TO THE MEMORY OF VOLODYMYR MYKOLAYOVYCH SHOVKOPLYAS (October 15, 1929 — May 4, 2021)

The article is dedicated to Volodymyr Shovkoplyas, the famous scientist and researcher in the field of general geology, geochronology, paleogeography and stratigraphy of the quarter, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Department of Anthropogene Geology of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Fossil insects 10 years after the Geological Conservation Review (Great Britain)

At the third congress of the I.P.S. (International Palaeoentomological Society) in Beijing (2010), Professor Dong Ren, conference organiser, was presented with an author’s copy of the arthropod volume of the Geological Conservation Review of Great Britain, which included fossil insects, and had just been published (Jarzembowski et al., 2010). The purpose of the review, which commenced in the last century before the founding of I.P.S., was essentially to select and document the key sites of British geology, geomorphology and palaeontology with view to geoheritage conservation—including palaeoentomology. The results were collated and published in a series of volumes and, as it subsequently transpired, the arthropod volume was the last one (number 35). The insect part (written by the current author) and other arthropods (by Derek Siveter and Paul Selden) were augmented by general geology and palaeontology contributed by Douglas Palmer. A planned volume with relevant Lower Cretaceous (Wealden) geology was eventually produced instead as a short series of papers by the Geologists’ Association of London (Radley & Allen, 2012b). Geoconservation has featured periodically on the I.P.S. agenda and this paper reflects on the legacy of the GCR study, a decade later, and over a generation after its initiation.

O ENSINO DE GEOLOGIA COMO INSTRUMENTO FORMADOR DA PRÁTICA DOCENTE EM GEOGRAFIA

Este artigo apresenta o resultado de observações e análises feitas por dois um docentes de geografia durante sua experiência como professores da disciplina de Geologia Geral, em uma instituição de ensino privada que os alunos cursam técnicos em mineração. A participação ativa dos estudantes durante a visita ao Museu de Geologia e Laboratório de Pedologia e processos Erosivos da Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, na realização deste trabalho e serão aqui registradas suas principais percepções ao participar de aulas acompanhado de profissionais. Portanto, não se trata de um trabalho que busca definir ou estabelecer metodologias educacionais didáticas, mas sim, captar e registrar as impressões dos estudantes á visita técnica aos ambientes supracitados.Palavras-chave: Percepção, Estudantes, Didática. ABSTRACTThis article presents the results of observations and analyzes made by two geography teachers during their experience as professors of General Geology in a private educational institution where students attend mining technicians. The active participation of the students during the visit to the Museum of Geology and Laboratory of Pedology and Erosive Processes of the State University of Vale do Acaraú, in the accomplishment of this work and will be registered here their main perceptions when attending classes accompanied by professionals. Therefore, it is not a work that seeks to define or establish didactic educational methodologies, but rather to capture and record the students' impressions of the technical visit to the abovementioned environments.Keywords: Perception, Students, Didactics. ResumenEste artículo presenta el resultado de observaciones y análisis realizados por dos docentes de geografía durante su experiencia como profesores de la disciplina de Geología General, en una institución de enseñanza privada que los alumnos cursan técnicos en minería. La participación activa de los estudiantes durante la visita al Museo de Geología y Laboratorio de Pedología y procesos Erosivos de la Universidad Estatal Vale do Acaraú, en la realización de este trabajo y se registrarán sus principales percepciones al participar de clases acompañado de profesionales. Por lo tanto, no se trata de un trabajo que busca definir o establecer metodologías educativas didácticas, sino captar y registrar las impresiones de los estudiantes a la visita técnica a los ambientes citados.Palabras claves: Percepción, Estudiantes, Didáctica.

Philip Tyson's 1849 study of California gold prospects

Philip Thomas Tyson (1799–1877) toured privately through central California, from San Francisco through the Sierra Nevada foothills gold prospects in 1849, to assess their potential and the general geology of the region. He produced the first regional map with geologic notations and several rough topographic/geologic cross-sections. He described Coast Range basement rocks, now described as Franciscan Complex mélange and broken formation, the stratigraphic configuration of the Great Valley, and general geology of the Sierra Nevada foothills. He recognized that the older Coast Range and Sierran basement were deformed prior to recent volcanism and extensive terrestrial fluvial sedimentation, likely Neogene in age.