La question sera d’évaluer si l’érosion glaciaire dans les Pyrénées est suffisante pour expliquer au moins une proportion de la surrection du volume montagneux, et donc dans quelle mesure les moteurs tectoniques demeurent incontournables. Le terrain proposé est un transect E–W, portant sur : un échantillon de cirques granitiques (prélèvement de roche-mère, lithologie homogène) déglacés (Bassiès) ou partiellement englacés (Aneto) ; et un échantillon de bassins versants (prélèvement de sédiments dans le lit du collecteur principal aux exutoires). Les méthodes utilisées seront les isotopes 10Be et 26Al produits in situ (Dunai, 2010) outils servant à quantifier les vitesses d’érosion d’un substratum rocheux ou d’un sol en fonction de leur durée d’exposition au bombardement cosmique provenant de la voûte céleste. Il s’agira ainsi (i) de détecter l'existence d'héritages d'exposition, synonymes de très faible tranche érodée lors du dernier cycle glaciaire (Fabel et al., 2002, 2004) — héritages inconnus jusqu’ici dans les Alpes (Ivy Ochs et al., 2007) mais déjà repérés dans l'est des Pyrénées (Delmas et al., 2008, 2011) ; et (ii) de comparer les taux moyens de dénudation post-glaciaire de bassins versants sélectionnés en fonction de leur passé (glaciaire ou non), de l’ambiance climatique post-glaciaire (influences atlantiques ou méditerranéennes), et enfin, sur chaque site-atelier ainsi défini, de leur taille (échantillonnages compartimentés sur des BV emboîtés de rang 1, 2, et 3 ; v. méthode in Godard et al., 2012). Une approche complémentaire consistera à quantifier systématiquement, dans les quelques cirques témoins, les volumes érodés par cubage des matériaux morainiques tardiglaciaires ou holocènes, mais aussi des éventuels glaciers rocheux et des éboulis. Ces bilans de masse impliqueront éventuellement aussi un effort de datation de ces formations, dont la chronologie (en particulier les glaciations holocènes) est encore très mal connue dans les Pyrénées. / The Pyrenees form a mid-latitude, intermediate altitude mountain range displaying weak tectonic activity and a westward gradient of increasing topographic inheritance from the work of Pleistocene glaciers. This thesis aims to characterize and to quantify the influence of the glacial and non-glacial erosive processes on the most elevated areas of the mountain range, during the last climatic cycle (~100 ka), according to an E-W transect from the Carlit to the Maladeta, via the Ariège. The Holocene tills volumes (Maladeta) were quantified from DEM- and GIS-derived measurements, while the lowering of the glaciated and unglaciated surfaces was determined from cosmogenic nuclides (CN). Denudation was measured through TCN concentrations in alluvial sediment in elevated catchments. Würmian denudation on supraglacial ridges (10–25 mm/ka) was slower than on cirque floors (30–40 mm/ka), thereby resulting in an increase in topographic relief. Denudation of the cirques floor increases during post-Würm spatially limited glaciations (20-400 mm/ka). Small Holocene glaciers erosion in the Maladeta is 180-700 mm/ka even > 1 m/ka. These rates are noteworthy higher than bedrock and regolith plateau weathering (2.60 mm/ka and 20-40 mm/ka, respectively). Postglacial catchments denudation (25-450 mm/ka) linearly increases with mean slope (r = 0.83) and then with the Pleistocene glacial inheritance of the landscape. Results confirm the atonic tectonic activity of the Pyrenees and show the influence of the glaciers and fragile meta-sedimentary lithologies on the Holocene denudation.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:31:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wagner_de_Aguiar.pdf: 11388693 bytes, checksum: 2d568f29c8d953e3f9cb683f0a508900 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-27 / The object of this paper is to estimate the mechanical denudation rates for the river basin Quatorze in the sectors of the upper valley and the mouth of the river. The basin is located in the municipality of Francisco Beltrão, in Paraná, draining the left bank of the middle valley of the river basin Marrecas. Monitoring the field began in august 2011, rising daily data of rainfall, flow and concentration of suspended solids in the sections of the channels drained the upper valley and the mouth of the river, to obtain the discharges suspended solids. Carrying out further surveys in ten soil profiles distributed throughout the basin, allowing the identification of the main soil classes (Regolithic Entisols, Inceptisols, Oxisols and Nitossolos) and the measurement of laboratory parameters such as density and real, total porosity and fines content (silt and clay). In the monitored period was recorded daily rainfall, which occurred on august 19, 165 mm, resulting in large peak flows and discharge of suspended solids, contributing to the total rainfall for the month of august 2011, 343 mm, reached the highest monthly index for the month of august, the last 37 years, according to data provided by the Meteorological Station of Francisco Beltrão. Recognizing that the largest fraction pedological removed by the force of runoff is composed of mud (silt and clay), this parameter was quantified for soils of the basin, yielding an average of 91.87%. From the data of total suspended solid discharge (1,616.54 tons. in the upper valley and 5960.38 tons. at the mouth) and the average density (1.05 g.cm-³) of soil profiles were estimated denudation rates for the month of august 2011, 0.0419 mm in the sector of the basin drained by the upper valley and 0.0527 mm in the area drained by the mouth of the river. These results were extrapolated to annual estimates, based on the monitored period of rainfall and monthly average of the years 1974 to 2010. The standard deviations of the average monthly rainfall, for those years, enabled the establishment of maximum and minimum estimates for the annual rates of denudation. The sector of the upper valley had average estimate of 0.2458 mm.yr-¹ can vary over a range of 0.1069 mm.yr-¹ to 0.3848 mm.yr-¹, while the sector had the mouth of the river estimated annual average higher, 0.3092 mm.yr-¹ may, however, vary in a range of 0.1344 mm.yr-¹ to 0.4840 mm.yr-¹. / O objeto de estudo deste trabalho é estimar as taxas de denudação mecânica para a bacia hidrográfica do rio Quatorze, nos setores do Alto Vale e da Foz do rio. A bacia está localizada no município de Francisco Beltrão, no Sudoeste do Paraná, drenando a margem esquerda do médio vale da bacia do rio Marrecas. O monitoramento a campo iniciou-se no mês de agosto de 2011, levantando-se dados diários de pluviosidade, de vazão e de concentração de sólidos em suspensão, nas seções dos canais drenados pelo Alto Vale e pela Foz do rio, para a obtenção das descargas sólidas em suspensão. Realizando-se na sequência levantamentos de solos em dez perfis distribuídos pela bacia, possibilitando a identificação das principais classes de solo (Neossolos regolítico, Cambissolos, Nitossolos e Latossolos) e a quantificação laboratorial dos parâmetros como densidade aparente e real, porosidade total e teor de finos (silte e argila). No período monitorado foi registrada pluviosidade diária, ocorrida no dia 19 de agosto, de 165 mm, provocando grandes picos de vazão e descarga de sólidos em suspensão, contribuindo para que a pluviosidade total do mês de agosto de 2011, 343 mm, atingisse o maior índice mensal, para os meses de agosto, dos últimos 37 anos, de acordo com dados fornecidos pela Estação Meteorológica de Francisco Beltrão. Reconhecendo-se que a maior fração pedológica removida pela força do escoamento superficial é composta pela lama (silte e argila), quantificou-se este parâmetro para os solos da bacia, obtendo-se um valor médio de 91,87%. A partir dos dados de descarga sólida em suspensão total (1.616,54 ton. no Alto Vale e 5.960,38 ton. na Foz) e da densidade aparente média (1,05 g.cm-³) dos perfis de solo, foram estimadas as taxas de denudação, para o mês de agosto de 2011, em 0,0419 mm no setor da bacia drenado pelo Alto Vale e 0,0527 mm no setor drenado pela Foz do rio. Resultados estes extrapolados para estimativas anuais, tendo como base as pluviosidades do período monitorado e das médias mensais dos anos de 1974 a 2010. Os desvios padrões das pluviosidades médias mensais, dos referidos anos, possibilitaram o estabelecimento de estimativas máximas e mínimas para as taxas de denudação anual. O setor do Alto Vale apresentou estimativa média de 0,2458 mm.ano-¹ podendo variar em uma faixa de 0,1069 mm.ano-¹ a 0,3848 mm.ano-¹, enquanto que o setor da Foz do rio apresentou estimativa média anual, mais elevada, de 0,3092 mm.ano-¹, podendo, no entanto, variar em uma faixa de 0,1344 mm.ano-¹ a 0,4840 mm.ano-¹.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-12T14:42:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wagner_de_Aguiar.pdf: 11388693 bytes, checksum: 2d568f29c8d953e3f9cb683f0a508900 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-27 / The object of this paper is to estimate the mechanical denudation rates for the river basin Quatorze in the sectors of the upper valley and the mouth of the river. The basin is located in the municipality of Francisco Beltrão, in Paraná, draining the left bank of the middle valley of the river basin Marrecas. Monitoring the field began in august 2011, rising daily data of rainfall, flow and concentration of suspended solids in the sections of the channels drained the upper valley and the mouth of the river, to obtain the discharges suspended solids. Carrying out further surveys in ten soil profiles distributed throughout the basin, allowing the identification of the main soil classes (Regolithic Entisols, Inceptisols, Oxisols and Nitossolos) and the measurement of laboratory parameters such as density and real, total porosity and fines content (silt and clay). In the monitored period was recorded daily rainfall, which occurred on august 19, 165 mm, resulting in large peak flows and discharge of suspended solids, contributing to the total rainfall for the month of august 2011, 343 mm, reached the highest monthly index for the month of august, the last 37 years, according to data provided by the Meteorological Station of Francisco Beltrão. Recognizing that the largest fraction pedological removed by the force of runoff is composed of mud (silt and clay), this parameter was quantified for soils of the basin, yielding an average of 91.87%. From the data of total suspended solid discharge (1,616.54 tons. in the upper valley and 5960.38 tons. at the mouth) and the average density (1.05 g.cm-³) of soil profiles were estimated denudation rates for the month of august 2011, 0.0419 mm in the sector of the basin drained by the upper valley and 0.0527 mm in the area drained by the mouth of the river. These results were extrapolated to annual estimates, based on the monitored period of rainfall and monthly average of the years 1974 to 2010. The standard deviations of the average monthly rainfall, for those years, enabled the establishment of maximum and minimum estimates for the annual rates of denudation. The sector of the upper valley had average estimate of 0.2458 mm.yr-¹ can vary over a range of 0.1069 mm.yr-¹ to 0.3848 mm.yr-¹, while the sector had the mouth of the river estimated annual average higher, 0.3092 mm.yr-¹ may, however, vary in a range of 0.1344 mm.yr-¹ to 0.4840 mm.yr-¹. / O objeto de estudo deste trabalho é estimar as taxas de denudação mecânica para a bacia hidrográfica do rio Quatorze, nos setores do Alto Vale e da Foz do rio. A bacia está localizada no município de Francisco Beltrão, no Sudoeste do Paraná, drenando a margem esquerda do médio vale da bacia do rio Marrecas. O monitoramento a campo iniciou-se no mês de agosto de 2011, levantando-se dados diários de pluviosidade, de vazão e de concentração de sólidos em suspensão, nas seções dos canais drenados pelo Alto Vale e pela Foz do rio, para a obtenção das descargas sólidas em suspensão. Realizando-se na sequência levantamentos de solos em dez perfis distribuídos pela bacia, possibilitando a identificação das principais classes de solo (Neossolos regolítico, Cambissolos, Nitossolos e Latossolos) e a quantificação laboratorial dos parâmetros como densidade aparente e real, porosidade total e teor de finos (silte e argila). No período monitorado foi registrada pluviosidade diária, ocorrida no dia 19 de agosto, de 165 mm, provocando grandes picos de vazão e descarga de sólidos em suspensão, contribuindo para que a pluviosidade total do mês de agosto de 2011, 343 mm, atingisse o maior índice mensal, para os meses de agosto, dos últimos 37 anos, de acordo com dados fornecidos pela Estação Meteorológica de Francisco Beltrão. Reconhecendo-se que a maior fração pedológica removida pela força do escoamento superficial é composta pela lama (silte e argila), quantificou-se este parâmetro para os solos da bacia, obtendo-se um valor médio de 91,87%. A partir dos dados de descarga sólida em suspensão total (1.616,54 ton. no Alto Vale e 5.960,38 ton. na Foz) e da densidade aparente média (1,05 g.cm-³) dos perfis de solo, foram estimadas as taxas de denudação, para o mês de agosto de 2011, em 0,0419 mm no setor da bacia drenado pelo Alto Vale e 0,0527 mm no setor drenado pela Foz do rio. Resultados estes extrapolados para estimativas anuais, tendo como base as pluviosidades do período monitorado e das médias mensais dos anos de 1974 a 2010. Os desvios padrões das pluviosidades médias mensais, dos referidos anos, possibilitaram o estabelecimento de estimativas máximas e mínimas para as taxas de denudação anual. O setor do Alto Vale apresentou estimativa média de 0,2458 mm.ano-¹ podendo variar em uma faixa de 0,1069 mm.ano-¹ a 0,3848 mm.ano-¹, enquanto que o setor da Foz do rio apresentou estimativa média anual, mais elevada, de 0,3092 mm.ano-¹, podendo, no entanto, variar em uma faixa de 0,1344 mm.ano-¹ a 0,4840 mm.ano-¹.

A evolução da margem continental do sudeste do Brasil tem sido discutida por diversos autores desde meados do século passado até os dias atuais, especialmente no contexto da origem e evolução dos escarpamentos e das bacias tafrogênicas. Buscou-se contribuir com novos dados sobre a evolução da área a partir da aplicação da termocronologia de baixa temperatura (U-Th)/He em apatita, que oferece uma sensibilidade significativa para registrar movimentações tectônicas na crosta superior. Foi possível obter idades em 107 cristais de apatita de 18 amostras do embasamento coletadas no perfil com orientação NW-SE, numa seção entre a Serra da Mantiqueira e o Gráben da Guanabara. As idades corrigidas variam entre 250,1 8,7 Ma e 43,5 1,9 Ma (2 σ) e as não corrigidas entre 174,13 3,03 Ma e 27,07 0,60 Ma (1 σ). O Neocretáceo, o Eocretáceo e o Paleoceno são os principais registros no conjunto de dados, em ordem de importância. No Neocretáceo, o intervalo entre 83,6 e 72,1 Ma (Campaniano) representa o maior destaque nos registros termocronológicos, embora os outros registros (Maastrichtiano e Santoniano) também estejam presentes e sejam importantes. As idades do Neocretáceo destacam a importância dos eventos tectonomagmáticos e soerguimento regional na história térmica dessa área, inclusive com idades (~86 Ma) atribuídas ao contexto de soerguimento da Serra do Mar. As idades do Eocretáceo indicam o registro de eventos térmicos mais antigos, vinculados à evolução pré-rifte. Já os dados do Paleoceno estariam associados ao evento de reativação responsável pela implantação do sistema de riftes continentais (~65 Ma) e as idades do Eoceno, restritas à borda de falha da bacia de Resende (49,7 Ma e 43,5 Ma), à reativação do sistema de riftes nessa área. A dispersão de idades foi interpretada como efeito dos danos de radiação já que muitos grãos apresentam correlação entre idade e concentração de urânio (eU). Os padrões de tempo-temperatura (t-T), definidos a partir dos modelos HeFTy calibrados para o modelo de difusão que considera os efeitos de danos de radiação nos cristais, registraram eventos de resfriamento rápido, os quais mostram correlação direta com episódios de reativação e soerguimento na margem continental e com registros nas bacias continentais e marginais. O padrão de aumento das idades com a elevação, assim como da costa em direção ao interior é observado, mas mostra-se alterado pela ocorrência de idades mais jovens associadas à complexa evolução dessa margem continental com desnivelamentos de blocos vinculados à tectônica pós-rift, numa situação que ressalta a influência dos episódios de reativação. As estimativas de denudação total variam entre 1,2 e 2,8 km. As taxas de erosão variam entre 15,2 e 35,3 m/Ma. A evolução da área indica não apenas a influência de um evento específico mas, possivelmente, uma combinação de episódios que se alternaram e/ou atuaram em conjunto em determinados períodos. Os eventos de reativação mais antigos, combinados com os mais recentes, exibem os seus remanescentes na paisagem (serras da Mantiqueira e do Mar e os grábens e bacias sedimentares) e assumem papel fundamental na evolução da área. Os registros de tais episódios podem ser observados nas histórias térmicas das rochas e nos depósitos correlativos nas bacias sedimentares marginais e intracontinentais. / This doctoral dissertation involves low-temperature thermochronologic investigations to constrain the Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic reactivation of the continental margin of southeast Brazil. The study area is located in a segment of the Neoproterozoic Ribeira belt in southeastern Brazil, which occupied a central position in Western Gondwana. Lately, during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, fault zones related to the development of the continental rifts in southeast Brazil reactivated. Using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology (AHe), we have presented the results of analysis on 107 apatite crystals of basement samples collected from a NWSE transect in the Mantiqueira Mountains to the Guanabara Graben, as well as from the NESE transverse faults. The data range from 27.07 0.60 Ma to 174.13 3.03 Ma (1 σ) for uncorrected ages, and from 43.5 1.9 Ma to 250.1 8.7 Ma (2 σ) for corrected ages. The Neo-Cretaceous, Eo-Cretaceous, and Paleocene are the main recorded AHe ages, in order of importance. The Eo-Cretaceous ages indicate the occurrence of older thermal events related to a pre-rifting phase (~121 Ma). The Neo-Cretaceous ages signify the importance of tectonic and magmatic events, and regional uplifting for the thermal history of the study area, including ages related to the Serra do Mar Mountains uplift (~86 Ma). Paleocene ages seem to be related to the reactivation (~65 Ma), which was responsible for the continental rifts in the southeastern Brazil. Finally, the Eocene ages (49.7 Ma and 43.5 Ma), which are from samples restricted to the Resende Basin border faults, indicate a continental rift reactivation. We investigated the age dispersion data, which were interpreted as an effect of radiation damage. Several samples show correlations between apatite (U-Th)/He age and effective U concentration (eU). We have applied HeFTy thermal modeling to obtain timetemperature (t T) paths using a radiation damage diffusion model. Inverse modeling of (U-Th)/He age data suggests rapid cooling episodes for all samples. The main thermal events recorded by the HeFTy models show a direct correlation with the timing of regional tectonic events: reactivation phases, continental margin uplift, and the sedimentary record. Apatite (U-Th)/He ages increase with distance from the coast and with elevation. However, these patterns are discontinued by samples of younger ages as a result of the reactivation process of pre-existing structures in the Brazilian continental margin. The total estimated denudation range from 1.2 to 2.8 km. The erosion rates range from 15.2 to 35.3 m/My. Thus, the multi-episodic thermal events, which led to the formation of important regional tectonic and geomorphological features (Mantiqueira Mountains, Serra do Mar Mountains, grabens, and sedimentary basins), seem to play a fundamental role in the evolution of the Brazilian continental margin. The records can be found in the thermal history of rocks and its correlated deposits in the continental margin.

A evolução da margem continental do sudeste do Brasil tem sido discutida por diversos autores desde meados do século passado até os dias atuais, especialmente no contexto da origem e evolução dos escarpamentos e das bacias tafrogênicas. Buscou-se contribuir com novos dados sobre a evolução da área a partir da aplicação da termocronologia de baixa temperatura (U-Th)/He em apatita, que oferece uma sensibilidade significativa para registrar movimentações tectônicas na crosta superior. Foi possível obter idades em 107 cristais de apatita de 18 amostras do embasamento coletadas no perfil com orientação NW-SE, numa seção entre a Serra da Mantiqueira e o Gráben da Guanabara. As idades corrigidas variam entre 250,1 8,7 Ma e 43,5 1,9 Ma (2 σ) e as não corrigidas entre 174,13 3,03 Ma e 27,07 0,60 Ma (1 σ). O Neocretáceo, o Eocretáceo e o Paleoceno são os principais registros no conjunto de dados, em ordem de importância. No Neocretáceo, o intervalo entre 83,6 e 72,1 Ma (Campaniano) representa o maior destaque nos registros termocronológicos, embora os outros registros (Maastrichtiano e Santoniano) também estejam presentes e sejam importantes. As idades do Neocretáceo destacam a importância dos eventos tectonomagmáticos e soerguimento regional na história térmica dessa área, inclusive com idades (~86 Ma) atribuídas ao contexto de soerguimento da Serra do Mar. As idades do Eocretáceo indicam o registro de eventos térmicos mais antigos, vinculados à evolução pré-rifte. Já os dados do Paleoceno estariam associados ao evento de reativação responsável pela implantação do sistema de riftes continentais (~65 Ma) e as idades do Eoceno, restritas à borda de falha da bacia de Resende (49,7 Ma e 43,5 Ma), à reativação do sistema de riftes nessa área. A dispersão de idades foi interpretada como efeito dos danos de radiação já que muitos grãos apresentam correlação entre idade e concentração de urânio (eU). Os padrões de tempo-temperatura (t-T), definidos a partir dos modelos HeFTy calibrados para o modelo de difusão que considera os efeitos de danos de radiação nos cristais, registraram eventos de resfriamento rápido, os quais mostram correlação direta com episódios de reativação e soerguimento na margem continental e com registros nas bacias continentais e marginais. O padrão de aumento das idades com a elevação, assim como da costa em direção ao interior é observado, mas mostra-se alterado pela ocorrência de idades mais jovens associadas à complexa evolução dessa margem continental com desnivelamentos de blocos vinculados à tectônica pós-rift, numa situação que ressalta a influência dos episódios de reativação. As estimativas de denudação total variam entre 1,2 e 2,8 km. As taxas de erosão variam entre 15,2 e 35,3 m/Ma. A evolução da área indica não apenas a influência de um evento específico mas, possivelmente, uma combinação de episódios que se alternaram e/ou atuaram em conjunto em determinados períodos. Os eventos de reativação mais antigos, combinados com os mais recentes, exibem os seus remanescentes na paisagem (serras da Mantiqueira e do Mar e os grábens e bacias sedimentares) e assumem papel fundamental na evolução da área. Os registros de tais episódios podem ser observados nas histórias térmicas das rochas e nos depósitos correlativos nas bacias sedimentares marginais e intracontinentais. / This doctoral dissertation involves low-temperature thermochronologic investigations to constrain the Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic reactivation of the continental margin of southeast Brazil. The study area is located in a segment of the Neoproterozoic Ribeira belt in southeastern Brazil, which occupied a central position in Western Gondwana. Lately, during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, fault zones related to the development of the continental rifts in southeast Brazil reactivated. Using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology (AHe), we have presented the results of analysis on 107 apatite crystals of basement samples collected from a NWSE transect in the Mantiqueira Mountains to the Guanabara Graben, as well as from the NESE transverse faults. The data range from 27.07 0.60 Ma to 174.13 3.03 Ma (1 σ) for uncorrected ages, and from 43.5 1.9 Ma to 250.1 8.7 Ma (2 σ) for corrected ages. The Neo-Cretaceous, Eo-Cretaceous, and Paleocene are the main recorded AHe ages, in order of importance. The Eo-Cretaceous ages indicate the occurrence of older thermal events related to a pre-rifting phase (~121 Ma). The Neo-Cretaceous ages signify the importance of tectonic and magmatic events, and regional uplifting for the thermal history of the study area, including ages related to the Serra do Mar Mountains uplift (~86 Ma). Paleocene ages seem to be related to the reactivation (~65 Ma), which was responsible for the continental rifts in the southeastern Brazil. Finally, the Eocene ages (49.7 Ma and 43.5 Ma), which are from samples restricted to the Resende Basin border faults, indicate a continental rift reactivation. We investigated the age dispersion data, which were interpreted as an effect of radiation damage. Several samples show correlations between apatite (U-Th)/He age and effective U concentration (eU). We have applied HeFTy thermal modeling to obtain timetemperature (t T) paths using a radiation damage diffusion model. Inverse modeling of (U-Th)/He age data suggests rapid cooling episodes for all samples. The main thermal events recorded by the HeFTy models show a direct correlation with the timing of regional tectonic events: reactivation phases, continental margin uplift, and the sedimentary record. Apatite (U-Th)/He ages increase with distance from the coast and with elevation. However, these patterns are discontinued by samples of younger ages as a result of the reactivation process of pre-existing structures in the Brazilian continental margin. The total estimated denudation range from 1.2 to 2.8 km. The erosion rates range from 15.2 to 35.3 m/My. Thus, the multi-episodic thermal events, which led to the formation of important regional tectonic and geomorphological features (Mantiqueira Mountains, Serra do Mar Mountains, grabens, and sedimentary basins), seem to play a fundamental role in the evolution of the Brazilian continental margin. The records can be found in the thermal history of rocks and its correlated deposits in the continental margin.

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Ce manuscrit concerne l'analyse tectonique et géomorphologique du système de failles de Longriba (LFS), localisé à l'Est du plateau tibétain à environ 200 km au Nord-ouest de la chaîne des Longmen Shan. Le LFS est constitué de deux zones de failles décrochantes dextres, parallèles et d'orientation N55°E : la faille de Longriqu, au Nord, et la faille de Maoergai, au Sud. Le rôle géodynamique de ce système est primordial puisqu'il accommode 5 ± 1 mm/an de la composante décrochante induite par la convergence oblique du bloc Aba, elle-même liée à la collision Inde-Asie. De plus, le LFS partitionne la déformation de la marge Est tibétaine; les structures des Longmen Shan étant essentiellement chevauchantes. Cependant l'histoire long-terme du LFS est mal contrainte. L'objectif de cette thèse est donc d'apporter des informations spatio-temporelles sur l'activité du système à l'échelle du Cénozoïque. Pour cela trois études ont été réalisées. La première a permis de mieux contraindre le comportement sismogénique des deux zones de failles à l'aide d'images satellites de basse (90m) et très haute résolution (50cm). L'analyse des déplacements cumulés le long de la faille de Maoergai a permis de proposer que celle-ci était active vers ~15Ma. La seconde étude a mis en évidence un contrôle du système sur la répartition des taux de dénudation au travers de la marge Est tibétaine à l'échelle de l'Holocène. Enfin, les données de thermochronologie basse température suggèrent que la faille de Maoergai a accommodé un mouvement vertical vers ~10Ma. Ce mouvement est probablement lié au rebond isostatique de la marge, découplé du mouvement décrochant qu'elle accommode à la même période. / This manuscript concerns the tectonic and geomorphic analysis of the Longriba fault system (LFS), located in the eastern Tibetan plateau at about 200 km north-west of the Longmen Shan. The LFS consists of two dextral strike-slip fault zones, parallel and N55 °-trending: the Longriqu fault to the north and the Maoergai fault the south. The geodynamic role of the system is essential as accommodates 5 ± 1 mm / year of the slip component induced by the oblique convergence of the Aba block, itself linked to the India-Asia collision. In addition, the LFS partitions the deformation of the east Tibetan margin; the structures of the Longmen Shan are mainly thrust faults. However the long-term history of LFS is poorly constrained. The objective of this thesis is to bring spatial and temporal information on system activity throughout the Cenozoic. To do so, three studies were performed. The first led to better constrain the seismogenic behavior of the two fault zones with low resolution (90m) and very high resolution satellite images (50cm). The analysis of cumulative displacements along the Maoergai fault allowed to propose that it was active at ~ 15 Ma. The second study showed that the system controls the distribution of the denudation rates over the EastTibetan margin throughout the Holocene. Finally, the low-temperature thermochronology data suggest that, in particular, the Maoergai fault has accommodated a vertical movement at ~ 10 Ma. This movement is probably related to the isostatic rebound of the margin, decoupled from the strike-slip movement it accommodates at the same period.

L’Escarpement des Ghâts Occidentaux borde la marge passive Ouest de l’Inde péninsulaire et sépare le bas-pays de la plaine côtière des hauts-plateaux à l’Est comme celui des trapps du Deccan vieux de 63 Ma et celui des roches précambriennes. Il a été suggéré une mise en place de cet escarpement par érosion d’un épaulement de rift élevé, et des mesures thermochronologiques ont estimé une forte dénudation dans la plaine côtière autour de ~ 50 Ma.Nous apportons des contraintes temporelles complémentaires quant à l’évolution de cette marge passive, par datation 40Ar-39Ar d’oxydes de manganèse potassiques (cryptomélane) extraits de formations latéritiques, reliques des paléosurfaces d’altération, sur le plateau et dans la plaine côtière. Trois principales paléosurfaces ont été identifiées, échantillonnées puis datées sur le plateau à différentes altitudes, ainsi qu’une quatrième dans la plaine côtière. Des latérites datées à 47 Ma dans la plaine côtière impliquent que l’escarpement existait déjà à l’Eocène moyen alors qu’une intense altération bauxitique affectait les deux côtés de l’escarpement. Nos résultats indiquent également des taux d’érosion faibles (~ 4 m.Ma-1) au pied de l’escarpement depuis 47 Ma, et un taux d’incision aussi faible (~ 5 m.Ma-1) depuis 19 Ma. Sur le plateau, l’érosion est plus importante mais inférieure à 15 m.Ma-1 depuis 45 Ma, et l’incision est inférieure à 6 m.Ma-1 depuis 23 Ma. Nos résultats indiquent de surcroit un diachronisme longitudinal des érosions et altérations de part et d’autre de l’escarpement depuis sa formation, et suggèrent la mise en place d’un gradient climatique fort entre l’Ouest et l’Est dès l’optimum climatique Eocène. / The western continental passive margin of Peninsular India is marked by the Western Ghats escarpment, which separates the coastal lowland from the highland plateaus and is carved both into the 63-Ma old Deccan Trapps and their Archean basement. Previous studies suggested establishment of the escarpment by erosion across an elevated rift shoulder, and thermochronologic models predicted strong denudation in the coastal lowland by ~ 50 Ma.We provided complementary time constraints on the evolution of the passive margin by 40Ar-39Ar dating of supergene K-Mn oxides (cryptomelane) sampled in lateritic formations exposed on paleosurfaces, which are preserved as relicts on the highland plateau and in the coastal lowland on both sides of the escarpment. Three main lateritic paleosurfaces were identified, sampled and dated in the highland at different altitude ranges, and one in the lowland.Preservation of laterites as old as 47 Ma in the coastal lowland implies that the escarpment already existed in the Mid-Eocene while intense bauxitic weathering was taking place on both sides of the escarpment. Our results indicate limited erosion (~ 4 m.Ma-1) at the foot of the escarpment since 47 Ma, and low incision rate of the lowland (~ 5 m.Ma-1) since 19 Ma. Ages obtained on the highland indicate further Neogene erosion but at less than 15 m.Ma-1 since 45 Ma, and incision lower than 6 m.Ma-1 since 23 Ma. Our results further document post-Eocene divergent erosion and weathering histories across the escarpment since it was formed, suggesting installation of a dual climatic regime on either sides of this escarpment after the Eocene peak greenhouse.

Geomorphic features have been one of the major tools for sea-level change studies. The present work shows an example of sea-level change study on karst terrain in the tropics. Sea-level notches as well as flank margin caves were identified in the research area and their elevation measured. The time of formation of the sea-level indicators was constrained by lithology study and dating methods such as facies comparison and U-Th dating. Denudation and uplift were also studied for the same purpose. From this study it can be concluded that sea-level stands within the glacial cycle can cause the formation of flank margin caves and that the position of these sea-level stands can be determined. The research area was estimated to have cumulatively uplifted ~22 m in the past 125 ka years (~0.18 mm/yr) while the surface has been denuded some 8 m in the same span of time (~0.064 mm/yr).

Controls on denudation in the eastern Bolivian Andes are evaluated by synthesis of new and existing denudation estimates from basin-morphometry, stream - powered fluvial incision, landslide mapping, sediment flux, erosion surfaces, thermochronology, foreland basin sediment volumes, and structural restorations. Centered at 17.5 °S, the northeastern Bolivian Andes exhibit high relief, a wet climate, and a narrow fold- thrust belt. In contrast, the southeastern Bolivian Andes have low relief, a semi-arid climate, and a wide fold-thrust belt. Basin -morphometry indicates a northward increase in relief and relative denudation. Stream-power along river profiles shows greater average incision rates in the north by a factor of 2 to 4. In the south, profile knickpoints with high incision rates are controlled by fold-thrust belt structures such as the surface expressions of basement megathrusts, faults, folds, and lithologic boundaries. Landslide and sediment-flux data are controlled by climate, elevation, basin morphology, and size and show a similar trend; short -term denudation-rate averages are greater in the north (1- 9 mm/yr) than the south (0.3-0.4 mm/yr). Long-term denudation-rate estimates including fission track, basin fill, erosion surfaces, and structural restorations also exhibit greater values in the north (0.2-0.8 mm/yr) compared to the south (0.04-0.3 mm/yr). Controls on long-term denudation rates include relief, orographic and global atmospheric circulation patterns of precipitation, climate change, glaciation, and fold-thrust belt geometry and kinematics. The denudation synthesis supports two conclusions: 1) denudation rates have increased towards the present 2) an along-strike disparity in denudation (greater in the north) has existed since at least the Miocene and has increased towards the present. Denudation rates and controls suggest that Bolivian mountain morphology is controlled by both its orientation at mid-latitude, and the feedbacks between uplift, kinematics, orographic effects on precipitation, glaciation, and the increased erosion that accompanies orogenesis.