RADAR DE PENETRAÇÃO NO SOLO APLICADO AOS SEDIMENTOS CENOZÓICOS NA ILHA DO MARANHÃO, NORDESTE DO BRASIL
Ground penetrating redar applied on cenozoic sediments in the Maranhão Island, Northeast Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5016/geociencias.v42i4.17129Abstract
This work investigates the Cenozoic sediments in Maranhão Island, northeastern Brazil, from ground penetrating radar surveys, using a 200MHz shielded antenna coupled to a SIR3000 control unit. Reflection profiles obtained between the plain and coastal hills were processed in Reflex-Win using the 2D data analysis module. Radargrams highlight continuous, moderately continuous reflections at approximately 4m depth, separating two regions: one shallow, low amplitude, with hyperbolic to chaotic reflections; and another deep, with moderately high, discontinuous, winding amplitudes, interspersed with hyperbolic to chaotic features and attenuation zones. Geological information and regional surveys supported the correlation of high amplitude signals to the surface of discontinuity at the top of the Barreiras Group. It is under the Post Barreiras Sediments and is marked by lateritic palaeosol, ferruginous concretions and erosional relief. Hydrogeologically, this unconformity may constitute a water retention surface, favorable for lateral runoff, the formation of suspended aquifers, as well as emergence along the coastal cliffs. Features indicative of folds, faults and deep fractures, with continuity in shallow deposits, suggest the action of neogenic tectonics resulting from the reactivation of current faults along the Brazilian equatorial passive margin.