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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.44.2013.tde-21012014-101054
Document
Author
Full name
Valéria Terence
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2013
Supervisor
Committee
Giannini, Paulo Cesar Fonseca (President)
Calliari, Lauro Julio
Dillenburg, Sérgio Rebello
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização do sistema Praia-Duna ao longo da Costa uruguaia, de Montevideo a La Coronilla
Keywords in Portuguese
Dunas
Geomorfologia litorânea
Sedimentologia
Uruguai
Abstract in Portuguese
A costa leste do Uruguay, de Montevideo até La Coronilla, caracteriza-se, no seu lado platense (a W de Punta del Este), por praias arenosas restritas, com escarpas ativas, promontórios formados por rochas do embasamento e pequenas ilhas; e, no seu lado atlântico, pela presença de lagunas e praias mais extensas e homogêneas, com maior exposição à ação do vento e de ondas de tempestade. A caracterização da cobertura vegetal e da morfodinâmica e sedimentologia do sistema praia - dunas frontais, incluindo rumo inferido de deriva litorânea longitudinal, permitiu estabelecer subdivisões desta costa em segmentos com características semelhantes. Os dois segmentos diferenciados pela associação de espécies vegetais foram o de Montevideo a Cuchilla Alta, caracterizado pelo predomínio de Panicum racemosum, e o de Jaurreguiberry até La Coronilla, com alta concentração de Spartina ciliata. Esta subdivisão foi correlacionada a fatores abióticos, como salinidade e intensidade do vento. Correlações estatísticas aplicadas a resultados de análise de variações granulométricas e mineralógicas dos sedimentos mostraram-se insuficientes para deduzir o rumo de deriva litorânea longitudinal. Critérios mais efetivos na determinação desse rumo foram os geomorfológicos, como deflexão das desembocaduras de arroios e lagunas e, principalmente, e assimetria dos arcos de praia com forma em espiral logarítmica. Com base na variação de sentido de transporte litorâneo residual assim deduzido, a costa também foi subdividida em dois segmentos. O primeiro, entre Montevideo e as proximidades da laguna Garzón, apresenta transporte preferencial para SW. No segundo, entre laguna Garzón e a região de La Coronilla, a deriva toma rumo NE. Os principais fatores controladores desta inversão de deriva seriam a mudança de orientação da linha de costa e a refração de ondulações exercida por bancos sedimentares submersos, situados no prolongamento do estuário do rio de la Plata.
Keywords in English
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Abstract in English
The east uruguayan coast, between Montevideo and La Coronilla, is characterized, in the side corresponding to the La Plata River, by active scarps, promontories formed by basement rocks, and small islands. The Atlantic side, on the other hand, has lagoons and extense and homogeneous beaches, under more intense winds and storm waves action. The characterization of the vegetal cover and the morphodynamic and sedimentology of the beach-foredune system, including the infered net longshore drift direction, allowed to divide this coast into sectors. In the foredunes, we observed two distinct sectors as for the association of plant species. The first one is located between Montevideo and Cuchilla Alta and is characterized by the predominance of Panicum racemosum, whereas the second one is located between Jaurreguiberry and La Coronilla and presents a high concentration of Spartina ciliata. The distinction between these two sectors could be correlated to abiotic factors, as salinity and wind strenght. Linear correlation applied to spatial variation of mineralogical and granulometric data has turned out to be insufficient to infere the net longshore drift direction, despite of its success in some regions. The most effective criteria in order to determine this direction were the geomorphological characteristics, mainly the deflection of rivers and lagoons mouths and the assimetry of logarithmic spiral beach lines. By observing the net longshore drift, we identified two distinct sectors. The first one, between Montevideo and the region nearby Laguna Garzón, presents a preferential transport toward SW, whereas the second one, between Laguna Garzón and La Coronila, has longshore drift towards NE. The main factors controlling the longshore drift inversion would be the shifts of the coastline direction and the swell waves refraction exerted by submerse sedimentary bars in the eastern extension of La Plata Estuary.
 
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2014-01-21
 
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