Understanding and visualization of artificial ground in the city of London, greater London, England

• Grant number: 15/15449-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: April 22, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: João Osvaldo Rodrigues Nunes
• Grantee: Érika Cristina Nesta Silva
• Supervisor: Colin Neil Waters
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: British Geological Survey (BGS), England
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/01302-0 - Geomorphological Reconstitution of Technogenic Relief in Presidente Prudente-SP, BP.DR

Abstract

The existence of technogenic deposits and technogenic reliefs has been described more frequently in recent decades. The term of technogenic deposits was used by Chemekov (1983) and then, it has been utilized by several researches in Brazil, like Oliveira (1990) and Peloggia (1996). Despite different nomenclatures used to this kind of deposit and relief being developed by distinct groups of workers, a common feature is that they are recognized to have formed from the direct and indirect action of man. With the recent discussions about the inclusion of the Anthropocene as a new epoch on the geological time scale, for which the definition relates directly to the transforming action of man in landscapes, the technogenic reliefs and technogenic deposits are among the main evidence for this proposal. This project has the main objective the understanding of these formations through new techniques and tools used by the British Geological Survey (BGS) team, which has focused on studies of anthropogenic deposition (FORD et al., 2014) and Artificial Ground (PRICE et. Al., 2011), in order to carry out regional assessment through geological mapping. Knowing more about the compositions of artificial ground can help several surveys about ground stability, potential sources of contaminants, rates of groundwater flows, and others. The BGS team has developed new methodologies to assist in the treatment and display of data about artificial ground. Thus, the study was defined in conjunction with the aforementioned team to use the area of the City of London, Greater London, as the focus of the proposed research. It is intended that the techniques learned will assist in the interpretation of data obtained in the survey in Brazil, as well as in view of the same, especially in 3D (three dimensional) models. (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)

TERRINGTON, R. L.; SILVA, E. C. N.; WATERS, C. N.; SMITH, H.; THORPE, S.. Quantifying anthropogenic modification of the shallow geosphere in central London, UK. Geomorphology, v. 319, p. 15-34, OCT 15 2018. (15/15449-9)