Orientador: Maria Rita Caetano-Chang / Banca: Osmar Sinelli / Banca: Setembrino Petri / Banca: Paulo Milton Barbosa Landim / Banca: Giancarlo Lastoria / Resumo: Apesar da cidade de Ribeirão Preto, com cerca de 550.000 habitantes, ser totalmente abastecida por águas subterrâneas provenientes do Aqüífero Guarani, são pouco conhecidas as características litofaciológicas das formações Pirambóia e Botucatu na área, por causa da indisponibilidade de informações diretas, como afloramentos ou testemunhos de sondagens. Por isso, foram utilizadas, principalmente, informações indiretas para a realização deste estudo, a partir da interpretação de perfilagens geofísicas de poços perfurados na área urbana de Ribeirão Preto, com destaque para as curvas de raios gama e eletrorresistividade. As curvas geofísicas utilizadas foram calibradas a partir do padrão mostrado pelas diagrafias de perfilagens obtidas de poços testemunhados perfurados na Bacia do Paraná, com testemunhos, bem como pela descrição de perfis geológicos de poços perfurados na área de estudo. Com base nos padrões das curvas geofísicas utilizadas, associados aos perfis geológicos de poços disponíveis, foi possível o reconhecimento de 4 litofácies recorrentes no tempo, a saber: arenitos limpos, arenitos conglomeráticos, arenitos argilosos e lamitos, ocorrentes tanto na Formação Pirambóia quanto na Formação Botucatu, porém com importâncias distintas. Enquanto na Formação Pirambóia são freqüentes as litofácies de arenitos conglomeráticos, arenitos limpos e arenitos argilosos, na Formação Botucatu predomina amplamente a litofácies de arenitos limpos, com ocorrência subordinada das demais litofácies. A porção sudeste da área é a mais propícia à prospecção de águas subterrâneas, pela ocorrência, essencialmente, de arenitos limpos e arenitos conglomeráticos e ausência de intrusões de diabásio. / Abstract: Despite of the Guarani Aquifer constitute the major source of Ribeirão Preto municipal water supply, little is known about the lithological characteristics of the Botucatu and Piramboia formations greatly resulting from the lack of good outcrops and well bore cores. As a consequence, indirect information such as geophysical logs particularly gamma ray and resistivity induction logs collected from wells drilled in the urban area of Ribeirão Preto were utilized in the present study. The geophysical logs were calibrated to type curves defined in previous stratigraphical studies performed in the Parana Basin. Four lithofacies were recognized: clean sandstone, conglomeratic sandstone, muddy sandstone and mudstones in both Piramboia and Botucatu formations, however in distinct importance. While conglomeratic clean and muddy sandstones are important lithofacies in Piramboia formation, in Botucatu formation clean sandstone predominates. Favorable areas for groundwater prospecting are located in the southeastern portion of the city, where clean and conglomeratic sandstone predominate associated with absence of basaltic intrusive bodies. / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-04-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:42:49Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 massoli_m_dr_rcla.pdf: 2285852 bytes, checksum: ace8146306d73770b2fc0066beff7ee6 (MD5) / Apesar da cidade de Ribeirão Preto, com cerca de 550.000 habitantes, ser totalmente abastecida por águas subterrâneas provenientes do Aqüífero Guarani, são pouco conhecidas as características litofaciológicas das formações Pirambóia e Botucatu na área, por causa da indisponibilidade de informações diretas, como afloramentos ou testemunhos de sondagens. Por isso, foram utilizadas, principalmente, informações indiretas para a realização deste estudo, a partir da interpretação de perfilagens geofísicas de poços perfurados na área urbana de Ribeirão Preto, com destaque para as curvas de raios gama e eletrorresistividade. As curvas geofísicas utilizadas foram calibradas a partir do padrão mostrado pelas diagrafias de perfilagens obtidas de poços testemunhados perfurados na Bacia do Paraná, com testemunhos, bem como pela descrição de perfis geológicos de poços perfurados na área de estudo. Com base nos padrões das curvas geofísicas utilizadas, associados aos perfis geológicos de poços disponíveis, foi possível o reconhecimento de 4 litofácies recorrentes no tempo, a saber: arenitos limpos, arenitos conglomeráticos, arenitos argilosos e lamitos, ocorrentes tanto na Formação Pirambóia quanto na Formação Botucatu, porém com importâncias distintas. Enquanto na Formação Pirambóia são freqüentes as litofácies de arenitos conglomeráticos, arenitos limpos e arenitos argilosos, na Formação Botucatu predomina amplamente a litofácies de arenitos limpos, com ocorrência subordinada das demais litofácies. A porção sudeste da área é a mais propícia à prospecção de águas subterrâneas, pela ocorrência, essencialmente, de arenitos limpos e arenitos conglomeráticos e ausência de intrusões de diabásio. / Despite of the Guarani Aquifer constitute the major source of Ribeirão Preto municipal water supply, little is known about the lithological characteristics of the Botucatu and Piramboia formations greatly resulting from the lack of good outcrops and well bore cores. As a consequence, indirect information such as geophysical logs particularly gamma ray and resistivity induction logs collected from wells drilled in the urban area of Ribeirão Preto were utilized in the present study. The geophysical logs were calibrated to type curves defined in previous stratigraphical studies performed in the Parana Basin. Four lithofacies were recognized: clean sandstone, conglomeratic sandstone, muddy sandstone and mudstones in both Piramboia and Botucatu formations, however in distinct importance. While conglomeratic clean and muddy sandstones are important lithofacies in Piramboia formation, in Botucatu formation clean sandstone predominates. Favorable areas for groundwater prospecting are located in the southeastern portion of the city, where clean and conglomeratic sandstone predominate associated with absence of basaltic intrusive bodies.

This thesis presents a novel three dimensional (3D) image-analysis method for characterizing the physical characteristics of coarse particles in the field, and introduces new methodology for the total analysis of glacial till samples. The novel image analysis method, called the GID method, is capable of determining the size, shape and surface texture of each individual clast analysed. Images of particles are taken in the field and analysis is done in the laboratory. Therefore the GID method makes it feasible to analyse statistically representative large sample in short period; for poorly sorted sediments, such as till, one-tonne is required if the analysis includes cobble size. The capability of the GID method was demonstrated by studying coarse clasts (20-200 mm) from till. There is excellent agreement in the results of the size distribution obtained from the GID method and sieve analysis. The GID method results for size and shape parameters show high and very high repeatability. The particle angularity in the GID method has not been measured to acceptable level; the repeatability test shows some variability. The new methodology for total analysis of till applied the GID method at four different locations in Sweden. The total analysis included 3D size and shape distribution of coarse particles coupled to electrical resistivity, lithological distribution and magnetic susceptibility of the clasts. The results show clear difference in the till samples from the different sites. / <p>QC 20120828</p>

In an area of interest- Sivas Basin, Turkey- where most of the units are sedimentary and show similar spectral characteristics, spectral settings of ASTER sensor may not be enough by itself. Therefore, considering other aspects, such as morphological variables, is reasonable in addition to spectral classifiers. The main objective of this study is to test usefulness of integration of spectral analysis and morphological information for geological mapping. Remotely sensed imagery obtained from ASTER sensor is used to classify different lithological units while DEM is used to characterize landforms related to these lithological units. Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) is used to integrate data streaming from different sources. The methodology involves integrating the surface properties of the classified geological units in addition to the spectral reflectances. Seven different classification trials were conducted: : 1. MLC using only nine ASTER bands, 2. MLC using ASTER bands and DEM, 3. MLC using ASTER bands and slope, 4. MLC using ASTER bands and plan curvature, 5. MLC using ASTER bands and profile curvature, 6. MLC using ASTER bands and drainage density and finally 7. MLC using ASTER bands and all ancillary data. The results revealed that integrating topographical parameters aid in improvement of classification where spectral information is not sufficient to discriminate between classes of interest. An increase of more than 5% is observed in overall accuracy for the all ancillary data integration case. Moreover more than 10% improvement for most of the classes was identified. However from the results it is evident that the areal extent of the classified units causes constraints on application of the methodology.

<p> Detailed Neodymium ( Nd ) and Lead ( Pb ) isotopic mapping was performed on gray gneisses from the Lac St. Jean region of Quebec, in the Central Grenville Province. The Nd model ages determined were based upon the Depleted Mantle Model of DePaolo ( 1981c ). The use of this model is justified by a Sm-Nd whole-rock isochron as well as common Pb-Pb whole-rock dating. </p> <p> The field area was divided up into three sections: Western, Central, and Eastern. The boundaries of these divisions corresponded to abrupt changes in Nd model ages. The Western section was located in the Parautochthonous Belt of Rivers et al., ( 1989 ) and almost exclusively consisted of tonalitic gray gneisses with Archean Nd model ages. Whole-rock Pb isotopic analyses produced a Transposed Palaeoisochron, implying that the rocks of the Western section were significantly affected by the Grenville event approximately 1.1 Ga ago. Major and trace element analyses indicate that the Western section represents an arc and may be the exhumed basement of the Abitibi Volcanic Belt to the north, consistent with previous work by Ciesielski ( 1992 ).</p> <p> In contrast to the Western section, the Central section which is separated from the Western section by the Allochthon Boundary Thrust of Rivers et al., ( 1989 ) has a very wide range of Nd model ages from 1.65 Ga to 2.35 Ga. The temporal and spatial range of Nd model ages, coupled with major and trace element analyses, indicates that the Central section represents an Andean style ensialic continental margin arc. The diapirs that reworked these rocks contain varying amounts of Archean material implied by the Early-Proterozoic Nd model ages of some samples, particularly in regions close to the Allochthon Boundary Thrust. Whole-rock Pb isotopic analyses produce a Transposed Palaeoisochron indicating significant U depletion caused by the Grenville orogeny.</p> <p> The Eastern section is composed almost exclusively of gneisses with Nd model ages of ca. 1.5 Ga. The boundary between the Central and Eastern sections is based solely on lithological differences and an isotopic age break form the variable Nd model ages of the Central section, to the consistent model ages of the Eastern section. A Sm-Nd isochron for all samples with ca. 1.5 Ga Nd model ages produces an age of 1.50 +/- 0.07 Ga, in close agreement with previous work ( Dickin and Higgins, 1992 ). The consistency of model ages ( > 100,000 Km^2 when combined with data from Dickin and Higgins, 1992 ) coupled with major and trace element analyses, indicates the presence of an island arc which formed at ca. 1.5 Ga and was sutured on to the Laurentian craton within 100 Ma of its formation.</p> <p> Whole-rock Pb isotope analyses indicate that the Eastern section was not affected by the Grenville event as much as the Central or Western sections were.</p> <p> Pb-Pb zircon dating for samples from the Central and Eastern sections failed to place a tight constraint between crystallization ages and Nd model ages because of excessive Pb loss.</p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

[pt] A construção de um poço de petróleo requer um planejamento extenso e antecipado. Dentre os vários objetivos deste planejamento, está a verificação da necessidade de aquisição de materiais e equipamentos para a realização das etapas da construção do poço. Tais aquisições muitas vezes envolvem contratações longas e, posteriormente, requerem um grande tempo para entrega, podendo chegar a anos. Como este planejamento é realizado em um cenário de muitas incertezas, várias técnicas, utilizando diversos tipos de dado, já foram propostas para correlacionar poços, de modo a obter antecipadamente as necessidades de materiais e equipamentos para construir um novo poço. Um desses tipos de dado é o perfil litológico, que contém os seguimentos de rochas presentes pela extensão do poço, coletados através de sensores e outros meios presentes durante a perfuração. Este perfil litológico pode ser gerado artificialmente para poços ainda não perfurados, através de dados sísmicos. Este trabalho propõe uma nova metodologia para agrupar poços de petróleo. A medida de distância será calculada com base no grau de similaridade entre poços, obtido através da aplicação de algoritmo de alinhamento de sequências, que, por sua vez, são geradas exclusivamente a partir dos perfis litológicos de tais poços. Desta forma, é possível obter poços correlatos a um determinado poço. Para validação da metodologia, foram realizados experimentos de clusterização envolvendo dados de 120 poços da costa sudeste brasileira. / [en] The construction of an oil well requires extensive and advanced planning. Among the various objectives of this planning is the verification of the need to purchase materials and equipment to carry out the stages of construction of the well. Such acquisitions often involve long contracts and, later, require a long lead-time, which can reach years. As this planning is carried out in a scenario of many uncertainties, several techniques, using different types of data, have already been proposed to correlate wells, in order to obtain in advance the material and equipment requirements to build a new well. One of these types of data is the lithological profile, which contains the rock segments present throughout the length of the well, collected through sensors and other methods present during the drilling. It is possible to generate artificial lithological profiles for not yet drilled wells, through seismic data. This work proposes a new methodology for grouping oil wells. The distance measure is based on the degree of similarity between wells, obtained by applying a sequence alignment algorithm, which, in turn, are generated exclusively from the lithological profiles of such wells. In this way, it is possible to obtain wells related to a specific well. To validate the methodology, clustering experiments involves data from 120 wells on the southeastern Brazilian coast.

A presente pesquisa teve por objetivo demonstrar quais processos pedogenéticos ocorrem na gênese e evolução de solos no setor noroeste do Estado do Paraná, mais especificamente a evolução de horizontes B níticos sobre B latossólicos em uma área de basaltos inseridos na faixa de transição litológica arenitos-basaltos deste setor do estado. A área de estudos é a bacia hidrográfica do córrego Gurupá, no município de Floraí/PR. Utilizamos técnicas e procedimentos de fotointerpretação para levantamento geológico com o objetivo de elucidar a distribuição do substrato, formas de relevo e solos associados, elaborando como produto final um Mapa Morfolitológico. Para a análise multiescalar da organização e dinâmica da cobertura pedológica utilizamos procedimentos propostos pela Análise Estrutural da Cobertura Pedológica. O sistema pedológico estudado apresenta um volume superficial arenoso e volumes subsuperficiais mais argilosos, com organizações em blocos poliédricos ou microagregados, bem distinguíveis em campo; a análise dos parâmetros físicos e químicos demonstrou uma diferenciação morfológica dos grãos de quartzo em profundidade e concentração heterogênea de elementos e óxidos nos perfis estudados. Com o auxílio de conceitos, técnicas e procedimentos da micromorfologia de solos, demonstramos que na área de estudos ocorre uma intensa dissolução geoquímica de grãos de quartzo, sob a forma de golfos de dissolução, separações plásmicas mais abundantes no contato entre os volumes arenoso e argiloso, com evolução em profundidade, e intensa acumulação de argila iluviada em subsuperfície, provocando reorganizações de núcleos microagregados em blocos poliédricos, com evolução ascendente. Em síntese, este sistema evolui em decorrência do transporte de matéria que promove reorganizações no interior da cobertura pedológica (processo de eluviação-iluviação), indicando que a área passa por um período de desequilíbrio pedobioclimático. / The goal of the present research is to show which pedogenetic processes take place in the genesis and evolution of soils in the northwest of the state of Paraná, aiming specifically on the formation of nitic horizons on top of latosolic horizons in a basaltic area, inserted in a lithological transition zone, between basalts and sandstones. The study area is the Gurupá Creek hydrographical basin, located in Floraí - PR. In this process, photointerpretation techniques and procedures were used for the geological survey, in order to elucidate the substratum´s distribution, landforms and associated soils. The final cartographic product is a Morpholithological Map. The Structural Analysis of the Pedological Coverage supplied us with the procedures which allowed the multi-scalar analysis of the organization and dynamics of the soil coverage. The pedological system studied in this research presents a sandy superficial volume, and an increase in clay content in the subsuperficial volumes, organized in polyhedral blocks or microaggregated structure, clearly distinguishable during the field work; the analysis of the physical and chemical parameters revealed a morphological difference between the quartz grains in depth and heterogeneous concentration of elements and oxides in the studied profiles. With the support of different concepts, techniques and procedures of soil micromorphology, we demonstrated that an intense geochemical dissolution of the quartz grains is currently taking place, in the form of dissolution gulfs, abundant plasmic separations in the contact of the sandy and argilic volumes, with an evolution in depth and intense illuviated clay accumulation in the subsurface, causing the reorganization of the microaggregated structure in polyhedral blocks, with an ascending evolution. In synthesis, this system evolves through the transportation of matter, which promotes reorganizations within the pedological coverage (elluviation/illuviation), indicating that the area is going through a period of pedobioclimatic imbalance.

Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-04-27T12:20:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 redes_neurais.pdf: 847349 bytes, checksum: fb1a76a712ea4ee0f08c3e3f3e243fa7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-27T12:20:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 redes_neurais.pdf: 847349 bytes, checksum: fb1a76a712ea4ee0f08c3e3f3e243fa7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / PROSUP - Programa de Suporte à Pós-Gradução de Instituições de Ensino Particulares / As técnicas de perfilagem geofísica e de testemunhagem, utilizadas na identificação de litologias, representam alto custo financeiro e envolvem uma quantidade considerável de tempo por parte de um especialista. Nesse sentido, este trabalho propõe a modelagem e aplicação de um método alternativo de classificação litológica, através de Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNAs), para auxiliar no processo de interpretação de dados geofísicos. A área de estudo da aplicação é a Jazida do Leão, localizada em sua grande parte nos municípios de Rio Pardo, Minas do Leão e Butiá (RS). O conjunto de treinamento e de validação da RNA contém informações de oito furos de sonda provenientes das Formações Palermo e Rio Bonito. As variáveis de entrada incluem dados de profundidade e informações geofísicas de perfis raios gama, potencial espontâneo, resistência e resistividade. Para todos os experimentos, as litologias a serem classificadas foram: arenito, siltito e carvão. O modelo de rede neural utilizado foi o de múltiplas camadas (MLP) alimentadas adiante (feedforward). As redes foram treinadas com o algoritmo de retropropagação de Levenberg- Marquardt e Resilient Backpropagation. Obteve-se uma taxa de acertos de aproximadamente 80% na classificação. / The techniques of geophysical logging and core descriptions, used on lithology identification, represent a high financial cost and involve a considerable amount of time from a specialist. On that direction, the main objective of this research is to propose an alternative method of lithological classification, through Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), to assist the process of geophysical data interpretation. The study area is located in Leão coal field, where a major part of its territory is inside the municipalities of Rio Pardo, Minas do Leão and Butiá (RS). The set of ANN training and validation contain information of eight boreholes coming from Palermo and Rio Bonito formations. The input variables include depth data and geophysical information of gamma-ray profiles, spontaneous potential, resistance and resistivity. For all experiments, the lithologies to be classified were: sandstone, silt and coal. The neural network model utilized was feedforward multilayer perceptron (MPL). Networks were trained by Levenberg-Marquardt and Resilient backpropagation algorithms. A success rate of approximately 80% was obtained on classification.

The Gulf of Mexico Basin Opening project (GUMBO) is a study of the lithological composition and structural evolution of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) that uses Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) data from four transects in the Northern GoM. I examine 39 OBS shot records in the easternmost transect for shear wave arrivals and pick shear wave travel times from the 11 usable records. I then carry out a tomographic inversion of seismic refraction travel times. I use the resulting shear-wave velocity model in conjunction with a previously constructed P-wave model to examine the relationship between Vp and Vs. I compare velocities in the sediment and basement with empirical velocities from previous studies for the purpose of constraining lithological composition below the transect and make an interpretation of the structural evolution of the eastern GoM. The seismic velocities for crust landward of the Florida Escarpment are consistent with normal continental crust. Seaward of the Escarpment, velocities in the upper oceanic crust are anomalously high (Vp = 6.5 – 7 km/sec; Vs = 4.0 – 4.6 km/sec). A possible explanation for this observation is that GoM basalt formation consisted of basaltic sheet flows, forming oceanic crust that does not contain the vesicularity and lower seismic velocities found in typical pillow basalts. Increased magnesium and iron content could also account for these high velocities. Seismic refraction and reflection data provide a means of investigating the nature of the Moho in the northeastern GoM. I use a finite difference method to generate synthetic record sections for data from eight instruments that are part of the two easternmost GUMBO seismic lines (lines 3 & 4). I then vary the thickness of the Moho in these synthetic models and compare the results with the original receiver gather to examine the effects this variability has on amplitudes. The data from the instruments chosen for these two lines are representative of continental and transitional crust. The finite difference models indicate that the Moho beneath GUMBO 3 is ~1500 m thick based on the onset and amplitudes of PmP arrivals. All five instruments display consistent results. The instruments along GUMBO 4 suggest a Moho almost twice as thick as GUMBO 3 on the landward end of the transect that grades into a Moho of similar thickness (1750 m) in the deep water GoM. The three instruments used to model the Moho in this area show that the Moho ranges from ~1750 to 3500 m in thickness. The sharper boundary beneath continental crust in GUMBO Line 3 supports other evidence that suggests magmatic underplating and volcanism in the northern GoM during the mid-Jurassic. The thicker Moho seen on the landward end of GUMBO Line 4 that is overlain by continental crust was likely unaffected by GoM rifting. Therefore, the Moho beneath the Florida Platform might be as old as the Suwannee Terrane, and complex Moho structure is not uncommon for ancient continental crust. / text

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present work has as general objective to carry out geoenvironmental zoning applied in the study of potentialities and susceptibilities and of use and occupation in the municipality of Rosário do Sul. The choice for the study area is justified because there are already several studies in the west section of Rio Grande do Sul, mainly in the Ibicuí River Basin. In addition, it should be noted that this work is part of the LAGEOLAM (Environmental Geology Laboratory) which has a line of research directed to the Municipal Geoenvironmental Atlas, and considering this, in the future the municipality of Rosário do Sul may also fit in this proposal. The bibliographic review of the present work presented questions related to the Systemic Approach and the Geosystems, Methodologies for Relief Mapping, Geoenvironmental Studies and Geoenvironmental Zoning, besides the use of Geographic Information Systems for Geoenvironmental Studies. The method adopted for the present study used the method of investigation of the systemic approach and was divided into three major steps: Data Collection and Production, Correlation of Information and the Geoenvironmental Zoning of the municipality of Rosário do Sul. As a result of this research, it presents first an analysis of the physical elements of the landscape, contemplating hydrography, relief, lithology and soils. After that, it was made the morpho-lithological compartmentalization of the study area, using as a basis the lithological characteristics and the partitioning of the relief of the municipality of Rosário do Sul. Subsequently, a temporal analysis of land use and occupation was carried out, with the aim of identifying the transformations that occurred during the last 20 years in the landscape that configure the study area. Finally, the geoenvironmental zoning of the municipality of Rosário do Sul was presented, dividing the study area into five systems and nine geoenvironmental units: Caverá System including Altitudes Hills, Association of Hillock and Earthmounds and Hillock and Isolated Earthmounds; Recent Deposits System composed of Ibirapuitã and Santa Maria units; Ibicuí da Armada System; Santa Maria system subdivided by the Botucatu, Guará, Piramboia and Sanga do Cabral units and finally the Urban System. The Geoenvironmental systems and units were characterized in terms of potentialities and susceptibilities related to use and occupation, with Santa Maria and Urban systems being the most susceptible in the study area. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral realizar um zoneamento geoambiental aplicado ao estudo das potencialidades e suscetibilidades ambientais e de uso e ocupação no município de Rosário do Sul. A escolha pela área de estudo justifica-se em razão de já existirem diversos estudos realizados na porção oeste do Rio Grande do Sul, principalmente na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Ibicuí. Além disso, destaca-se que esse trabalho integra a proposta do Laboratório de Geologia Ambiental que possui uma linha de pesquisa direcionada aos Atlas Geoambientais Municipais, e diante disso, futuramente o município de Rosário do Sul também poderá se enquadrar dentro dessa proposta. A revisão bibliográfica do presente trabalho apresentou questões relacionadas a Abordagem Sistêmica e os Geossistemas, Metodologias para o Mapeamento do Relevo, Estudos Geoambientais e o Zoneamento Geoambiental, além da Utilização dos Sistemas de Informações Geográficas para os Estudos Geoambientais. A metodologia adotada para o presente trabalho empregou o método de investigação da abordagem sistêmica e foi dividida em três grandes etapas: Levantamento e Produção de Dados, Correlação das Informações e o Zoneamento Geoambiental do município de Rosário do Sul. Como resultados dessa pesquisa, apresenta-se primeiramente uma análise dos elementos físicos da paisagem, contemplando a hidrografia, o relevo, a litologia e os solos. Após isso, foi realizada a compartimentação morfolitológica da área de estudo, utilizando como base as características litológicas e a compartimentação do relevo do município de Rosário do Sul. Posteriormente, foi realizada uma análise temporal do uso e ocupação da terra, com o objetivo de identificar as transformações ocorridas ao longos dos últimos 20 anos na paisagem que configura a área de estudo. Por fim, apresentou-se o zoneamento geoambiental do município de Rosário do Sul, dividindo a área de estudo em cinco sistemas e nove unidades geoambientais: Sistema Caverá englobando as unidades das Colinas de Altitudes, Associação de Morros e Morrotes e os Morros e Morrotes Isolados; Sistema Depósitos Recentes composto pelas unidades Ibirapuitã e Santa Maria; Sistema Ibicuí da Armada; Sistema Santa Maria subdividido pelas unidades Botucatu, Guará, Piramboia e Sanga do Cabral; e por último o Sistema Urbano. Os sistemas e as unidades geoambientais foram caracterizados frente as potencialidades e as suscetibilidades com relação ao uso e a ocupação, sendo os sistemas Santa e Urbano os mais suscetíveis da área de estudo.