomotion'. His love of geology made him declare often that will live with a hammer in his hand until the last day of his life.
" Much remains to be done, geology and mining in Brazil. Although the current labor market and demand for services to geology are still very scarce, I believe (says Octávio Barbosa) that this situation will change because in large countries such as South Africa, Canada, the United States, Russia and others, where the geology was well developed, still discover new things. In spite of all that is known, is a world to discover . The Amazon, for example, which is unknown, is a true Canadian. Therefore, I believe there will, therefore, an incentive for the present, even the new geologists, come here to toil in their specialties"' "- Octávio Barbosa.
Octávio Barbosa died on January 31, 1997 in Petrópolis
Petrópolis
Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro....
, RJ. He left a vast legacy of geological knowledge recorded in hundreds of papers published as reports, books and journal articles which are incorporated in the Library of CPRM, Geological Survey of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. The Library was named Library Octávio Barbosa whose works are available for free access. It incorporates a specialized collection in Geosciences, listing papers, books, national and international journals, and technical reports, maps, aerial photographs and various photocartographic documents that are available to the community. In CPRM, are also some precious field notebooks written by Octávio Barbosa during the 1930s and 1950s, recording their insights, adventures, knowledge and important passage for the Geology of Brazil.
Sources: texts summarized page of CPRM and the homage done by geologist Professor J. R de Andrade Ramos to eminent Brazilian geologist Octávio Barbosa, on the occasion of the Third Symposium on Geology of the Southeast (1993), Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
External links
- Home Library "Octávio Barbosa" CPRM Geological Survey of Brazil