L’objectif principal de cette thèse a été d’établir une histoire précise des interactions sociétés-environnement durant le dernier millénaire dans deux zones de moyenne montagne, territoires particulièrement sensibles aux aléas naturels ainsi qu’aux évènements politiques, économiques et sociaux à travers un jeu de données multiples issues de différentes disciplines. L’étude de deux séquences sédimentaires lacustres de sites jurassien et alpin, grâce à l’outil palynologique - grains de pollen, spores et microfossiles non-polliniques -, particulièrement développé ici avec la haute-résolution, croisé avec l’étude des données historiques et archivistiques nous a permis, en plus de fournir un corpus complémentaire, de tester une approche comparative (données polliniques vs données cadastrales). Au lac de Remoray (Doubs, massif jurassien, 850 m d’altitude), l’étude a précisé le schéma du processus d’occupation de cette partie de la haute vallée du Doubs. Les données du haut Moyen Âge illustrent une fois de plus que l’idée qu’un désert forestier précédant l’arrivée des moines défricheurs est à nuancer. L’installation des communautés religieuses durant les XIème-XIIIème siècles, et l’influence des pouvoirs seigneuriaux sur cette zone stratégique, semblent toutefois l’étape clef dans la mise en place d’un peuplement durable. Les activités économiques se diversifient et prennent leur essor durant les siècles suivants bien que certaines périodes soient marquées de crises socio-politiques et traversées par les effets, plus ou moins ressentis, du Petit Âge Glaciaire. Il faudra attendre la transition XIXème-XXème siècle pour que les paysages sylvo-pastoraux que nous connaissons actuellement se mettent en place. Situé un peu plus au sud (Savoie, massif de la Chartreuse), notre second site d’étude trouve son origine dans ce qui donne à la montagne une autre identité : les risques naturels. Le site est le témoignage d’une zone dévastée en 1248 de notre ère par un immense glissement de terrain suite à la chute d’une partie du Mont Granier (1933 m d’altitude). Cet évènement, privant une partie de la vallée de cinq paroisses et d’un millier d’habitants, a engendré rapidement un nouveau territoire, aussi bien topographique, végétal que socio-économique. L’observation particulière des sédiments du lac Saint-André formé post-éboulement a offert l’occasion de suivre pas à pas cette reconquête végétale et humaine, appuyé par les approches géologiques, géographiques, archéologiques et historiques qui animent la recherche de façon récurrente. Les résultats obtenus témoignent d’une période de recolonisation végétale suivie d’une reconquête agro-pastorale relativement rapide, avec comme particularité la mise en place d’un territoire viticole. L’enregistrement sédimentaire particulier de ce lac a permis de suivre, en plus des indices d’une agriculture vivrière variée jusqu’au début du XXème siècle, le témoignage pollinique particulier de la vigne qui deviendra petit à petit une monoculture. / The main objective of this thesis was to establish a precise story of the interaction between societies and environment during the last millennium, in two zones of middle mountain area, which are particularly sensitive to the natural hazards as well as to the political, economic and social events, through a set of multiple data. The high-resolution study of two lacustrine sediment cores in two Jura and alpine sites, thanks to the palynological tool - pollen grains, spores and non-pollen palynomorphs - and the study of the historical and archival data allowed us, besides supplying a complementary corpus, to test a comparative approach (pollen vs cadastral data). At Lake Remoray (Doubs, Jura massif, 850 m asl.), the study specified the settlement process. The data of the Early Middle Ages, illustrate one more time that the idea that a forest desert preceding the arrival of the monks land-clearers is to be revised. The installation of religious communities during the XI-XIIIth centuries and the influence of the seigniorial powers in this strategic zone seem however the key stage in the implementation of a sustainable settlement. Economic activities diversify and take their development during the next centuries although certain periods are marked with sociopolitical crises and cross effects, more or less felt, of Little Ice Age. It will be necessary to wait for the XIX-XXth century transition to see the development of the recent silvo-pastoral landscape. Our second site of study finds its origin in what gives to the mountain another identity: the natural risks. The site is the testimony of a zone destroyed in 1248 AD by an immense landslide further to the fall of a part of the Mount Granier (Savoy, massif of the Chartreuse ; 1933 m asl.). This event, depriving the valley of five parishes and a thousand inhabitants quickly engendered a new territory, in terms of topographic, vegetal as well as socioeconomic aspect. The particular observation Lake Saint André lacustrine sequence, formed post-collapse, offered the opportunity to follow step by step this vegetal and human recovery, supported by the geological, geographical, archaeological and historic approaches which liven up the research in a recurring way. The results show of a period of vegetal recolonisation followed by a relatively fast agro-pastoral recovery with, as peculiarity, the implementation of a wine-making territory. The sedimentary recording of this lake allowed following, besides the indications of a varied food-producing farming till the beginning of the XXth century, the particular pollen testimony of the vineyard which will gradually become a monoculture.

A citricultura é um setor de grande importância para o país na geração de divisas, formação de renda e capital. Um dos fatores críticos no sucesso de um sistema de irrigação localizada é a definição em projeto da fração de área molhada no solo. Face às dificuldades técnicas encontradas nesse tipo de estudo, até o presente, inexistem na literatura científica trabalhos confiáveis que estabeleçam os valores ótimos de fração de área molhada no solo para as diferentes culturas e condições edafoclimáticas. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar o efeito do molhamento parcial do solo para plantas jovens de laranja Valência sob porta-enxerto de citrumelo Swingle e limão Cravo em dois tipos de solo. Os objetivos secundários foram: a) Avaliar o método da sonda de dissipação térmica na estimativa da transpiração em laranja Valência e b) Estabelecer as relações entre a transpiração das plantas, sem restrição de área de solo, molhado e a demanda atmosférica. O experimento foi conduzido em estufa nas dependências do Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas da ESALQ/USP. Foi testado o molhamento de 12,5% da área do solo. Mudas de laranja foram plantadas em caixas de 500 L internamente divididas em compartimentos. Determinou-se simultaneamente a transpiração de todas as plantas através de sondas de dissipação térmica, o conteúdo de água no solo, o crescimento das plantas (área foliar e diâmetro de caule) e o número total de frutos por planta. Inicialmente todas as plantas tiveram 100% do volume de solo ocupado pelas raízes irrigado, sendo determinada a contribuição relativa de cada compartimento da caixa na transpiração. Completada a secagem dos compartimentos não irrigados, foi calculado o percentual da transpiração relativa a 100% de área molhada do solo pela relação entre transpiração de cada planta e a transpiração média das plantas com 100% da área do solo molhado. De acordo com os resultados, conclui-se que ocorre redução da transpiração pela restrição da área de solo molhado, sendo esta redução influenciada não só pelo tipo de solo e porta-enxerto, como também pelo número de dias após início da irrigação parcial, demanda evaporativa da atmosfera e fase fenológica da planta. A adaptação do sistema radicular à redução da área molhada ocorreu em torno de 156 dias. Apesar da redução da taxa transpiratória, não houve diferença significativa entre os tratamentos em relação ao crescimento vegetativo e número de frutos por planta. A transpiração das plantas foi influenciada pelo tipo de porta-enxerto utilizado, do crescimento em área foliar e da fase fenológica, sendo que sua relação com a evapotranspiração de referência não é linear em toda faixa de demanda evaporativa da atmosfera. O método da sonda de dissipação térmica, com calibragem específica e correção dos gradientes térmicos naturais no caule, mostrou-se eficaz na avaliação da transpiração de plantas jovens de laranjeira. / The citrus industry is a great important sector to the Brazilian country to generate foreign currency income and capital formation. The determination of the fractional wetted area in the soil is a critical factor in the success of an irrigation system project. Due to the technical difficulties to find out dates in this kind of study, there are no reliable studies in the scientific literature to establish the optimal values of fractional wetted area for different crops, soil and weather. This study aims to evaluate the effect of partial wetting of the soil for Valencia orange under the rootstock Swingle and Rangpur in two soil types. As secondary objectives: a) To evaluate the method of heat dissipation probe in the transpiration estimative in the Valencia orange plant, b) to establish the relationship between the atmospheric demand and plant transpiration, without restriction wetted area. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in the Biosystems Engineering Department of ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. It was tested the wetness of 12.5% of the area of soil. For this, orange seedlings were planted in boxes of 500 L internally divided into compartments. It was simultaneously determined transpiration of all plants using heat dissipation probes (sap flow), measured the soil water content, plant growth (leaf area, stem diameter) and the total number of fruits per plant. Initially, it was irrigated 100% of root system of all plants and it was determined the contribution of each compartment of the box in the plant transpiration by the difference in water storage in the soil and measured plant transpiration. When it was completed the drying of not irrigated compartment, it was calculated the percentage of transpiration on 100% of the wetted soil area by the relationship between transpiration of each plant and the average of plant transpiration with 100% of the wetted area. According to the results can be conclude that occur reduction in the transpiration flow due to the restricting of wet soil area and this reduction is not only influenced by soil type and rootstock, but also due to the number of days after onset of partial irrigation, atmospheric evaporative demand and plant phenological stage. The adaptation of the root system to the reduction of the wet soil volume occurred around 156 days. Despite of the reduction in transpiration rate, it was not observed significant difference between treatments in relation to vegetative growth and fruit number per plant. Plant transpiration was influenced by the type of rootstock used, leaf area growth and phenological stage. However the relationship between the plant transpiration and EToPM is not linear across the range of atmospheric evaporative demand. The method of heat dissipation probe, calibrated specifically for the study and with correction of the thermal natural gradient in the trunk was effective in the evaluation of the seedlings of orange transpiration.

A citricultura é um setor de grande importância para o país na geração de divisas, formação de renda e capital. Um dos fatores críticos no sucesso de um sistema de irrigação localizada é a definição em projeto da fração de área molhada no solo. Face às dificuldades técnicas encontradas nesse tipo de estudo, até o presente, inexistem na literatura científica trabalhos confiáveis que estabeleçam os valores ótimos de fração de área molhada no solo para as diferentes culturas e condições edafoclimáticas. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar o efeito do molhamento parcial do solo para plantas jovens de laranja Valência sob porta-enxerto de citrumelo Swingle e limão Cravo em dois tipos de solo. Os objetivos secundários foram: a) Avaliar o método da sonda de dissipação térmica na estimativa da transpiração em laranja Valência e b) Estabelecer as relações entre a transpiração das plantas, sem restrição de área de solo, molhado e a demanda atmosférica. O experimento foi conduzido em estufa nas dependências do Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas da ESALQ/USP. Foi testado o molhamento de 12,5% da área do solo. Mudas de laranja foram plantadas em caixas de 500 L internamente divididas em compartimentos. Determinou-se simultaneamente a transpiração de todas as plantas através de sondas de dissipação térmica, o conteúdo de água no solo, o crescimento das plantas (área foliar e diâmetro de caule) e o número total de frutos por planta. Inicialmente todas as plantas tiveram 100% do volume de solo ocupado pelas raízes irrigado, sendo determinada a contribuição relativa de cada compartimento da caixa na transpiração. Completada a secagem dos compartimentos não irrigados, foi calculado o percentual da transpiração relativa a 100% de área molhada do solo pela relação entre transpiração de cada planta e a transpiração média das plantas com 100% da área do solo molhado. De acordo com os resultados, conclui-se que ocorre redução da transpiração pela restrição da área de solo molhado, sendo esta redução influenciada não só pelo tipo de solo e porta-enxerto, como também pelo número de dias após início da irrigação parcial, demanda evaporativa da atmosfera e fase fenológica da planta. A adaptação do sistema radicular à redução da área molhada ocorreu em torno de 156 dias. Apesar da redução da taxa transpiratória, não houve diferença significativa entre os tratamentos em relação ao crescimento vegetativo e número de frutos por planta. A transpiração das plantas foi influenciada pelo tipo de porta-enxerto utilizado, do crescimento em área foliar e da fase fenológica, sendo que sua relação com a evapotranspiração de referência não é linear em toda faixa de demanda evaporativa da atmosfera. O método da sonda de dissipação térmica, com calibragem específica e correção dos gradientes térmicos naturais no caule, mostrou-se eficaz na avaliação da transpiração de plantas jovens de laranjeira. / The citrus industry is a great important sector to the Brazilian country to generate foreign currency income and capital formation. The determination of the fractional wetted area in the soil is a critical factor in the success of an irrigation system project. Due to the technical difficulties to find out dates in this kind of study, there are no reliable studies in the scientific literature to establish the optimal values of fractional wetted area for different crops, soil and weather. This study aims to evaluate the effect of partial wetting of the soil for Valencia orange under the rootstock Swingle and Rangpur in two soil types. As secondary objectives: a) To evaluate the method of heat dissipation probe in the transpiration estimative in the Valencia orange plant, b) to establish the relationship between the atmospheric demand and plant transpiration, without restriction wetted area. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in the Biosystems Engineering Department of ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. It was tested the wetness of 12.5% of the area of soil. For this, orange seedlings were planted in boxes of 500 L internally divided into compartments. It was simultaneously determined transpiration of all plants using heat dissipation probes (sap flow), measured the soil water content, plant growth (leaf area, stem diameter) and the total number of fruits per plant. Initially, it was irrigated 100% of root system of all plants and it was determined the contribution of each compartment of the box in the plant transpiration by the difference in water storage in the soil and measured plant transpiration. When it was completed the drying of not irrigated compartment, it was calculated the percentage of transpiration on 100% of the wetted soil area by the relationship between transpiration of each plant and the average of plant transpiration with 100% of the wetted area. According to the results can be conclude that occur reduction in the transpiration flow due to the restricting of wet soil area and this reduction is not only influenced by soil type and rootstock, but also due to the number of days after onset of partial irrigation, atmospheric evaporative demand and plant phenological stage. The adaptation of the root system to the reduction of the wet soil volume occurred around 156 days. Despite of the reduction in transpiration rate, it was not observed significant difference between treatments in relation to vegetative growth and fruit number per plant. Plant transpiration was influenced by the type of rootstock used, leaf area growth and phenological stage. However the relationship between the plant transpiration and EToPM is not linear across the range of atmospheric evaporative demand. The method of heat dissipation probe, calibrated specifically for the study and with correction of the thermal natural gradient in the trunk was effective in the evaluation of the seedlings of orange transpiration.

Native plant communities and agricultural land are commonly converted to urban areas as cities across the Western United States continue to grow and expand. This expansion is typically accompanied by afforestation where a common goal among communities is to maximize shade tree composition. Planted forests in these regions are commonly composed of introduced tree species native to mesic environments and their ability to persist is dependent on consistent irrigation inputs. Many potential ecosystem services may be derived from planting trees in urban and suburban areas; however, there are also costs associated with extensive afforestation, and shade tree cover may have significant implications on municipal water budgets. In this study I evaluate variation in daily and seasonal water use of regionally common suburban landscape tree species in the Heber Valley (Wasatch County, Utah). I had two primary objectives: (1) to identify and understand the differences in transpiration between landscape tree species in a suburban setting and (2) to assess the sensitivity of sap flux and transpiration to variation in vapor pressure deficit, wind speed, and incoming shortwave radiation. I used Granier's thermal dissipation method to measure the temperature difference (ΔT) between two sap flux probes. The empirical equation developed by Granier was used to convert ΔT into sap flux density (Jo) measurements, which were then scaled to whole-tree transpiration. There were consistent and substantial differences in sap flux between tree species. I found that Picea pungens under irrigated growing conditions, on average, had Jo rates that were 32% greater and whole tree water use (ET) rates that were 550% greater than all other species studied. The findings of Jo may be partially explained by xylem architecture and physiological control over stomatal aperture. However, the rate of water flux in the outermost portion of sapwood does not necessarily determine the magnitude of whole tree transpiration. Rather, ET in this study was largely explained by the combined effects of irrigation, tree size, and sapwood to heartwood ratio.

On précisera d'abord des conditions dans lesquelles apparaît tel ou tel type de fracture. On analysera ensuite les rapports existant entre les grands décrochements d'une région et la fracturation plus fine que l'on rencontre à leurs abords; puis on s'intéressera aux formes et aux mouvements des blocs découpés par ces fractures. Après avoir établi quelques modèles théoriques on tentera de les appliquer à l'étude des fracturations qui affectent d'une part un grand synclinal de la Chartreuse orientale et d'autre part un vaste plateau du Vercors sud oriental. Cette étude comportera deux étapes ; on recensera d' abord les fractures majeures puis, des mesures de terrain nous permettrons d'apprécier la fracturation plus fine de ces massifs. Ces derniers sont caractérisés par une tectonique simple: des plis à grand rayon de courbure, tronçonnés par des décrochements qui les prennent en écharpe . Le traitement des données ainsi acquises sera fait par filtrage optique pour l'interprétation photogéologique et par un programme original de traitement statistique pour les mesures de terrain permettant de reconnaitre automatiquement la forme des blocs découpés par les fractures. Puis en schématisant et en interprétant les résultats ainsi obtenus on essayera de conclure par un historique de l'évolution des déformations dans la région en tentant de reconstituer le rôle qu'a pu jouer le socle dans la tectonique de cette région. On devra pour cela se placer dans un cadre plus large que celui des massifs subalpins externes.