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No. of bitstreams: 1 bahia_asrs_dr_jabo.pdf: 3753969 bytes, checksum: 81f8cabc2bcb5658833e4742d2169d1b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-28 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O presente trabalho tem como objetivos: i) caracterizar a mineralogia da fração argila e estudar a variabilidade espacial dos atributos granulométricos, químicos e mineralógicos do solo com base em informações geológicas, pedológicas e geomorfológicas; ii) avaliar o potencial de utilização da espectroscopia de reflectância difusa (ERD) e suscetibilidade magnética (SM) na estimação dos óxidos de ferro hematita (Hm) e goethita (Gt), atributos granulométricos e químicos do solo nos compartimentos da paisagem; iii) utilizar a ERD e a SM no estudo da quantificação e variabilidade espacial da emissão de CO2 do solo (FCO2) e iv) investigar a eficiência da utilização da SM e dos óxidos de ferro em funções de pedotransferência (FPTs) que sejam capazes de estimar a FCO2. A área de estudo, de 870 ha, está localizada no município de Guatapará – São Paulo, e é cultivada com cana-de-açúcar manejada com palha. A área está inserida na província geomorfológica do Planalto Ocidental Paulista, apresentando três materiais de origem relacionados à transição entre Basaltos Serra Geral, Depósito Colúvio Eluvionar e Depósito Aluvionar, quatro tipos de Latossolos e um Neossolo, além de geomorfologia caracterizada por áreas côncavas e convexas. Foram coletadas 372 amostras na profundidade de 0,00-0,25 m para a avaliação dos atributos do solo. Para o estudo da FCO2 foi delimitada uma área de 90 ha. Para avaliar os métodos indiretos ERD e SM, os dados foram comparados com os resultados de análises químicas, granulométricas e mineralógicas. Todos os dados foram submetidos à análise estatística clássica e geoestatística para avaliar a dependência e variabilidade espacial. A variabilidade de alguns atributos do solo foi estratificada por compartimentos (geologia, pedologia e geomorfologia), com o intuito de entender a influência de cada compartimento na variabilidade dos atributos estudados. A estratificação dos atributos do solo por compartimento geológico, pedológico e geomorfológico é eficaz para o estudo da variação dos atributos estudados. A ERD é uma ferramenta eficaz na caracterização de óxidos de ferro e na identificação das diferentes classes de solos. A SM é útil tanto para melhor detalhamento e readequação das classes de solo, quanto ao conteúdo de ferro e aos intervalos de classe textural, auxiliando na identificação de zonas de manejo. Todos os atributos estudados têm dependência espacial. Os mapas interpolados com base na predição dos atributos por SM e ERD apresentam padrão de variabilidade semelhante aos mapas baseados nos dados observados. No entanto, para solos com altos teores de óxidos de ferro, como os Latossolos férricos, a SM mostrou-se mais indicada para predizer os atributos estudados. Dentre os atributos estudados, os óxidos de ferro e a SM foram os principais preditores da FCO2, provando a eficiência destes como pedoindicadores dos fatores e processos de formação do solo. / This study aims: i) to characterize the clay mineralogy and study the spatial variability of the granulometric, chemical and mineralogical attributes of the soil based on geological, pedological and geomorphological information; ii) to evaluate the potential of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and magnetic susceptibility (MS) in the estimation of hematite (Hm) and goethite (Gt) iron oxides, granulometric and chemical attributes in the landscape compartments; iii) to use DRS and MS in the study of the quantification and spatial variability of soil CO2 emission (FCO2); and iv) to investigate the efficiency of the use of MS and iron oxides in pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for estimate the FCO2. The study area, 870 ha, is located in the municipality of Guatapará-São Paulo, and is cultivated with sugar cane managed with straw. The area is located in the geomorphological province of Plateau Western Paulista, presenting three materials of origin related to the transition between Serra Geral Basalts, Eluvial-Colluvial Deposit and Alluvial Deposit, four types of Oxisols and one Entisols, besides geomorphology characterized by concave and convex areas. A total of 372 samples were collected at a depth of 0.00-0.25 m for soil attributes. For the FCO2 study, an area of 90 ha was delimited. In order to evaluate the indirect methods DRS and MS, the data were compared with the results of chemical, granulometric and mineralogical analyzes. All data were submitted to classical and geostatistical statistical analysis to evaluate spatial dependence and variability. The variability of some soil attributes was stratified by compartments (geology, pedology and geomorphology), in order to understand the influence of each compartment on the variability of the attributes studied. The stratification of soil attributes for geological, pedological and geomorphological compartment is effective to study the variation of the attributes. DRS is an effective tool in the characterization of iron oxides and in the identification of different soil classes. MS is useful both for better detailing and re-adjustment of soil classes, iron content and textural class intervals, helping to identify management zones. All attributes studied have spatial dependence. The interpolated maps based on attribute prediction by MS and DRS show pattern of variability similar to maps based on observed data. However, for soils with high levels of iron oxides, such as ferric Oxisols, the MS was more indicated to predict the attributes studied. Among the attributes studied, iron oxides and MS were the main predictors of FCO2, proving their efficiency as pedoenvironmental of soil formation factors and processes. / FAPESP: 2013/17552-6

Currently, there is very little research available on nonpoint source pollution from rural watersheds. Government regulatory agencies are desperate for information regarding the causes of nonpoint source pollution, which includes the relationship between suspended soil particles and dispersion. Since soil dispersion is dependent on clay mineralogy, knowing the clay mineralogy of the soil in an area can help predict sediment loads entering the surrounding surface waters. This information is necessary to protect the resource value of our rivers, lakes, and estuaries, as well as to protect recreational activities such as fishing or hunting; but most importantly, this information is necessary to ensure the safety of our drinking water supply. Clay mineralogy and its influence on dispersion, as well as dispersion and its relation to water quality are the focus of this study. Soil mineralogy affects water quality in several ways: soil mineralogy determines the dispersivity of the clay portion of the soil and dispersive clays are likely to end up as suspended sediment in surface waters; weathering reactions contribute elements to water as dissolved load, and the sorption properties of clay minerals contribute to soils' ability to filter and carry pollutants. Through the use of X-ray diffraction, dispersivity, atomic absorption spectrometry, cation exchange capacity, and petrographic microscopy, this study shows that the clay mineral fraction of a soil determines the dispersivity, and that dispersed clay minerals contribute excess nutrients and metals as nonpoint source pollutants to surface waters.

Isolated granitic rock bodies (granites, granodiorites, quartz monzonites) in the vicinity of Benson in southeastern Arizona were studied to trace the behavior of rock weathering. Thin sections of fresh granites were examined to characterize the original mineralogy which consisted mainly of quartz, feldspars, and micas. The weathering products show up on the granites as grus and soil profiles as well as down slope in the basin deposits. X -ray diffraction studies of the < 2 micrometers fraction of the weathering products proved illite, smectite, illite-smectite mixed layer, and kaolinite to be the dominant clays; quartz and feldspar also persisted into this size fraction. Silt sized material produced similar results. The quartz monzonite of Texas Canyon afforded a special study of the initial weathering stages of feldspars and micas. In the < 2 micrometers fraction obtained from granitic material placed in an ultra sonic bath, the feldspars weathered to a Na-montmorillinite while biotite weathered to vermiculite.

Cette thèse vise à restituer l'histoire de la mousson africaine au cours du Quaternaire, et à en déterminer ses influences sur les variations des apports sédimentaires du Nil et des déserts d’Afrique du nord. Deux sites de la Méditerranée orientale ont alors été étudiés (la carotte MD90-964 dans la partie orientale du bassin Levantin et le Site ODP 964 dans la Mer ionienne). Sur la base des analyses de la minéralogie des argiles, de la granulomètrie, de la teneur en carbonate et Corg couplées à des analyses semi-quantitatives d’éléments majeurs et traces à très haute résolution temporelle par XRF Core Scanner, nous avons restitué l’histoire des apports sédimentaires du Nil, des changements de précipitation en l’Afrique du Nord, et des variations des paleo-crues du Nil au cours des 1,75 derniers millions d'années. Le premier enregistrement de Delta(18)O du foraminifère planctonique G. ruber (carotte MD90-964) de l’ensemble du Quaternaire a été obtenu à très haute résolution temporelle pour la Méditerranée orientale. Le site ODP 964 a permis de restituer la dynamique des apports de poussière saharienne à la mer ionienne durant les 1,5 derniers millions d'années. Les résultats indiquent que les changements dans les apports de sédiments transportés par le Nil et par les vents depuis les domaines sahariens sont fortement influencés par les variations de la mousson africaine. Les alternances glaciaires/interglaciaires et les variations climatiques de la transition climatique mi-Pléistocène (MPT), dans une moindre mesure, influencent également / This thesis is devoted to reconstruct the Quaternary history of African monsoon and its influences on suspended loads of the Nile River and dust production in Sahara. The materials used in this study come from two sites (MD90-964 in the eastern Levantine Basin and ODP Site 964 in the Ionian Sea) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Based on clay mineralogy, grain sizes, carbonate and Corg contents, and XRF core scanning analyses of Core MD90-964, we have reconstructed history of the Nile suspended discharges, precipitation in North Africa, and Nile paleoflood events during the last 1.75 Ma. On the basis of the planktonic foraminiferal Delta(18)O record of Core MD90-964, we have established for the first time in the eastern Mediterranean Sea a high-resolution planktonic foraminiferal (G. ruber) Delta(18)O record that penetrates the Quaternary period. The ODP Site 964 allows us to establish the variations of Saharan dust inputs to the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the last 1.5 Ma. Our results indicate that both fluvial sediments from the Nile and Saharan eolian dust inputs to the eastern Mediterranean Sea are greatly influenced by the variability of African monsoon. The glacial/interglacial cycles and other orbital-scale climatic events, such as the “Mid-Pleistocene Transition”, can also affect climate changes in North Africa to a minor extent.

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Le but de cette thèse est de reconstruire l’évolution environnementale de la région nord de la mer de Chine du Sud au cours du Quaternaire récent. L'objectif est d'identifier des traceurs des interactions continent-océan, de la mousson est-asiatique et de la circulation océanique. Pour cela, des analyses des minéralogies argileuse et magnétique, de la composition en éléments majeurs, et la taille des grains ont été effectuées sur les sédiments de carotte MD12-3432 couvrant les derniers 400 ka avec un taux de sédimentation variant entre 4.5 et 24 cm/ka. Nous avons tout d'abord amélioré les calibrations de la composition en éléments majeurs obtenue par XRF core-scanning. En effet, celles-ci ne corrigeaient pas des variations de teneur en eau interstitielle observées la séquence sédimentaire étudiée. Nous avons donc proposé une correction polynomiale quadratique qui convertit maintenant correctement les données XRF core-scanning en concentrations précises d’éléments majeurs. La composition en élément majeurs, les minéralogies argileuse et magnétique, et la granulométrie indiquent que les changements climatiques à basse latitude influencent les diverses fractions terrigènes de différentes manières. Considérant d’abord les éléments majeurs et les argiles, nous observons que les rapports smectite/(illite+chlorite) et K₂O/Al₂O₃ présentent tous deux des cyclicités orbitales. Le rapport K₂O/Al₂O₃ qui reflète la contribution relative des apports de Taiwan par dénudation, augmente pendant les interglaciaires quand la mousson d’été asiatique est forte. Le rapport smectite/(illite+chlorite) présente des cyclicités également liées à l’excentricité et à la précession en phase avec les changements d’insolation de l’hémisphère nord en été. Connaissant les régions sources de ces argiles, nous suggérons que l’apport en smectite est étroitement lié à l'intensité de l’altération chimique et à la dénudation fluvial induite par les fortes précipitations de mousson, tandis que l’apport d’illite/chlorite depuis Taiwan répond principalement à la dénudation. Le rapport smectite/(illite+chlorite) reflète ainsi principalement l'intensité de l’altération chimique contemporaine (rapide) et donc l’intensité de la mousson d'été asiatique. Les résultats obtenus confirment que la mousson d'été asiatique est renforcée pendant les périodes interglaciaires et quand l'insolation d'été boréal est forte. Les propriétés magnétiques sédimentaires offrent des informations complémentaires sur les changements environnementaux passés dans cette région. La fraction magnétique de la carotte MD12-3432 est composée de magnétites, sulfures de fer et hématite. Des augmentations de teneur en hématite et des diminutions de la granulométrie sédimentaire sont observées aux minima de précession. Ces évènements qui ont lieu pendant les périodes arides pourraient illustrer des apports éoliens depuis le nord de la Chine, liés à des changements d'intensité et/ou de route des vents, probablement aussi liés à l’intensification de la mousson d'hiver. Outre les changements climatiques de basse latitude, le climat global et l'activité tectonique influencent aussi les apports terrigènes dans cette région. Les augmentations à long terme de la teneur en pyrrhotite par rapport à la magnétite et à l’hématite, de la teneur de illite/chlorite indiquent une contribution croissante de sédiment fine d'origine Taiwanaise au cours des derniers 400 ka. Ceci est très probablement lié à l’intensification de l'orogenèse taïwanais. A l'échelle glaciaire-interglaciaire, les variations synchrones des compositions argileuse et magnétique, de la taille des grains sédimentaires et magnétiques, et des taux de sédimentation sont attribuées aux changements de niveau marin. En effet, les bas niveaux marins pendant les périodes glaciaires exposent l’immense plateau continental et permettent à la Rivière des Perles de livrer au site du sédiment terrigène en plus grande quantité et plus grossier. / The aim of this study is to reconstruct late Quaternary environmental changes in the northern South China Sea by applying multi-disciplinary proxies of land-sea interaction, East Asian monsoon, and oceanic circulation. Investigations of clay and magnetic mineralogy, major element composition, and grain size were performed on marine sediment Core MD12-3432 retrieved from the continental slope of the northern South China Sea. The core covers the last 400 ka with a sedimentation rate varying between 4.5 and 24 cm/ka. We examined the accuracy of existing calibration methods on major element composition obtained by XRF core-scanning, because downcore variations in interstitial water content should strongly affect scanned element contents. We proposed a quadratic polynomial correction to account for this effect and implemented it in the calibration methods. Data from Core MD12-3432 show that the improved calibration process now correctly converts XRF core-scanning data into major element concentrations. Our results on high-resolution major element composition, clay and magnetic mineralogy, and grain size data indicate that low-latitude climate changes influence various terrigenous fractions in different ways. In bulk sediment, K₂O/Al₂O₃ ratio mainly reflects the relative contribution of detrital supply from Taiwan, and its variation exhibits eccentricity cycles. The ratio increases during interglacials, showing that strong precipitation and denudation are induced by enhanced East Asian summer monsoon. In clay fractions, smectite/(illite+chlorite) ratio presents both eccentricity and precession periodicities, in phase with the northern hemisphere summer insolation changes and therefore with the East Asian summer monsoon evolution. Based on the knowledge of sediment provenances, these results suggest that high smectite/(illite+chlorite) ratios illustrate contemporaneous chemical weathering intensity in Luzon. It supports the understanding that East Asian summer monsoon is enhanced during interglacial periods and when the boreal summer insolation is strong. Therefore, these two ratios are appropriate sedimentary tracers for East Asian summer monsoon evolution in the South China Sea. The magnetic fraction yields complementary information about environmental changes in the South China Sea. The magnetic mineral assemblage of Core MD12-3432 is mainly composed of magnetite, sulphide, and hematite, and the relative contributions of all these magnetic mineral contents change with time. Variations on precessional band related to the low latitude East Asian monsoon are observed in magnetic properties and grain size values. High magnetic inputs with high hematite proportion, which is part of fine-grain sediment, are observed during the precession minima. These events occurring during arid periods may illustrate enhanced eolian inputs caused by changes in intensity and/or winds pathway of winds, probably related to enhanced winter monsoon. Besides the low-latitude climate changes, global climate and tectonic activity also influence the terrigenous composition at the studied site at different timescales. A long-term increase in pyrrhotite content with respect to magnetite and hematite and in illite/chlorite contents indicates an increasing contribution of fine grained sediments from Taiwan. This is most likely related to the intensification of Taiwanese orogeny over the last 400 ka. On glacial-interglacial scale, coeval increases observed in sedimentation rate, magnetite/pyrrhotite content, kaolinite content, and grain size during glacial periods are attributed to sea-level changes. Low sea-level during glacial periods exposes the vast shelf and allows the Pearl River to deliver more and coarser terrigenous sediments to our site.

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L’objectif de cette étude est de reconstruire le régime de l’érosion des chaînes himalayennes, et de relier ces paramètres aux variations climatiques globales et à l’intensité de la mousson. Dans ce travail, Les sédiments de 3 carottes prélevées dans la baie du Bengale pendant la mission MONOPOL ont fait l’objet d’analyses minéralogiques (XRD et granulométrie) et géochimiques (majeurs, traces, la composition isotopique du Nd et du Sr). La mise en âge des carottes, est basée sur les enregistrements de δ¹⁸O de foraminifères planctoniques (G. ruber), et des datations au ¹⁴C (AMS). Ces 3 enregistrements sédimentaires couvrent les derniers 180 ka. L'approche multi-traceur menée sur ces carottes, nous donne des informations essentielles sur les sources, afin de reconstruire les changements au cours du temps des sédiments transportés vers la partie proximale du cône sous-marin du Bengale, et de mieux comprendre ses liens potentiels avec les changements climatiques (mousson indienne et/ou des changements au niveau de la mer). Les résultats de cette étude, donnent également des clefs sur les processus d'altération chimique et de la dynamique du transport des sédiments au cours du temps. En outre, une étude à haute résolution, sur un site localisé sur la levée du chenal actif du cône sous-marin fournit des informations sur les changements dans le degré d'altération et la dynamique de transport des sédiments du système himalayen au cours de l'Holocène. Ainsi, il est possible de quantifier l'impact de la mousson d’été sur la sédimentation au niveau de la levée durant cette période climatique. Les résultats de cette étude ont été utilisés pour estimer les changements dans les sources sédimentaires (plaine Indo-Gangétique vs haute-chaine) et retracer l'altération chimique du matériel détritique au sein du bassin versant du système fluviatile du Ganges-Brahmapoutre. / The aim of this study is to reconstruct the erosional history of the Himalayan ranges, in order to connect these parameters to global climatic events and variations in the intensity of the monsoon. In this work, sediments from 3 marine cores collected in the Bay of Bengal, during the MONOPOL cruise were analyzed using mineralogical (XRD and grain-size) and geochemical (major, trace, Nd and Sr isotopic composition) methods. Chronological framework of studied cores were based on δ¹⁸O from planktonic foraminifera (G. ruber), and ¹⁴C ages dating (AMS). These cores cover the last 180 kyr. The multi-proxy approach conducted on these cores, gives us critical information about the source, to reconstruct the temporal variability of sediment export to the proximal northeastern Bengal Fan and its potential links to climatic changes (Indian monsoon and/or sea-level changes). Results also give insights on the chemical weathering processes and the dynamic of transport of the sediments through time as well. Moreover, a high-resolution study, on a site located on the active middle fan channel levee of the fan provides information on changes in the weathering pattern and the dynamic of transport of sediments from the Himalayan system during the Holocene. Thus, it is possible to quantify the impact effect of summer monsoon rainfall during that time interval. These results have been used to assess changes in the sedimentary sources (Indo-Gangetic plain vs highlands) and document the chemical weathering states of the detrital material within the Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin catchment.