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| Author(s): |
Josiane Millani Lopes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2011-01-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Pablo Vidal Torrado;
Lucia Helena Cunha dos Anjos;
Martha González Pérez
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| Advisor: | Pablo Vidal Torrado |
| Abstract | |
The evolution of the coastal plain of São Paulo State was influenced by transgressions and regressions events of the sea during the Quaternary and their characteristics result from the interaction of the dynamics of geologicalgeomorphological processes that acted continuously during these events. The soils of higher occurrence in this environment, generically called restinga, are Espodossolos, have characterized by the presence of spodic horizon (Bh or Bhm). Few scientific studies related to the genesis of these soils in tropical regions, as there are few detailed studies assessing the characteristics and chemical composition of organic matter (OM) present in these soils and their relations with the transcurrent time and conditions drainage. The municipalities of Cananéia and Bertioga were selected for this research due to the presence of different sedimentary units and the remaining vegetation. The characterization of humic acids (HA) extracted from different horizons of Espodossolos profiles with the use of spectroscopic techniques as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) of 13C spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Fluorescence, as well as the quantitative fractionation humic substance (HS) were conducted with the aim of achieving a greater detail of organic matter (OM) present in these soils and, thereafter, to relate the results with the stable carbon and the mean residence time (MRT) of OM. The main hypothesis tested was that the profiles with the OM with higher MRT would have the higher content of recalcitrant compounds and the drainage of the profiles could influence the concentrations and characteristics of these compounds. In this context, the main results related to the aims were: (a) regardless of the profile, the 13C NMR spectra of the HA showed a tendency to decrease the percentage of alkyl C and O-aliphatic and increased aromatic, carboxyl and carbonyl in depth; (b) older profiles showed the highest concentrations of the more recalcitrant compounds, especially in the subsurface horizons (Bh and Bhm), this inference may indicate that with the transcurrent time the OM tends to change in its composition and becomes more recalcitrant; (c) the drainage and the presence or absence of cemented horizon (Bhm) can somehow make a difference in the distribution of humic fractions along the profiles. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/06532-9 - Age influence on humic substances evolution of spodic horizons of coastal plan, São Paulo (SP) |
| Grantee: | Josiane Millani Lopes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |