The processes recorded in shapes: the morphodynamic of Aguapeí River unveiled in the meander evolution

• Grant number: 14/02298-0
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal researcher: Paulo Cesar Rocha
• Grantee: Tainá Medeiros Suizu
• Supervisor abroad: Gerald Charles Nanson
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/04284-3 - Aguapeí River morphodynamics: processes and resulting forms, BP.MS

Abstract

The purpose of the internship in the GeoQuEST Research Centre - University of Wollongong, arose from a need of the regular project (Process No. 2013/04284-3) in deepening the morphometric and morphologic analyses, as well as comprehending the evolutionary behavior of Aguapeí River channel. In this way, it proposes as specific aims of BEPE project: To increase the knowledge of the theoretical-methodological approach on the genesis and processes related to meandering rivers, morphologies of channel and floodplains and its cartographic representation; Assess the channel evolution through geometric aspects and meanders migration processes; Determine the morphological units and predominant features in the alluvial plain (alluvial floodplain and terraces). The study will accesses 1:25.000 aerial photos of 1962, as well as recent remote sensing products - 2014. Data will be treated in softwares of statistic, graphic design and mapping like ArcGIS 10®. Another intention of the internship is to learn about new softwares. The final products of this study - maps and graphs - will be qualitatively accreted to the analysis in development in Brazil. (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)

SUIZU, TAINA MEDEIROS; NANSON, GERALD C.. Temporal and spatial adjustments of channel migration and planform geometry: responses to ENSO driven climate anomalies on the tropical freely-meandering Aguapei River, SAo Paulo, Brazil. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, v. 43, n. 8, p. 1636-1647, JUN 30 2018. (14/02298-0, 13/04284-3)