Thermostructural Evaluation of the Muriaé Watershed (Rio de Janeiro portion)

Abstract

The hydrological basins can be considered sources of relevant information about the evolution of the Earth’s crust since the relief forms that define the hydrographic channels are the resultant of the interaction between tectonics, pedogenics, intemperics and thermals processes. The geothermal field of Muriaé watershed was evaluated using eight (8) thermal logs and twenty-two (22) geochemical logs. The structural lineaments evidenced on the surface were interpreted jointly with the identification of sixty-five (65) magnetic lineaments from airborne magnetic data interpretation. The depths of these structures were range from the surface up to 4.5 km. The interpreted data allowed identification of regional tectonics features in the NE-SW direction, where the identified magnetic lineaments show a spatial correlation with accentuated topographic structures. The differences in the depths of the magnetic bodies found in conjunction with the heat flow distribution, evidence two distinct thermostructural zones: A1 (east part) presenting heat flow values within the average (approximately 60$\frac{mW

Key words
Curie surface; geothermal; magnetic lineaments; Muriaé watershed; thermostructure