Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-04-03T21:15:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RenanDaCostaOliveira_DISSERT.pdf: 7111395 bytes, checksum: 623f2ac2cda2fc27ac0ceda280b46337 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-04-07T22:14:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RenanDaCostaOliveira_DISSERT.pdf: 7111395 bytes, checksum: 623f2ac2cda2fc27ac0ceda280b46337 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-07T22:14:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RenanDaCostaOliveira_DISSERT.pdf: 7111395 bytes, checksum: 623f2ac2cda2fc27ac0ceda280b46337 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-29 / A ?rea de estudo localiza-se na regi?o do munic?pio de Bara?na-RN, extremo oeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Abrange uma superf?cie de 675 Km?, incluindo o Munic?pio de Bara?na, e parte dos munic?pios de Quixer?-CE e Mossor?-RN. O aqu?fero Janda?ra constitui a unidade hidrogeol?gica objeto deste trabalho. Trata-se de um aqu?fero de rochas carbon?ticas utilizado no suprimento h?drico da popula??o urbana (Bara?na) e rural, principalmente da fruticultura irrigada. O objetivo do trabalho ? avaliar o comportamento hidrogeol?gico do aq??fero c?rstico Janda?ra, verificar suas condi??es de utiliza??o, avaliar o car?ter de fluxo subterr?neo, propor o modelo conceitual, al?m de responder a questionamentos sobre o rebaixamento dos n?veis de ?gua. Para isso, foi realizado o levantamento dos dados existentes para a ?rea, a elabora??o de mapas e interpreta??o de imagens, a elabora??o de perfis de po?os, o levantamento de par?metros hidrodin?micos, a avalia??o do fluxo subterr?neo, a avalia??o de recarga e gera??o do modelo conceitual esquem?tico. Com base em dados existentes, a ?rea foi subdividida em tr?s zoneamentos quanto a carstifica??o e identificados por m?todos geof?sicos e esquematizado no modelo conceitual com o auxilio de mapas de estruturas, perfis de po?os e identifica??o de carstes na regi?o. A ?rea possui forte explota??o das ?guas do aqu?fero Janda?ra com utiliza??o principalmente na fruticultura irrigada como mostrou o estudo de utiliza??o das ?guas na regi?o. Tamb?m foram elaboradas as estimativas de reservas com base na varia??o de n?vel da ?gua em po?os selecionados. Os estudos referentes ao fluxo subterr?neo mostraram uma tend?ncia natural de fluxo na dire??o SW-NE, por?m a forte influ?ncia da explota??o das ?guas provocou uma converg?ncia para o setor central da ?rea. A constru??o do modelo conceitual esquem?tico visou identificar as diferentes estruturas apresentadas pelo aqu?fero na regi?o, mostrando a varia??o no desenvolvimento c?rstico. O c?lculo de recarga mostrou o alto potencial do aqu?fero Janda?ra, com rendimento m?dio de 45%, a an?lise dos registros de chuvas e n?veis est?ticos mostrou que a causa para o rebaixamento das ?guas subterr?neas possui dois fatores importantes: a forte explota??o das ?guas aliada as secas prolongadas. / The study area is located in the region of Bara?na-RN city, extreme West of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. It covers an area of 675 square kilometers, including the Municipality of Bara?na, and part of the municipalities of Quixer?-CE and Mossoro-RN. The Janda?ra aquifer constitutes the hydrogeological unit and it is the object of this work. It is an aquifer of carbonate rocks used in the water supply of urban and rural population, mainly of the irrigated fruit-growing. The objective of this work is to evaluate the hydrogeological behavior of the Janda?ra karst aquifer, to verify its conditions of use, to evaluate the underground flow character, to propose the conceptual model, and to answer questions about the lowering of water levels. For this, was performed the survey of the existing data for the area, the elaboration of maps and interpretation of images, the elaboration of well profiles, the hydrodynamic parameters survey, the underground flow evaluation, the recharge evaluation and generation of the model conceptual schematic. Based on existing data, the area was subdivided into three zoning for karstfication and identified by geophysical methods and schematized in the conceptual model with the aid of structure maps, well profiles and identification of karst in the region. The area has strong exploitation of the water of the Janda?ra aquifer with use mainly in irrigated fruit-growing as shown by the study of water use in the region. Also were prepared the reserves estimates based on the water level variation in selected wells. The related studies to underground flow showed a natural flow tendency in the SW-NE direction, but the strong influence of the water exploitation caused a convergence for the central sector of the area. The construction of the conceptual schematic model aimed to identify the different structures presented by the aquifer in the region, showing the variation in karstic development. The recharge calculation showed the high potential of the Janda?ra aquifer, with an average yield of 45%, the analysis of rainfall records and static levels showed that the cause for groundwater retraction has two important factors: The strong exploitation of the waters combined with the prolonged droughts.