Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral (1925 – October 18, 1996) was a Brazilian geologist. He became a professor of
geology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of the
University of São Paulo in 1959. After his retirement, he was also professor of geosciences and taught
geology,
geography,
biology and
ecology at the
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
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).
Together with Viktor Leinz, in the early '60s, he was the author of the book ''Geologia Geral'' (General Geology), which was the first modern textbook in the field of geosciences in Brazil, which today is still in use. He also translated many books on geosciences, including "Geological History of Life." He did his doctoral and postdoctoral studies in the United States with Pettijohn (
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore). His habilitation thesis (Livre-docência) was on "Geology and Petrology of the
Irati Formation
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(Permian) in São Paulo State." He made many contributions to the geological knowledge of the Irati formation, including the
dolomitization process of carbonate rocks.
In 1999, Carvalho and Bertini named a fossil of
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s identified in the city of
Marília "''Mariliasuchus amarali''" in his honor. Amaral was also a member of the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Deceased member - Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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Amaral was a nephew of the Brazilian painter and designer Tarsila do Amaral.
References
External links
Teachers Course in Geology, FFCL 1959
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20th-century Brazilian geologists
1925 births
1996 deaths
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences