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Fluvial Morphometry Applied to Studies of Drainage Rearrangement Processes in the Iron Quadrangle—Brazilian Atlantic Plateau, Southeastern Brazil

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The work seeks to illustrate the applicability of morphometry in the investigation of processes of drainage rearrangement and relief configuration in the Iron Quadrangle, one of the compartments of the Brazilian Atlantic Plateau. To this end, the studies were concentrated in the Conceição River basin, a tributary of the Upper Doce River, southeastern Brazil. Indices that point out drainage migration processes and that allow inferences about the lithostructural and morphotectonic control of the hydrographic network were applied, namely: RDE (Declivity-Extension Ratio), FABD (Drainage Basin Asymmetry Factor), and FSTT (Transverse Topographic Symmetry Factor). In a complementary way, aspects of the morphology and geometry of the drainage were surveyed using satellite imagery. The results show evidence of model evolution from first-order knickpoints and channel migration as a result of structural rearrangements. An old tributary of a neighboring watershed (Barão de Cocais River) would have been pirated by a direct tributary of the Conceição River, indicating greater denudational aggressiveness of this basin.

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To the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for the research scholarship and the research group RIVUS, Geomorphology and Water Resources, of the UFMG.

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Alves, F.G.S., Magalhães Junior, A.P., Magalhães Reis, J.F. (2022). Fluvial Morphometry Applied to Studies of Drainage Rearrangement Processes in the Iron Quadrangle—Brazilian Atlantic Plateau, Southeastern Brazil. In: Barbosa dos Santos, G., Fernandes Felippe, M., Marques Neto, R. (eds) Geomorphology of Brazil: Complexity, Interscale and Landscape. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05178-4_7

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