Fluvial and marine deposits in coastal zone: a sedimentological and morphological approach of the Vitoria region, ES

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https://doi.org/10.47456/geo.v1i33.35629

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coastal deposits, fluvial and marine sand, morphology

Abstract

The difficulty in distinguishing between fluvial and marine sands is not uncommon, especially in coastal areas with little sedimentary input and plains very close to the source area. This study aims to characterize the surface sediments of the fluvial-marine plains in the region of Vitória, state of Espírito Santo (ES), and to infer about the depositional processes and the origin of the sands based on the sedimentological (grain size, composition, mineralogy and morphoscopy of quartz grains) and morphological parameters. Sediments were distinguished in sandy and wetland deposits. Despite the textural immaturity, the sandy deposits were classified as fluvial and marine. However, the sedimentological parameters were not sufficient to resolve doubts of provenance in some samples. In this case, the absence of morphological features in sandy deposits or particular shapes such as alignment of sandy ridges are important resources for a paleoenvironmental interpretation, especially when sedimentological parameters appear to be ambiguous.

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Giseli Machado, Federal University of Espírito Santo

Giseli Modolo Vieira MACHADO has a Bachelor's Degree in Geography from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES, 2004), a Master's Degree in Geography from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, 2007) in the area of Coastal Geomorphology and a PhD in Environmental Oceanography from UFES (2015) with sandwich at the University of Wollongong, Australia (2013). She also had two Post-Doctorates in Geography at UFES (2018 and 2020). She has experience in teaching, research and consulting in the field of Geosciences, with an emphasis on Sedimentology, Geology, Coastal Geomorphology and Coastal Geography, acting mainly on the following themes: coastal environmental evolution, relative sea level variation, beach morphodynamics and coastal vulnerability.

Pinheiro, Federal University of Espírito Santo

Bruna Lourenço PINHEIRO is a under-graduate student in Geography at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES). She has been a volunteer intern since December 2016 when she started her contribution to the Project "Geological and geomorphological mapping of the coastal quaternary of Grande Vitória-ES", linked to the FAPES / CAPES No. 009/2014 Notice, under the guidance of Giseli Modolo Vieira Machado (coordinator Project), working intensively in field and laboratory activities (sedimentological analysis).

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15-12-2021

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MODOLO VIEIRA MACHADO, Giseli; LOURENÇO PINHEIRO, Bruna. Fluvial and marine deposits in coastal zone: a sedimentological and morphological approach of the Vitoria region, ES. Geografares, Vitória, Brasil, v. 1, n. 33, p. 229–258, 2021. DOI: 10.47456/geo.v1i33.35629. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufes.br/geografares/article/view/35629. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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