Morfodinâmica da embocadura da Lagoa do Peixe e da linha de praia adjacente

AUTOR(ES)

Venisse Schossler

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

The investigation of morphological change in lagoonal inlets and shorelines can be instrumental to describe the influence of short term coastal processes. The Lagoa do Peixe (LP) is set within the Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe (PNLP), 344 km², located on the mid-section of the Rio Grande do Sul coastal plain. The objective of this work was to describe the morphodynamic behavior of inlet, its instability, geometry and geomorphologic characteristics, as well as an analysis of the variability of the adjacent shoreline position, between 1987 e 2009. A set of LANDSAT images (from 1973 to 2009) and geoprocessing techniques were employed to analyze the morphologic characteristics and dynamics of the LP channel. Short term movements of the shoreline were evaluated from the vectorized LANDSAT TM imagery (1987 and 2009), using the extreme points method. The results were compared to numerical models, which made it possible to describe a tidal inlet with a morphodynamic sedimentation mechanism. The PNLP region is influenced by the variability of its precipitation regime, in which larger precipitation volumes occur in winter. This pluviometric regime is associated to the longshore SW currents which have a greater drifting capacity than the NW currents, more frequent in summer. The natural opening of the channel occurred in the two-year periods of 1997-1998, where total annual precipitation was 400 mm above the average for the PNLP region (1265 mm). LP channel sedimentation is related to the lowering of rain volumes. With the progression of summer, sediment transport promoted by wind and NE currents, is less competent, although more frequent, contributing to the formation of spits that develop siding the currents. Analyses of the variability of PNLP adjacent coastline position indicated a progradation process to the north of the channel (up to 40 m) and a retrogradation process to the south (maximum of 80 m). These results are compatible with other assessments offered by the respective literature.

ASSUNTO(S)

geoprocessing geologia marinha peixe, lagoa do (rs) geoprocessamento morphodynamic lagoonal inlet linha de praia shoreline lagoa do peixe

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