Estudo Neotectônico e Geomorfológico em margem continental passiva: um estudo de caso na carta topográfica Rio Mamuaba 1:25.000

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Vinicius Ferreira de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba
• Palavras-chave em Português: Formação Barreiras; Geomorfologia; Hidrografia; Geologia; Tectônica; Barreiras Formation; Geomorphology; Hidrography; Geology; Tectonic; CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIAS
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/9803

This current study aims to understand the geomorphological framework and morphotectonic aspects from area of the topographic chart Rio Mamuaba 1: 25.000, considering as an analytical basis the existing interrelationships between geology, topography and hydrography of the area. It sought to point out neotectonic evidences in the area including the chart by morphotectonic and morphometric analysis applied to segments of the drainage network. The investigated topographic chart is located on the eastern edge of the Paraiba state, north-eastern Brazil. To provide the analysis of morphotectonic were applied fluvio-morphometric indices, to investigate anomalies in patterns of drainage networks, related to recent tectonics. The Indexes Slope / Extension Relation (SER) and Bottom/ Valley Height Rate (BVHR) were used in this study, with the intention to indicate possible changes in the course of the rivers over the geological time, and find out the width and depth of the slopes. The results allowed to recognize anomalous patterns in the drainage network both in qualitative and quantitative aspects, and also in the landforms, which likely are direct related to recent tectonic events of regional character, which covers the eastern edge of the Brazilian northeast. The area of the current study is inserted between the Precambrian crystalline basement and the Sedimentary Basin of Paraiba, specifically in Alhandra Sub-Basin. On the surface, the cited area is represented mostly by Barreiras formation (Miocene) which covers, in part, the Paraiba basin and crystalline base in a discordant way. For morphostructural and morphotectonic analysis, was produced thematic maps: hipsometric, declivity and geomorphological, beyond substantial adjustments in the geological chart to suit the scale of 1: 25.000, roughness analysis, topographic profiles and 3D models. The thematic maps and Elevation Digital Model (EDM) were generated in specialized softwares, based on data extracted from Rio Mamuaba chart by manual vectorization, such as contour lines with equidistance of 10 meters, measured points and other elements, such as hydrography, highways and roads. The confection of the geomorphological chart was based on the methodology proposed by Ross (1992), which is based on the taxonomic units of relief. Within the geomorphology of the area showed up two main patterns of deformation: the succession of grabens and horsts and topographical domes that may be associated with tectonic inversion structures. The results show that it can not deny the influence of post-Miocene tectonics in relief configuration on an edge of a Continental Passive Border.