Aplicação de múltiplas ferramentas no estudo do transporte de sedimentos na margem interna da restinga da Marambaia (baía de Sepetiba, RJ)

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Breylla Campos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/13893
• topic: Grain-size trend analysis; Hydrodynamic circulation; Marambaia barrier island; Sepetiba bay; Modelo de tendência direcional de transporte; Circulação hidrodinâmica; Restinga de Marambaia; Baía de Sepetiba; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::OCEANOGRAFIA::OCEANOGRAFIA GEOLOGICA::SEDIMENTOLOGIA MARINHA

Sedimentological and hydrodynamic data sets have been used to study the sediment dynamics along the Marambaia barrier island bayside shoreline (Sepetiba bay, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil). Three sampling campaigns were carried out to collect surface sediment samples along the barrier island and on the nearby submersed area. Additionally, in December 2013, hydrodynamic measurements were simultaneously conducted at three anchor stations positioned parallel to the barrier island, roughly along the 6.5 m isobath. The measurements, that spanned two full tidal cycles (25 hours), included water column profiling with CTDs, water column current profiling, and water column sampling to determine suspended-sediment concentrations. Once the sediment samples had been processed in the laboratory, statistical parameters (mean, sorting and skewness) were computed, allowing the thoroughful sedimentological characterization of the study area as well as the application of a grain-size trend analysis model (GisedTrend) to determine sediment transport trend vectors. The barrier island is chiefly made up of medium, well-sorted sands grading to fine, well-sorted sands and fine, poorly-sorted silts at greater depths. Four trend cases out of the 14 possibilities were explored and the most significant were further analyzed in order to identify areas of sediment accumulation or removal, and then be associated with the possible physical processes responsible for sediment transport, such as tidal currents, wind-generated currents and dispersal of sediment plumes. Hydrodynamic data documented that, over the time scale of the measurements, the water column circulation is highly complex, especially in the area adjacent to the center of the barrier island. As already verified in the area close to the main navigational channel, tidal asymmetry was documented, with floods being shorter than ebbs. However, contrarily to these previous observations, ebb currents were stronger than flood currents. Mean suspended-sediment concentrations (SSC) ranged between 10 and 20 mg/L both close to the surface and the nearbed area; yet, no relationship between SSC temporal variability and tidal stage could be identified. Possible convergence and divergence circulation / sediment transport cells were identified and compared to the GisedTrend output, with satisfactory results.