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| Author(s): |
Paulo Alves de Lima Ferreira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto Oceanográfico (IO/DIDC) |
| Defense date: | 2014-03-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira;
Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques;
Orlando Rodrigues Junior
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| Advisor: | Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira |
| Abstract | |
Radioanalytical methods stand out in the Earth Sciences due to several advantages, such as no destruction of samples, no need for chemical treatments and ease of data determination from nuclides of easy identification and separation from their non-radioactive isotopes. This study validated the model of vertical migration (MMV) of 137Cs for the calculation of recent sedimentation rates from 13 sedimentary columns of two Brazilian coastal systems: the Estuarine System of Cananeia-Iguape and Estuarine System of Santos-São Vicente. 137Cs, one of several isotopes of Cs, is a radionuclide artificially produced by fission of 235U, and presents environmental characteristics such as a high fission yield and half-life of 30.17 years, and its model covers key factors responsible for its vertical migration: its diffusion to the interstitial water and the vertical convection of this water through the sediments. The mean sedimentation rates determined were 1.03 ± 0.17 cm y-1 for Cananeia-Iguape, 1.05 ± 0.39 cm y-1 for the Bertioga Channel and 0.91 ± 0.10 cm y-1 for the Upper Santos Estuary, validated not only with 210Pbxs (unsupported 210Pb) models, widely used in oceanographic studies, but also by literature values for these systems. From the results of the MMV of 137Cs for the studied coastal systems, it was possible to obtain oceanographic interpretations of sedimentation based only on data from sedimentation rates, corroborated by information previously determined by other studies in such areas. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/08634-6 - Application of the model of vertical migration of Cs-137 for the calculus of recent sedimentation rates in coastal environments |
| Grantee: | Paulo Alves de Lima Ferreira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |