João José Bigarella, Brazilian geologist (Curitiba 23 September 1923 – Curitiba 05 May 2016)

From Italian and Bohemian descent

ACHIEVEMENTS

Authored 212 works

Authored over 20 books such as Estrutura e origem das paisagens tropicais e subtropicais (4 vols, 1,500 pages, 2nd edition 2007)

Performed studies on palaeogeography, sedimentology, geomorphology and stratigraphic correlation

Introduced the concept of colluviums ramps

With M.R. Mourinho. Considerações a respeito dos terraços fluviais, rampas de colúvio e várzeas. Bol. Paran. Geogr. 16-17:153-97, 1965.

Created the term scaled pediplane

With M.R. Mousinho & J.X. da Silva. Pediplanos, pedimentos e seus depósitos correlativos no Brasil. Bol. Paran. Geogr. 16-7:117-51, 1965

Developed a device named stereohelioplanimeter for measuring dip direction and angle for paleocurrents

With R. Salamuni. Sobre um aparelho para medição de estratificação cruzada. Dusenia 8(1):41-3, 1958

Authored a paper in which exposed innovative ideas about geomorphology having international impact

With A.N. Ab’Saber. Paleogeographische und paleoklimatische aspekte des Kainozoikum  in Sudbrasilien. Zeitschr. f. Geomorphol. 8:286-312, 1964

Proposed dissipation structure, a new type of geological structure

Structures developed by dissipation of dune and ridge deposits: beach ridge deposits. Catena 2:107-52, 1974

Relevant studies about paleocurrents and dunes

Paleocurrents and the problem of continental drift. Geol. Rundschau 62(2):447-77, 1973

Wind pattern deduced from dune morphology and internal structures. Bol. Paran. Geoscien. 28-9:73-114, 1970-1

Dune sediments: characteristics, recognition and importance. Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 53:707, 1969 (abstract)

With R. Salamuni & P.L. Marques Filho. Método para avaliação do nível oceânico à época da formação dos terraços de construção marinha. Bol. Paran. Geolo. 4-5:111-5, 1961