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Geomorphological Reconstitution of Technogenic Relief in Presidente Prudente-SP

Grant number: 13/01302-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: June 01, 2013
End date: April 22, 2017
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
Principal Investigator:João Osvaldo Rodrigues Nunes
Grantee:Érika Cristina Nesta Silva
Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
Associated scholarship(s):15/15449-9 - Understanding and visualization of artificial ground in the city of London, greater London, England, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Presidente Prudente-SP, as well as other towns, passes continuously through processes of transformation in their landscapes due to the action of society. These alterations imply the change in the characteristics of the surface materials. Thus, it arises from direct and indirect form the technogenic deposits, whose composition and structure vary according to several factors, being the main one the human activities of use and occupation of the site. When we expand the vision of the human interference in the earth surface, it is possible to notice the capacity of altering the morphology and morphometry of the relief, creating technogenic reliefs, such as the technogenic plains. It is proposed in this project the reconstitution of technogenic relief in three neighborhoods of Presidente Prudente: Conjunto Habitacional Augusto de Paula, Jardim Itapura II and Vila Nova Prudente, through methodological proceedings adapted for this type of study. Among them: collecting samples of technogenic materials; physical analysis (particle granulometry and fractionation) of the collected materials, the use of aerial photographs from different periods to assist not only the delimitation of the transects but also the verification of natural and social elements of landscape; elaboration of thematic maps such as the use and occupation of land, topographical profiles, development of block-diagrams that illustrate the evolution of landscapes and composition of the current and past surface and subsurface materials.

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SILVA, Érika Cristina Nesta. Geomorphological reconstitution of technogenic relief in Presidente Prudente-SP. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).