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Home \ News \ Research \ Crater reveals memory of celestial body impact on the outskirts of São Paulo Crater reveals memory of celestial body impact on the outskirts of São Paulo March , Published in:Search The geological formation, called Colônia crater, is located less than kilometers from the city's central landmark, Praça da Sé, on the southwestern edge of the Billings watershed. The geological formation, called Colônia crater, is located less than kilometers from the city's central landmark, Praça da Sé, on the southwest edge of the Billings watershed. A large crater, produced by the impact of a celestial object, extends over an area of square kilometers on the outskirts of the city of São Paulo. The geological formation, called Colônia crater, is located less than kilometers from the city's central landmark, Praça da Sé, on the southwestern edge of the Billings watershed. With the interior cluttered with sediment and the rim covered by vegetation, the crater remained ignored until the early.
When aerial photos and later satellite images highlighted its characteristic circular shape. The first reference in specialized literature dates back to , with the publication, in the Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Geology , of the article “Preliminary studies of a circular depression in the Colônia region: Santo Amaro, São Paulo” , signed by professors Rudolph Kollert, Alfredo Björnberg and André Dav Whatsapp Number List ino, from USP. But, as circular structures can result from other factors, such as volcanism, for example, doubts persisted for a long time as to whether the Cologne crater had actually been created by the impact of an extraterrestrial body. Only in , thanks to research conducted by geologist Victor Velázquez Fernandez, professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) at USP, was the evidence finally gathered that proved the impact hypothesis. The study, which continued until , was supported by FAPESP: Registration of geological and geomorphological elements of the Colônia.
Crater to establish an environmental management and preservation strategy . Article reporting the evidence was published by Velázquez and collaborators in the International Journal of Geosciences : “Evidence of Shock Metamorphism Effects in Allochthonous Breccia Deposits from the Colônia Crater, São Paulo, Brazil” . Later articles by the researcher also emphasized another aspect of the topic, which is the characterization of this geological formation as a natural heritage and an area to be protected and conserved: The Colônia Impact Crater: Geological Heritage and Natural Patrimony in the Southern Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil and The Current Situation of Protection and Conservation of the Colônia Impact Crater, São Paulo, Brazil. “The impact produced a hole kilometers in diameter, around meters deep and with an uplifted edge of meters,” Velázquez told Agência FAPESP. “But, over time, and due to the intense weathering process characteristic of Brazilian territory.
When aerial photos and later satellite images highlighted its characteristic circular shape. The first reference in specialized literature dates back to , with the publication, in the Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Geology , of the article “Preliminary studies of a circular depression in the Colônia region: Santo Amaro, São Paulo” , signed by professors Rudolph Kollert, Alfredo Björnberg and André Dav Whatsapp Number List ino, from USP. But, as circular structures can result from other factors, such as volcanism, for example, doubts persisted for a long time as to whether the Cologne crater had actually been created by the impact of an extraterrestrial body. Only in , thanks to research conducted by geologist Victor Velázquez Fernandez, professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) at USP, was the evidence finally gathered that proved the impact hypothesis. The study, which continued until , was supported by FAPESP: Registration of geological and geomorphological elements of the Colônia.
Crater to establish an environmental management and preservation strategy . Article reporting the evidence was published by Velázquez and collaborators in the International Journal of Geosciences : “Evidence of Shock Metamorphism Effects in Allochthonous Breccia Deposits from the Colônia Crater, São Paulo, Brazil” . Later articles by the researcher also emphasized another aspect of the topic, which is the characterization of this geological formation as a natural heritage and an area to be protected and conserved: The Colônia Impact Crater: Geological Heritage and Natural Patrimony in the Southern Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil and The Current Situation of Protection and Conservation of the Colônia Impact Crater, São Paulo, Brazil. “The impact produced a hole kilometers in diameter, around meters deep and with an uplifted edge of meters,” Velázquez told Agência FAPESP. “But, over time, and due to the intense weathering process characteristic of Brazilian territory.