Caracterización textural, composicional y análisis de procedencia de los sedimentos de playa del Golfo Nuevo, provincia de Chubut
; Marcomini, Silvia Cristina ; Weiler, Nilda Ester
; López, Rubén Álvaro ; Quenardelle, Sonia Monica 
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09/2017
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Asociación Geológica Argentina
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Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina
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0004-4822
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Se presenta un estudio de caracterización textural y composicional de los sedimentos de playa en 17 perfiles costeros desde cerro Prismático al norte hasta cerro Avanzado al sur, en el golfo Nuevo, provincia de Chubut. Se pretende determinar la principal fuente de aporte de sedimentos al sistema litoral y los factores que controlan su textura y composición. Este trabajo profundiza y avanza sobre el conocimiento de los sedimentos actuales de la costa argentina, estableciendo un antecedente preciso y cuantitativo para futuras investigaciones. Los sedimentos del intermareal alto están compuestos por arena (62%) y grava (38%) y muestran selección pobre. Los sedimentos del intermareal bajo, playa distal y duna costera presentan sedimentos mejor seleccionados y dominantemente arenosos (más del 90% en promedio). La composición petrográfica resulta homogénea a lo largo de la costa, caracterizada mayormente y en promedio por fragmentos líticos (35%), plagioclasa (24%), cuarzo (23%), feldespato potásico (6%) y alteritas (5%). Los afloramientos rocosos costeros presentan entre un 40% y un 70% de arena, según diversos autores, y se comprueba que tanto la composición petrográfica como la proporción de sus componentes mayoritarios son equivalentes a la descripta para las arenas de playa. Además, debido al ambiente parcialmente protegido que representa el golfo Nuevo, la ausencia de evidencia de deriva litoral dentro del mismo y de cursos fluviales de alimentación alóctona que desembocan en él, se concluye que la principal fuente de arena al sistema litoral resulta de la erosión de los acantilados que dominan el paisaje costero (Formación Gaiman y Puerto Madryn).
A textural and compositional characterization of beach sediments in 17 coastal profiles is presented from cerro Prismático northward to cerro Avanzado southward, in the golfo Nuevo, Chubut province. The aim of this work is to establish the main input source of sediments to the littoral system and the factors controlling their texture and composition. This work deepens and advances on sediments knowledge of Argentinean coast, establishing an accurate and quantitative background for futures researches. High intertidal sediments are composed by sand (62%) and gravel (38%), showing poor sorting. Sediments from the low intertidal, backshore and coastal dune environments show well sorted sandy sediments (more than 90% on average). Petrographic composition is homogenous along the coast, mostly characterized on average by lithic fragments (35%), plagioclase (24%), quartz (23%), feldspar (6%) and alterites (5%). The rocky coastal outcrops present up between 40% and 70% of sand, according to various authors, and it is found that both the composition and the proportion of its majority components are equivalent to that presented for beach sands. Also, due to the golfo Nuevo is a partially protected environment and the absence evidences of littoral drift as well as the absence of allochthonous fluvial input inside it, it is concluded that the main source of sand to the littoral system results from the erosion of the cliffs that dominate the coastal landscape (Gaiman and Puerto Madryn formations).
A textural and compositional characterization of beach sediments in 17 coastal profiles is presented from cerro Prismático northward to cerro Avanzado southward, in the golfo Nuevo, Chubut province. The aim of this work is to establish the main input source of sediments to the littoral system and the factors controlling their texture and composition. This work deepens and advances on sediments knowledge of Argentinean coast, establishing an accurate and quantitative background for futures researches. High intertidal sediments are composed by sand (62%) and gravel (38%), showing poor sorting. Sediments from the low intertidal, backshore and coastal dune environments show well sorted sandy sediments (more than 90% on average). Petrographic composition is homogenous along the coast, mostly characterized on average by lithic fragments (35%), plagioclase (24%), quartz (23%), feldspar (6%) and alterites (5%). The rocky coastal outcrops present up between 40% and 70% of sand, according to various authors, and it is found that both the composition and the proportion of its majority components are equivalent to that presented for beach sands. Also, due to the golfo Nuevo is a partially protected environment and the absence evidences of littoral drift as well as the absence of allochthonous fluvial input inside it, it is concluded that the main source of sand to the littoral system results from the erosion of the cliffs that dominate the coastal landscape (Gaiman and Puerto Madryn formations).
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