GEOMORPHOLOGICAL COMPARTMENTS OF RECIFE METROPOLITAN REGION (RMR) BASED ON THE MORPHOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Drielly Naamma Fonsêca Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Antonio Carlos de Barros Corrêa Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Adriana Cassiano da Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2016.18827

Keywords:

geomorphological mapping, morphostructural analysis, neotectonic analysis, morphometric, Recife Metropolitan Region.

Abstract

doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2016.18827

The following article puts forward a new geomorphological compartimentation for Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), by means of correlating the different lithologies that comprise the landform arrangements of the region. For this purpose, morphostructural analysis methods were used based in the application of morphometric indexes, integrated to litho-structural data, photo-lineaments, and drainage network patterns. The usage of the morphostructural approach to the landforms of the RMR resulted in the identification of the following structural compartments and morphological sub-units: the coastal sedimentary plateau, subdivided into three sub-units, the Borborema crystalline piedmont, that comprises two sub-units, the Borborema Piedmont on the Pernambuco basin and the undifferentiated coastal and fluvial plains.

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Author Biographies

Drielly Naamma Fonsêca, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da UFPE

Grupo de Estudo do Quaternário do Nordeste Brasileiro

Antonio Carlos de Barros Corrêa, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Ciências Geográficas - UFPE

Líder do Grupo de Estudo do Quaternário do Nordeste Brasileiro - UFPE

Adriana Cassiano da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mestranda  do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da UFPE

Grupo de Estudo do Quaternário do Nordeste Brasileiro

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Published

2016-11-30

How to Cite

Fonsêca, D. N., Corrêa, A. C. de B., & da Silva, A. C. (2016). GEOMORPHOLOGICAL COMPARTMENTS OF RECIFE METROPOLITAN REGION (RMR) BASED ON THE MORPHOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. Geo UERJ, (29), 201–219. https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2016.18827

Issue

No. 29 (2016): Jul/Dez

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