This thesis provides a contribution to the knowledge on the effects of deglaciation on alpine stream ecosystems, taking into account also the hydroecological influence of thawing permafrost and paraglacial features. With a focus on the European Alps, a review is provided on the climate changes and shifts in the cryosphere (snow, glaciers, permafrost), the related changes in hydrology, geomorphic processes and the physical and chemical habitat of alpine river networks, and the consequent shifts in stream communities and food webs. A conceptual model is provided to summarize the complex interactions and the cascading effects triggered by deglaciation on hydrology, habitat and biota of alpine streams, that can be useful for educational purposes and to help the scientific community to contextualize these issues to other alpine areas. Deglaciation induces homogenisation of river networks, loss of biodiversity, and shifts in primary and secondary production, functional diversity and food webs. The scarce published studies on streams influenced by permafrost provide hints on the role of thawing rock glaciers (i.e. evident form of mountain permafrost) in shaping the ecology of freshwaters, and reveal important research gaps. To increase the knowledge on this topic, different alpine streams fed by waters of different origin were selected in two subcatchments (Zay, Solda) of a deglaciating area of the Central Italian Alps (Solda Valley), and their habitat conditions and benthic invertebrate communities were investigated over a two-year period. Rock glacier-fed streams could be distinguished from those fed by glaciers, groundwater and those of mixed origin because of their constantly clear and very cold waters, stable channels, and high concentrations of ions and trace elements that increased as summer progressed. Furthermore, the Zay rock glacier strongly influenced the glacier-fed stream through an intense export of solutes, which become progressively more relevant towards the end of summer. This influence was also due to the contribution of a proglacial lake and a moraine body, that both strongly decreased the glacial influence along the glacier-fed stream before its confluence with the rock glacier outflow. The wide range of habitat conditions revealed to strongly influence the benthic invertebrate communities in the study area. Channels with groundwater (krenal) and mixed (glacio-rhithral) exhibited a higher taxa richness and diversity. Peaks of abundance and biomass in the catchment were recorded just downstream the talus body, in the upper glacio-rhithral channel. Chironomidae from the cold-adapted genus Diamesa were dominant in the proglacial sections (upper kryal) of the glacier-fed streams. The proglacial lake, the moraine body and the rock glacial tributary at Zay contributed to the amelioration of the environmental features of the glacier-fed stream (lower kryal), boosting high invertebrate biomass and abundance and causing shifts in the community composition (e.g. increased Orthocladiinae and other Diamesinae chironomids, abundant Trichoptera). The two rock glacial communities differed considerably between each other. In fact, the community of the Zay rock glacial stream was partially influenced by the seepage of glacier waters, and resembled those of the surrounding lower kryal. On the contrary, the Solda rock glacial stream, detached from any glacier influence, hosted a rich and diverse community which resembled those of glacio-rhithral and krenal, even though with a higher abundance of Diamesa. Overall, the results of this thesis showed that in the advanced phases of glacier retreat, paraglacial landforms and permafrost can increasingly contribute to the riverscape diversity and shape the ecology of river networks. Because of their unique environmental settings, rock glacial streams should be considered a distinct alpine stream habitat, acting in deglaciating catchments as stepping stones that enhance the upstream colonisation of non-glacial communities following glacier retreat. At the same time, they might represent cold refugia for cold-stenothermal and/or typically glacial taxa when glaciers will be disappeared, because of the slower thawing rate of rock glacier ice. In this context, the presence of Diamesa kryal specialist species in rock glacial streams deserves further investigation, in order to understand the potential conservation value that these habitats may have in buffering the β-diversity reduction which is predicted in alpine areas as a consequence of glacier loss.

Il a été récemment montré que le rapport B/Ca des foraminifères planctoniques dépend du pH des eaux de surface, tandis que celui des foraminifères benthiques dépend de la saturation en ions carbonates des eaux de fond. Ce nouveau traceur pourrait permettre de mieux contraindre les variations du cycle océanique du carbone, en particulier lors des changements glaciaire-interglaciaires (G/IG) du Pléistocène. Les objectifs de cette thèse étaient donc (1) de développer l’analyse du B/Ca des foraminifères par spectrométrie de masse (ICP-QMS) au LSCE ; (2) d’identifier certains biais potentiels de ce traceur pour en apprécier les limites; et (3) d’appliquer le B/Ca à des reconstructions paléocéanographiques. Les contaminations et la facilité avec laquelle le bore s’adsorbe (effet mémoire) rendent difficile son analyse dans les coquilles de foraminifères où le rapport B/Ca est faible, typiquement compris autour de ~ 40-120 µmol/mol pour les foraminifères planctoniques et ~ 100-250 µmol/mol pour les foraminifères benthiques. Les techniques de nettoyage des foraminifères et d’analyse par ICP-QMS que j’ai employées et améliorées permettent au final de mesurer le B/Ca des foraminifères avec une précision de l’ordre de 3.5%.A partir de l’étude de sédiments de surface prélevés le long d’un profil bathymétrique dans l’Atlantique (Sierra Leone Rise), j’ai pu montrer que la dissolution des tests de l’espèce planctonique Globigerinoides sacculifer se traduit par une perte préférentielle du bore. La dissolution croissante des coquilles de G. sacculifer le long du profil se traduit ainsi par une diminution de ~ 0.1 unités dans les estimations du pH des eaux de surface à partir du B/Ca, un ordre de grandeur similaire aux variations G/IG. Pour s ‘affranchir de cet effet de la dissolution, je propose une procédure de correction basée sur le B/Ca des foraminifères benthiques (ΔCO₃²⁻ des eaux de fond). Cependant, au-delà de l’effet de la dissolution, la reconstruction du paléo-pH des eaux de surface se heurte surtout aux contradictions des études récentes concernant la calibration du coefficient apparent de partition (KD) du bore dans la calcite des foraminifères planctoniques. Pour s’affranchir de la co-variance de la température, de la salinité et du CO₃²⁻ dans les eaux de surface Atlantique, qui peut masquer le(s) facteur(s) important(s) pour la calibration du KD, j’ai réalisé l’analyse du B/Ca de l’espèce Globigerinoides ruber sur des sommets de carottes de l’Atlantique et de l’Indo-Pacifique. Mes données suggèrent qu’il n’y a pas de relation robuste entre le KD et la température ou le CO₃²⁻ des eaux de surface. Pour souligner les incertitudes sur les reconstructions de paléo-pH depuis le dernier stade glaciaire, j’ai effectué une étude de sensibilité basée sur les données B/Ca de l’espèce G. ruber prélevée dans une carotte du Canal du Mozambique et je propose plusieurs pistes pour tenter d’améliorer, à terme, la compréhension du proxy B/Ca dans les foraminifères planctoniques.Si l’utilisation du B/Ca des foraminifères planctoniques est complexe et demande encore un gros travail de compréhension et de calibration, celle du B/Ca des foraminifères benthiques est plus simple, le B/Ca étant directement lié à la saturation en ions carbonates des eaux de fond. L’analyse du B/Ca de Cibicidoides wuellestorfi à travers deux transitions G/IG (MIS16/15 et MIS12/11) au site ODP 849 (Pacifique équatorial) m’a permis de montrer que les changements de la chimie des eaux de fond estimés à partir de traceurs sédimentaires de la dissolution (e.g. teneur en CaCO3, poids et fragmentation des foraminifères,..) ont des amplitudes erronées et présentent des biais temporels. Les profils de B/Ca et du d13C des foraminifères benthiques permettent de mettre en évidence i) le lien entre dégazage océanique de CO2 et préservation des carbonates et ii) la dynamique de la compensation des carbonates sédimentaires marins. / It has been shown recently that the B/Ca ratio of planktonic foraminifers depends on the seasurface water pH, while benthic foraminifer B/Ca depends on the carbonate ion saturation of deep water. This new tracer could allow to better constrain the variations of oceanic carbon cycle, especially during the glacial-interglacial transitions (G/IG) of the Pleistocene. The objectives of this thesis were therefore : (1) to develop the foraminiferal B/Ca analysis by mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS) at LSCE, (2) to identify some potential biases of this tracer to assess its limits and (3) to apply the B/Ca proxy to paleoceanographic reconstructions. Contaminations and the ease with which the boron may be adsorbed (memory effect) make it difficult to analyze it in foraminifer’s shells, which have low B/Ca, typically in the range ~40-120 µmol/mol for planktonic foraminifers and ~100-250 µmol/mol for benthic foraminifers. Foraminifers cleaning techniques and analysis by ICP-QMS that I used and improved now allow the foraminiferal B/Ca measure with an accuracy of about 3.5%. Based upon the study of surface sediments collected along a depth transect in the Atlantic (Sierra Leone Rise), I was able to show that dissolution of the planktonic species Globigerinoides sacculifer results in the preferential loss of boron. The increasing G. sacculifer dissolution with depth of deposition results, therefore, in a ~0.1 units decrease of the seasurface pH estimated from B/Ca, an order of magnitude similar to the expected G/IG variations. To overcome this dissolution effect, I propose a correction procedure based on the B/Ca of benthic foraminifera (bottom water ΔCO₃²⁻). However, the dissolution effect is not the only problem. When trying to reconstruct surface water paleo-pH, we also have to deal with the severe contradictions between recent studies which dealt with the calibration of the apparent boron partition coefficien (KD) in the calcite of planktonic foraminifers. To overcome the co-variance of temperature, salinity and CO₃²⁻ in Atlantic surface waters, which can mask the real important(s) factor(s) for KD calibration, I analyzed the B/Ca of Globigerinoides ruber picked from both Atlantic and Indo-Pacific core-tops. My data suggest that there is no robust relationship between KD and temperature or CO₃²⁻ water surface. To emphasize the uncertainties on the reconstruction of paleo-pH since the last glacial stage, I conducted a sensitivity test based on G. ruber B/Ca data from a Mozambic Channel core. I propose several ways to try to improve our understanding of the B/Ca proxy in planktonic foraminifers. If the use of planktonic foraminifer B/Ca is complex and still requires some dedicated work to understand the problems and improve the calibrations, the use of benthic foraminifer B/Ca is more simple, the B/Ca being directly related to the carbonate ion saturation of bottom waters. Analyses of Cibicidoides wuellestorfi B/Ca through two G/IG transitions (MIS16/15 and MIS12/11) on ODP Site 849 (equatorial Pacific) allowed me to show that changes in deep water chemistry estimated from the sedimentological dissolution proxies (e.g. %CaCO3, foraminifer shell weight and fragmentation, …) display incorrect amplitudes and temporal biases. Based on the comparison of benthic foraminifer B/Ca and δ¹³C, I was able (i) to highlight the link between oceanic CO2 degassing and deep-sea carbonate preservation in the Pacific and (ii) better unravel the dynamics of pelagic carbonate compensation.

Orientador: Joel Carneiro de Castro / Banca: Maria Rita Caetano Chang / Banca: Antonio Roberto Saad / Banca: Paulo Roberto dos Santos / Banca: Oscar Rösler / Resumo: O Grupo Itararé consiste de três grandes ciclos de afinamento ascendente, aos quais foi dado o status de Formação, nomeadas Lagoa Azul, Campo Mourão e Taciba. Essa é uma das bases para estabelecer a Estratigrafia de Seqüências do grupo; a outra é fornecida pelos ciclos climáticos do Quaternário, com os estágios glacial, deglacial e interglacial. A área de Rio Negro-Mafra apresenta uma excelente testemunhagem de poços que, junto a bons afloramentos, possibilita a construção de extensos perfis verticais de fácies; as fácies e ciclos de fácies formam a base para os Sistemas Deposicionais, cuja disposição espacial proporciona a construção das Seqüências. Cinco sistemas são identificados, Arenito, Diamictito, Folhelho, Varvito-Diamictito e Deglaciação, este formado por conglomerado, arenito, diamictito, varvito e folhelho. A estrutura de um Sistema de Deglaciação é a mesma do grande ciclo proposto para a estratigrafia do Grupo Itararé, exceto a mudança do varvito acima para ritmito da proposta litocronoestratigráfica. Foram identificadas cinco seqüências no Grupo Itararé. A seqüência Campo do Tenente, formada por dois espessos sistemas de varvitodiamictito, representando sistema glacicontinental correspondente a trato de mar alto. As seqüências Campo Mourão-I e II, iniciam com espessos sistemas Arenito de trato de mar baixo, seguindo-se sistemas Varvito-Diamictito (só para CM-I), de Deglaciação (trato transgressivo) e Folhelho marinho de mar alto (Siltito Mafra em CM-I, Folhelho Lontras em CM-II). As seqüências Taciba-I e II são mais complexas. TC-I começa com sistema Diamictito espesso, glacimarinho associado a mar alto?, seguido de sistema de Deglaciação. TC-II tem sistema Arenito canalizado de mar baixo, seguido de sistema de Deglaciação transgressiva e sistema Folhelho de mar alto. / Abstract: The Itararé Group consists of three major fining-upward cycles, also considered as Formations: Lagoa Azul, Campo Mourão and Taciba. This is one of basis to establish the Sequence Stratigraphy for the group; the other one comes from the Quaternary model, where one can recognize three stages of a climatic cycle: glacial, deglacial, interglacial. The Rio Negro-Mafra area presents excellent cored wells and outcrops which allow to build extensive vertical facies logs; facies and facies cycle are the basis for Depositional Systems, whose spatial distribution allows to build Depositional Sequences. Five Systems are identified: Sandstone, Diamictite, Shale, Varvite- Diamictite and Deglaciation. The latter is formed by conglomerate, sandstone, diamictito, varvite and shale. The structure of the Deglaciation System is the same of one major cycle/Formation of Itararé Group, except for the varvite component, or rhythmite in the major cycle. Five sequences are recognized. The Campo do Tenente sequence is formed by two thick varvite-diamictite systems, from a glacicontinental system attributed to a highstand tract (the Campo do Tenente is a marginal equivalent of the marine Lagoa Azul/Roncador Bed). The Campo Mourão sequences (CM-I and CMII) begin with thick Sandstone systems from a lowstand tract; it follows Varvite- Diamictite (only for CM-I), Deglaciation and marine Shale systems, respectively from transgressive and highstand tracts (the CM-2 marine system is the thick Lontras Shale). Taciba Formation sequences TB-I and TB-II are more complex. TB-I starts with a thick, glaciomarine Diamictite system (highstand tract?), and is followed by Deglaciation system. TC-II starts with a channelized, lowstand Sandstone system, estuarine, deltaic and turbidite in origin; it follows the Deglatiation and marine Shale systems, from transgressive and highstand tracts. / Doutor

Recent work suggests an emerging new paradigm for the Scandinavian ice sheet (SIS); one of a dynamically fluctuating ice sheet. This doctoral research project explicitly examines the history and dynamics of the SIS at four sites within Sweden and Norway, and provides results covering different time periods of glacial history. Two relatively new dating techniques are used to constrain the ice sheet history: the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating technique and the terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) exposure dating technique. OSL dating of interstadial sediments in central Sweden and central Norway indicate ice-free conditions during times when it was previously inferred the sites were occupied by the SIS. Specifically, the SIS was absent or restricted to the mountains for at least part of Marine Isotope Stage 3 around 52 to 36 kyr ago. Inland portions of Norway were ice-free during part of the Last Glacial Maximum around 25 to 20 kyr ago. Consistent TCN exposure ages of boulders from the Vimmerby moraine in southern Sweden, and their compatibility with previous estimates for the timing of deglaciation based on radiocarbon dating and varve chronology, indicate that the southern margin of the SIS was at the Vimmerby moraine ~14 kyr ago. In central Sweden, consistent TCN ages for boulders on the summit of Mt. Åreskutan and for the earlier deglaciated highest elevation moraine related to the SIS in Sweden agree with previous estimates for the timing of deglaciation around 10 ka ago. These results indicate rapid decay of the SIS during deglaciation. Unusually old radiocarbon ages of tree remains previously studied from Mt. Åreskutan are rejected on the basis of incompatibility with consistent TCN ages for deglaciation, and incompatibility with established paleoecological and paleoglaciological reconstructions. Altogether this research conducted in different areas, covering different time periods, and using comparative geochronological methods demonstrates that the SIS was highly dynamic and sensitive to environmental change. / At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Submitted. Paper 4: Manuscript.

The aim of this research was to study the relationship between rock slope stability and glacial processes. An in-depth analysis of our current understanding of how glaciated rock slopes develop instability and movement during deglaciation is presented; this shows that understanding is incomplete without an appreciation of the variable mechanical behaviour of glacier ice. In this thesis, I argue that: (1) The ductile behaviour of ice at low strain rates allows movement of rock slopes buttressed by ice. Field evidence and simple force models are used to explore rate of movement of ice-contact slopes and the conditions under which they evolve. The results indicate that large rockslides can move and deform glacial ice at rates of 10-2 to 102 m-yr. This implies that ice-contact slope movement may be important for slope evolution and the erosion and entrainment processes of glaciers; and (2) the elastic strength of glacier ice at the high strain rates associated with seismic shaking enables ice to modify the response of the surrounding rock to seismic shaking. To explore this, numerical analyses of the interaction between glacial erosion, glacier mass, topography, and earthquake shaking intensity are undertaken. Shaking of mountains of variable shape and with different levels of ice inundation is simulated using FLAC 6.0. The results suggest that complete inundation by ice can significantly reduce shaking intensity. This, in combination with glacial steepening of slopes, may make recently deglaciated slopes more prone to coseismic failure. In the final chapter of the thesis, I present a conceptual model of the evolution of slope stability during stages of glaciation and deglaciation. The model incorporates the ideas presented in the thesis. I then offer recommendations for how our understanding of these processes can be further advanced.

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Afin d’étudier les changements hydrologiques passés du « lac Noir » (dernière phase lacustre de la mer Noire) et l’expression de la Dernière Déglaciation en Europe centrale, des techniques analytiques variées ont été mises en œuvre sur la carotte MD04-2790 : modélisation, développement de méthodes statistiques, géochimie élémentaire et isotopique. La reconstitution de l’évolution des âges réservoir du « lac Noir » au cours des 30 derniers millénaires a permis de mieux comprendre les réponses hydrologiques du bassin aux changements climatiques (variations du niveau du plan d’eau, phases de stratification, possible déstabilisation d’hydrates de gaz). L’âge de la dernière reconnexion du « lac Noir » avec la mer Méditerranée a été révisé à 9 000 ans BP. L’interprétation des isotopes du Nd en termes de provenance des sédiments a permis de mettre en évidence que les pulses d’eaux de fonte arrivant dans le « lac Noir » au cours de l’événement de Heinrich 1 provenaient de la désintégration de la calotte fennoscandinave. Un mécanisme régional d’interactions climatiques entre lacs proglaciaires et atmosphère a été proposé pour expliquer l’organisation temporelle particulière des pulses d’eaux de fonte. Nos résultats renforcent le paradigme de Denton qui suggère que des stades prolongés sont nécessaires au passage du mode climatique glaciaire au mode interglaciaire. / In order to study the past hydrologic changes of the Black Sea “Lake”, various analytical techniques were applied to study the core MD04-2790: modelling, development of statistical approaches, elemental and isotopic geochemistry. The reconstructed reservoir age changes of the Black Sea “Lake” were interpreted in terms of the hydrologic responses of the lake to glacial/deglacial climate changes (water level change, water column stratification, possible chlatrate dissociation). Calendar age of the Black Sea “Lake” last reconnection to global ocean was also revised to 9,000 yr BP. Finally, drastic changes in εNd values strongly suggest that sediments deposited in response to Deglacial Water Pulses (DWP) during Heinrich Event 1 (HE1) originated from the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet (FIS), providing the first direct evidence that the Black Sea “Lake” recorded the collapse of the FIS. The peculiar temporal organisation of DWPs suggests outbursts of proglacial lakes into Dniepr catchment as well as regional climatic interactions between proglacial lakes and atmosphere. The HE1-timing of the DWPs occurrence would indicate that FIS was involved in the N-Atlantic circulation reduction that shifted Earth climatic machine towards interglacial conditions in accordance with Denton’s paradigm.

Les spéléothèmes (concrétions carbonatées se formant dans les zones karstiques) sont des archives paleo-climatiques reconnues, dont l’intérêt majeur est de pouvoir être datées précisément par la méthode Uranium-Thorium. En revanche, les traceurs traditionnellement utilisés pour reconstruire les climats passés à partir de ces objets géologiques ne sont pas directement quantifiables en termes de paramètres climatiques comme la température moyenne, ou la quantité de précipitation. Les variations des concentrations en éléments traces contenus dans les spéléothèmes ont pu être relié dans certains sites aux changements climatiques passés, mais des doutes existent sur la robustesse de leur signal au sein d’une même grotte et entre différents sites.Nous nous sommes appliqués à déterminer les variations au cours des 50 000 dernières années de plusieurs catégories d’éléments (alcalino-terreux, uranium, et terres rares) dans des stalagmites de deux grottes situées dans le sud de la France (les grottes de Villars en Dordogne et de Chauvet en Ardèche), par spectrométrie ICP-MS. Les spéléothèmes sélectionnés ont déjà été datés et ont enregistré les variations paleo-environnementales à travers les isotopes stables de la calcite. Trois périodes d’étude caractérisées par des changements particuliers sont étudiées: le stade isotopique 3 de la dernière période glaciaire (~50-30 ka), la dernière déglaciation (~20-10 ka) et la fin de l’Holocène (~2-0 ka).Le signal des variations des alcalino-terreux à Villars pendant le stade isotopique 3 est significatif et robuste. La variabilité du strontium notamment, qui provient de processus hydrologiques intra-karst, suit les événements climatiques rapides enregistrés dans l’hémisphère Nord. D’autre part, le comportement de nombreux éléments traces pendant la déglaciation est similaire entre les grottes de Villars et de Chauvet. Enfin, des changements du couvert végétal sont probablement à l’origine des changements synchrones enregistrés par les éléments traces et les isotopes stables de la calcite au cours des deux derniers millénaires à Villars.Par ailleurs, l’étude des coefficients de partition des alcalino-terreux, de l’uranium et des terres rares dans des conditions variées montre l’importante de la variabilité inter-site de leur partitionnement. / Calcareous deposits forming within caves, also known as speleothems, have become acknowledged paleoclimatic archives. One of their main interests is that they can be absolutely dated by Uranium-Thorium methods. However, traditionally used speleothem climatic proxies cannot be directly translated into environmental variables such as the mean annual temperature or the amount of annual rainfall. In some contexts, the variations of trace element concentrations in speleothem calcite could be linked to past climatic changes, but the robustness of trace element signals between speleothems of the same or nearby caves is still questionable.We determined by ICP-MS the concentrations of several families of chemical elements (alkaline-earth metals, uranium, rare-earth elements) in stalagmites from two caves located in Southern France (Villars cave in Dordogne and Chauvet Cave in Ardèche) spanning the last 50,000 years. The selected speleothems had already been dated and their stable isotope profiles had proven to record paleoenvironmental fluctuations occurring during three separate periods: the Marine Isotopic Stage 3 or MIS 3 (~50-30 ka), the Last Deglaciation (~20-10 ka), and the end of the Holocene (~2-0 ka).Variations of alkaline-earth metals recorded in two stalagmites from Villars Cave during MIS 3 are significant and robust. Notably, Sr concentrations follow the rapid climatic changes recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Furthermore, several trace elements behave similarly during the Last Deglaciation in the Villars and the Chauvet Cave. Finally, changes of the vegetation cover above the cave are likely to have caused the synchronous fluctuations of the trace element and stable isotope contents that happened during the last two thousand years in Villars speleothems.Lastly, the partition coefficients of alkaline-earth metals, uranium and rare-earth elements were measured in different sites and conditions and proved to be very site-dependent.

O presente trabalho é um estudo de reconstituição paleoambiental da Baixada Litorânea do Mosaico da Juréia-Itatins (MJI) e da região marinnha do Cone do Rio Grande (CRG), talude superior defronte ao Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, inferido a partir da análise de associações de foraminíferos bentônicos, durante os últimos 19.000 anos. Foram também realizadas análises geoquímica da razão Mg/Ca de Globigerinoides ruber (white, stricto sensu), bem como tafonômicas e morfométricas de testas bentônicas, com o intuito de refinar as interpretações paleoambientais, principalmente as obtidas na região do CRG. A Transgressão Santos (~21.227-20.448 a ~5.558-4.558 anos cal A.P.) foi detectada somente no período de 9.400 a 8.385 anos cal A.P. na região costeira do MJI, devido à presença de sedimentos continentais na porção superior do testemunho S03. Durante este intervalo de tempo, as análises microfaunísticas e tafonômicas permiti ram reconhecer quatro fases conspícuas de incursões de águas marinhas (9.400-9.338; 9.072-8.894; 8.656-8.641 e 8.594-8.500 anos cal A.P.) intercaladas por quatro fases de proeminente contribuição continental (9.338-9.072; 8.500-8.385; 8.806-8.672 e 8.625-8.594 anos cal A.P.) na paleolaguna do MJI. Durante as incursões de águas marinhas, observou-se aumento da diversidade de espécies calcárias, com a predominância de Pararotalia cananeiaensis, Ammonia spp. e Elphidium spp. Nos dois períodos de maior aporte continental em que foram encontradas testas de foraminíferos bentônicos, a diversidade diminuiu drasticamente, e houve o concomitante predomínio do gênero Blysmaphaaera. Após 8.385 anos cal A.P. as associações de foraminíferos bentônicos desapareceram dos sedimentos da paleolaguna, que passou a apresentar características cada vez mais continentais. Na região do CRG, as análises microfaunísticas bentônicas e tafonômicas permitiram o reconhecimento de cinco fases com características paleoambientais distintas. A primeira fase (19.000 a 18.600 anos cal A.P.) caracterizou-se por uma maior taxa de sedimentação, e pela presença de testas ricas em sulfeto e monossulfeto de ferro. A segunda (entre 18.600 e 17.000 anos cal A.P.) teve como principal característica o aumento do grau de oxigenação do meio, indicado pela presença de espécies epifaunais típicas de ambientes mais oxigenados, tais como Quinqueloculina spp., Pyrgo spp. e Eponides repandus, e pelo aumento do índice Benthic Foraminiferal Oxygen Index (BFOI). A terceira fase (17.000 a 16.000 anos cal A.P.) se caracterizou pela diminuição da energia de fundo do meio, o que propiciou maior acúmulo de matéria orgânica nos sedimentos e baixos teores de oxigênio no meio bentônico, tal como indicado pelos maiores valores do índice Benthic Foraminifera High Productivity (BFHP). Essas primeiras três fases corresponderam ao período Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1). A quarta fase (16.000 e 14.700 anos cal A.P.) foi configurada pela transição entre o HS1 e a Reversão Fria Antártica (Antarctic Cold Reversal - ACR), e foi marcada por modificações significativas no nível da oxigenação do meio, especialmente em ~15.000 anos cal A.P., e provável aumento da temperatura das águas de fundo do CRG, conforme indicado pela presença de Bulimina marginata, Uvigerina peregrina e Quinqueloculina spp. A quinta e última fase (14.700 e 14.000 anos cal A.P.) correspondeu ao início do ACR, com diminuição do hidrodinamismo e da oxigenação do meio e aumento do acúmulo de matéria orgânica nos sedimentos, como demonstrado pelo menor grau de desgaste das testas e pelos índices BFHP e BFOI. Já a análise geoquímica da razão Mg/Ca em testas de G. ruber indicou que as paleotemperaturas superficiais marinhas (Mg/Ca SST) tenderam a aumentar de 19.000 anos cal A.P. ao Presente. Os valores de paleossalinidades superficiais marinhas (SSS) dessa região inferidas pelos valores de \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw, não apresentaram padrão definido de 19.000 a ~8.500 anos cal A.P. A partir dessa idade, elas tiveram leve tendência à diminuição até o Presente. As variações secundárias dos valores de Mg/Ca SST e de \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw parecem ter sido influenciadas principalmente pelas alterações da circulação oceânica atlântica e por fenômenos atmosferico-climáticos associados a Última Deglaciação. No Holoceno, estes fatores se tornaram secundários, e os valores de Mg/Ca SST e de \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw passaram a ser influenciados pelas variações climatico-atmosféricas do hemisfério sul, especialmente as que se deram na região antártica. Também foram influenciadas por aumento da temperatura global, pluviosidade sobre a América do Sul, oscilações secundárias do paleonível relativo do mar durante a Transgressão Santos, variações da pluma de águas menos salinas do Rio de La Plata e por ocorrência de fenômenos tais como a Oscilação Atlântica Multidecadal e o El -Niño - Oscilação Sul. / This thesis is a study of the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Juréia-Itatins Mosaic coastal lowlands (JIM) and the marine region of Rio Grande Cone (CRG), upper slope in front of Rio Grande do Sul State, inferred from analyses of benthic foraminiferal assemblages during the last 19.000 years. Geochemical analyses of Globigerinoides ruber (white, stricto sensu) along with taphonomical and morphometric analyses of benthic tests were also performed in order to refine the paleoenvironmental interpretations, especially those obtained at CRG. The Santos Transgression (~21,227-20,448 to ~5,558-4,558 cal yr B.P.) was detected only during the period from 9,400 to 8,385 cal yr B.P. in the coastal lowlands of JIM, due to the presence of continental sediments in the upper portion of the S03 core. During this time interval the microfaunistic and taphonomical analyses allowed the recognition of four phases of conspicuous marine waters incursions (9,400-9,338; 9,072-8,894; 8,656-8,641 and 8,594-8,500 cal yr B.P.) interspersed by four phases of prominent continental contribution (9,338-9,072; 8,500-8,385; 8,806-8,672 and 8,625-8,594 cal yr B.P.) in the paleolagoon of JIM. During the marine waters incursions, there was an increase of di versity of calcareous species, wit h the predominance of Pararotalia cananeiaensis, Ammonia spp. and Elphidium spp. In the two periods o f higher continental inflow in which benthic foraminiferal tests were found the diversity decreased drastically, and there was a concomitant predominance of Blysmaphaaera genus. After 8,385 cal yr B.P. the benthic foraminiferal assemblages di sappeared of paleolagoon sediments, which began to show increased continental features. In the CRG\'s region, the benthic microfaunistic and taphonomical analyses allowed the recognition of five phases with distinct paleoenvironmental characteristics. The first phase (19,000 to 18,600 cal yr B.P.) was characterized by a higher sedimentation rate, and the presence of tests containing iron sulphide and monossulphide. The second (between 18,600 and 17,000 cal yr B.P.) had as main characteristic the increase of the oxygenation grade of the environment, evidenced by both the presence of epifaunal species typical of more oxygenated environments, such as Quinqueloculina spp., Pyrgo spp. and Eponides repandus, and by the Benthic Foraminiferal Oxygen Index (BFOI). The third phase (17,000 to 16,000 cal yr B.P.) was characterized by the decrease of bottom hydrodynamic energy, which provided higher organic matter accumulation in the sediments and the low levels of oxygen in the benthic environment, as indicated by the higher values of Benthic Foraminifera High Productivity (BFHP) index. These first three phases corresponded to the Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1) period. The fourth phase (16,000 to 14,700 cal yr B.P.) was configured by the transition between the HS1 and the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR). It was marked by significant changes in the environment oxygen level especially at ~15,000 cal yr B.P. and by the correspondent increase of bottom water temperature in the CRG, as indicated by the presence of Bulimina marginata, Uvigerina peregrina and Quinqueloculina spp. The fifth and last phase (14,700 to 14,000 cal yr B.P.) corresponded to the beginning of ACR, with decrease of hydrodynamics and oxygenation grade of the environment and increase of organic matter accumulation in the sediments, as demonstrated by both the lower degree of tests wear and by the BFOI and BFHP indexes. The geochemistry analysis of Mg/Ca ratio in G. ruber tests indicated that the paleo-sea surface temperatures (Mg/Ca SST) tended to increase from 19,000 cal yr B.P. to the Present. Meanwhile the paleo-sea surface salinities (SSS) inferred by the values of \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw, did not had a defined pattern from 19.000 to ~8,500 cal yr B.P. Since then they have registered a slight tendency to decrease. The secondary variations of Mg/Ca SST and \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw values appear to have been influenced primarily by the variations of Atlantic Ocean circulation and by the atmospheric-climatic phenomena associated with the Last Deglaciation. In the Holocene however these paleoclimatic factors became secondary, and the Mg/Ca SST and \"delta\' POT.18\' Oivc-sw values became influenced by climatic-atmospheric variations of the southern hemisphere, especially those that occurred over the Antarctic region. They were also influenced by the increase in global temperature, the rainfall regimen over South America, the secondary oscillations of the plume of less saline waters from La Plata River, and by the occurrence of phenomena such as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and the El-Niño-Southern Oscilation.

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