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The southern Goiás state region of Central Brazil has an extensive and informative record of fossil biota. Particularly over the last five years, there has been a great increase in fossil finds, which has enabled a greater understanding of this region's fauna and flora during the Late Cretaceous. In this article, we provide an updated synthesis of the biota from the Cretaceous of the southern Goiás state, the record of plants, gastropods, turtles, crocodilians, titanosaurs, and theropod dinosaurs.

The present work describes the stratigraphy of the Bauru Group (Paraná Basin) that emerges in the South of Goiás, describing in more detail the municipality of Quirinópolis / GO. The Bauru Group consists of a sequence of siliciclastic rock formations of continental origin with volcanic rocks that are associated with the place, composing three formations: Adamantina, Uberaba and Marília. But only the Adamantina and Marília formations characterize the South of Goiás. The study site presents a sedimentary lithology, with presence of medium to fine sandstones, conglomerates and carbonate levels. At these levels were found fossiliferous occurrences at the site, during the field expeditions carried out for the work, other fossil fragments were also found at the site in other field works. Among the results it was possible to verify that in the studied site only rocks of the Marília Formation appear., O presente trabalho descreve a estratigrafia, do Grupo Bauru (Bacia do Paraná) que aflora no Sul de Goiás, descrevendo com mais detalhe o munícipio de Quirinópolis/GO. O Grupo Bauru é constituído por uma sequência de formações rochosas siliciclásticas de origem continental com presença de rochas vulcânicas que estão associadas com o local, compondo três formações: Adamantina, Uberaba e Marília. Mas apenas as formações Adamantina e Marília caracterizam o Sul de Goiás. O local deestudo, apresenta uma litologia sedimentar, com presença de arenitos finos a médio, conglomerados e níveis carbonáticos. Nesses níveis foram encontradas ocorrências fossíliferas no local, durante as expedições de campo realizado para o trabalho, outros fragmentos fósseis também foram encontrados no local em outros trabalhos de campo. Dentre os resultados encontrados foi possível averiguar que no local estudado aflora apenas rochas da Formação Marília.

The study regards Thermal Energy Storage Methods (focusing on Sensible Heat Storage) and simulating models. A solar assisted domestic heating plant with collectors, storage, loads, thermal losses and eventual heat exchanger is simulated. In order to evaluate the storage behaviour two simulations models are realized: a fully mixed model and a stratified model, with multinode approach. The uniform temperature model includes two options for collectors energy input (constant or with linear variation) and load (with constant or variable on –off profiles). Both simulation models use Runge-Kutta method, with Ode 45 Matlab Function. Model validation has been determined by comparing the results of simulations with available data from literature obtained with different methods (Euler, Heun) and/or analytical results. Simulation tests under different conditions are made (different load profiles and flow rates) in both models, and the results are compared between two models and with available literature results As expected, results show a relationship between flow rate increasing and stratification reduction. Furthermore, peak temperatures appearing in stratified model contribute to increasing efficiency of the system.