Fluvial dynamics in meandering fluvial systems, a study case in the Peixe River, Brazil

• Grant number: 12/00959-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: April 16, 2012
• End date: September 15, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Cesar Rocha
• Grantee: Eduardo Souza de Morais
• Supervisor: Janet Mary Hooke
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Liverpool, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/11208-6 - FORMS IDENTIFICATION AND GEOMORPHOLOGY PROCESS IN THE PEIXE RIVER FLOODPLAIN: THE ROLE OF NATURAL AND MANMADE AGENTS IN YOUR EVOLUTION, BP.DR

Abstract

The project aims to analyze the fluvial dynamics of the Peixe River in the State of São Paulo with use of remote sensing and aerial photographs. Peixe River exhibits a meandering channel in the reach 60 km upstream of its confluence with important geomorphological features like paleochannels, fluvial terraces and oxbow lakes. The identification of the geomorphological setting on decadal scale seeks to show characteristics of channel, floodplain and fluvial terraces. Landsat images, SRTM data and aerial photographs will be utilized to compose a Geographic Information System. The purpose is to investigate limits of channel, floodplain and fluvial terraces, determine type and variation over time of bars, channel dynamics, spatial distribution of paleodrainage and others features of the fluvial system. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MORAIS, EDUARDO S.; ROCHA, PAULO C.; HOOKE, JANET. Spatiotemporal variations in channel changes caused by cumulative factors in a meandering river: The lower Peixe River, Brazil. Geomorphology, v. 273, p. 348-360, NOV 15 2016. (12/00959-3, 11/11208-6)