Ecocaráteres e processos sedimentares na plataforma continental adjacente à desembocadura do Rio Doce (ES)

• Autor(a) principal: Boni, Geandré Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/2056
• topic: Sedimentação e depósitos; Plataforma continental; Estatística; Doce, Rio, Delta (MG e ES); Ecocaráteres; Ciências Ambientais; 55

The continental shelf close to the Doce river mouth, environment relatively preserved and possibly subject to future changes and/or anthropogenic interventions, was studied about yours echo-characters and sedimentary processes associated. High resolution data from sub-bottom profiling (3.5 KHz) were collected along 400 Km. Particle size and content of Calcium Carbonate were obtained of superficial sediments samples, and the results submitted to clustering and ACP statistical analyses. Good correlation was observed between the five sedimentary clusters and echo-characters. The echo-character A1 (penetration absent) were been restricted to deepest regions (35-80 m.) indicating marine sedimentary domains, associated to biogenic sedimentation (sandy to muddy-gravely-sandy bottom). A transitional/marine region (25-35 & 55-80 m.), with mixed sedimentary processes (sandy bottom), was indicated by the echo-character A2 (indistinct reflectors). The echo-character B (many distinct, parallel to each other and to the seabed reflectors) were been associated to higher levels of sediments consolidation (gravelly-muddy sandy bottom), reflecting riverine/coastal domains related to extremely environmental conditions (high river discharge with strong and constant N/NE trade winds). The echo-characters C1 and C2 (semitransparent layers with different resolutions) were distributed by the same sedimentary domain (but between 10 and 30 m.), in sandy-muddy to muddy-sandy deposits. Regular terrigenous sedimentation (constant supply and lower sediments consolidation) was associated to the echo-character C2 (shallowest and closest to the river mouth). The echo-character C1 indicated irregular terrigenous sedimentation and higher sediments consolidations, being associated to the action of cold fronts, for example.