THE SOIL AND HILLSLOPE RELATIONS ON THE GENESIS OF THE RED FERRIC NITISOL: THE CASE OF THE PINGUIM RIVER BASIN, IN MARINGÁ, PARANÁ, BRAZIL

• Grant number: 10/12996-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: José Pereira de Queiroz Neto
• Grantee: Marcelo Reis Nakashima
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present research aims to understand the genetic processes which imply in the different situations in which the ferric Nitisols. The intention is to investigate the reason why in some cases the nitic horizons are found directly upon C soil horizons, and in other cases, upon latosolic soil horizons. The research area is located in the municipality of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil, and the soils of the Pinguim river basin are set upon basalts of the Serra Geral Formation. In order to achieve this goal, the Pedologic Cover Structural Analysis methodology will be used in a comparative study that will attempt to isolate the factors that could result in such differentiations.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

NAKASHIMA, Marcelo Reis. Genesis of Red ferric Nitisols in the Miringuava Creek basin, in Maringá PR. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.