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Document type
Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Enhancing, Disseminating, and Preserving the Rio Almansor Migmatites Geosite (Montemor-o-Novo, SW Portugal)

Participants in the publication
Manuel Francisco Pereira (Author)
UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA
 Ícaro Dias da Silva (Author)
Dep. Geologia
 IDL
 Cristina Gama (Author)
UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA
 Manuela Pereira (Author)
CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE MONTEMOR-O-NOVO
 Gonçalo Lopes (Author)
CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE MONTEMOR-O-NOVO
Summary
The Almansor River surrounding the Montemor-o-Novo city (Alentejo region, SW Iberia) displays outstanding outcrops of heterogeneously deformed foliated diatexite with enclaves cut by granitic rocks that must be preserved. Studies of these outstanding exposures of metamorphic and plutonic rocks provide a unique window into the interior of an ancient mountain range. The study of the Rio Almansor migmatites and associated plutonic rocks, representing the core of the Évora Gneiss Dome, allowed the publication of several articles of international high scientific value. In 2024, it was submitted to the Geosites database of Portugal, but it is still little known at the national and international levels. This Portuguese geosite is visited annually by national and foreigner researchers, schools, University students, and the public, and this demand has increased after the Covid-19 pandemic. A collaborative project for enhancing, disseminating, and preserving the Rio Almansor Migmatites Geosite started officially in 2024. In this project, "Geological Heritage of the Municipality of Montemor-o-Novo," scientific coordinators, municipal staff, university students, and schoolteachers collaborate on planning and implementing outreach activities for promoting Earth Sciences research and education, Geoheritage preservation, and geotourism.

Date of Submisson/Request
2024-08-14
Date of Acceptance
2025-05-06
Date of Publication
2025-06-25

Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Geoheritage

Publication Identifiers

Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Volume
17
Number
3

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-025-01129-x
URL - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-025-01129-x

Rankings
SCIMAGO Q1 (2024) - 0.686 - Earth and Planetary Sciences

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APA
Manuel Francisco Pereira, Ícaro Dias da Silva, Cristina Gama, Manuela Pereira, Gonçalo Lopes, (2025). Enhancing, Disseminating, and Preserving the Rio Almansor Migmatites Geosite (Montemor-o-Novo, SW Portugal). Geoheritage, 17,https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-025-01129-x

IEEE
Manuel Francisco Pereira, Ícaro Dias da Silva, Cristina Gama, Manuela Pereira, Gonçalo Lopes, "Enhancing, Disseminating, and Preserving the Rio Almansor Migmatites Geosite (Montemor-o-Novo, SW Portugal)" in Geoheritage, vol. 17, 2025. 10.1007/s12371-025-01129-x

BIBTEX
@article{66101, author = {Manuel Francisco Pereira and Ícaro Dias da Silva and Cristina Gama and Manuela Pereira and Gonçalo Lopes}, title = {Enhancing, Disseminating, and Preserving the Rio Almansor Migmatites Geosite (Montemor-o-Novo, SW Portugal)}, journal = {Geoheritage}, year = 2025, volume = 17 }