Morpholithologic zoning of the Manoel Viana Municipality-RS

Authors

  • Luís Eduardo de Souza Robaina Department of Geosciences / Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)
  • Anderson Augusto Volpato Sccoti MS Student at Program Graduate Geography UFSM.
  • Romario Trentin PhD Professor, Department of Geosciences / UFSM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2013v22n1p27

Keywords:

Zoning, Morpholithologic Units, Manoel Viana.

Abstract

This paper presents the morpholithologic mapping of the municipality of Manoel Viana  located in the western state of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. Through the survey of existing data and field work and with the aid of GIS techniques and remote sensing, was developed morpholithologic zoning of the municipality. This zoning took into account the relief characteristics of the area as well as the spatial distribution of lithologies. In general, the relief of the municipality is marked by the existence of two levels separated by dissecting a degree of slopes of 20 to 40m in  level around of the 180metros.The lithologic sequences are associated with the final events of the Paraná Basin characterized by the formation Guará, Botucatu Formation and the Serra Geral Formation and  recent deposits. Thus were set morpholithologic six units as: hills of the altitude, association of hills and buttes, sandstone hills, volcanic hills, isolated buttes and ramps of the fund valley. Therefore, this article is linked to the contribution that studies issues of zoning and mapping are tools that can be used to make decisions about the conscious use of space, minimizing actions that degrade the environment, thus seeking a sustainable development.

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Author Biographies

Luís Eduardo de Souza Robaina, Department of Geosciences / Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)

Degree in Geology from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1984), master's degree in Geosciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1990) and Ph.D. in Geosciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1999) and Post-Doctorate at the University Porto, Portugal.

Anderson Augusto Volpato Sccoti, MS Student at Program Graduate Geography UFSM.

Bachelor in Geography, formed at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Master's Program Graduate Geography UFSM area of concentration: environmental analysis and spatial dynamics of online research environment, landscape and environmental quality.

Romario Trentin, PhD Professor, Department of Geosciences / UFSM

Graduated in Geography Degree from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2004), MA in Geography from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2007) and a Ph.D. in Geography from the Federal University of Paraná (2011). He is currently Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria,

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Published

2014-05-03

How to Cite

Robaina, L. E. de S., Sccoti, A. A. V., & Trentin, R. (2014). Morpholithologic zoning of the Manoel Viana Municipality-RS. Geografia (Londrina), 22(1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2013v22n1p27

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2013)

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