Author/Authors :
Margarida Horta Ribeiro Antunes, Isabel University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal , de Carvalho, Carlos Neto University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal , Abioui, Mohamed Group of Scientific Research and Ecological Education, Constanta, Romania
Abstract :
The "Barrocal" city Park of Castelo Branco is an urban park developed to protect the geoheritage of the tardi-Variscan granite landscapes of the only city existing in the area of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark. The "Barrocal" Granite is part of a Late Carboniferous unusual reversely zone intrusion with a granodiorite core and different granites in the rim. The weathering processes developed many textbook examples of granite landforms that are now accessible and available for appreciation by the local community and tourists in a 40 ha park, the newly geotourist attraction of the Geopark.
Keywords :
"Barrocal" park , Granite geodynamics , Landforms , Geotourism , Naturtejo Geopark , Portugal
