Micromorphology for Characterization of Depositional Processes in a Paleovalley Head in Pinhão Plateau/Guarapuava - Paraná
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https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2021v30n1p405Keywords:
Colluvium, Co-alluvium, Micromorphology, Sheet wash, Mud stream.Abstract
In this study, we made use of micromorphological characterization in order to understand the processes of filling of a paleovalley head (paleo-valley floor of zero order) at the Pinhão Surface / Guarapuava. Based on macroscopic characterization, four sedimentary sequences that fill the paleovalley head were recognized: buried paleosol with cumulative top, lower colluvial-alluvial sequence (co-alluvial), intermediate colluvial sequence and superior colluvial sequence. We collected undisturbed samples for the micro-morphological analysis, which counted on nomenclature and descriptive criteria by Stoops. As a result, we identified the constituents related distribution (CRD) of the integrated type (enauli-porphoric and porphyrous-enaulic), points to different streams in the sedimentation process. Enaulic CRD presents granular aggregates and, in micro-aggregates, it indicates sheet wash. Phorphoric CRD, in its turn, exhibits a massive microstructure, pointing to dense stream, possibly mud streams. The materials that compose the colluvial-alluvial sequence (co-alluvial), intermediate colluvial sequence and the upper buried paleosol come from the process of sheet wash. From the superior colluvial sequence, the process of mud stream was predominant, and it led to the filling of the paleovalley head with the superior colluvial sequence.References
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CHURCHMAN, G. Jock. The key role of micromorphology instudies of the genesis of clay mineral sand their association sin soil sand its relevance to advances in the philosophy of soil science. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, v.22, p.376-390, 2013.
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HAO, Haoxin et al. Water erosion processes and dynamic changes of sediment size distribution under the combined effects of rainfall and Overland flow. Catena, Amsterdam, NL, v. 173. p. 494-504, 2019.
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LIMA, Flavia Jorge de et al. Micromorfologia de colúvios em sequencias pedoestratigráfica e litoestratigráfica: o caso das Superfícies de Palmas/Água doce (Sul) e Planalto Sedimentar do Araripe (Nordeste do Brasil). Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia, São Paulo, SP, v. 18, n. 2, p. 329-348, 2017.
LOWE, Donald R. Water escapes structures in coarse-grained sediments. Sedimentology, Oxford, GB, v. 22, p. 157-204, 1975.
MARCELINO, Vera; STOOPS, Georges; SCHAEFER, Carlos E. G. R. Oxic and related materials. In: STOOPS, Georges; MARCELINO, Vera; MEES, Florias (orgs.). Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. p. 305–327.
MINEROPAR – Minerais do Paraná. O Grupo Serra Geral no Estado do Paraná. Curitiba, PR, 2013. 2v.
MÜCHER, Herman J.; MOROZOVA, Tatiana Dmitrievna. The application of soil micromorphology in quaternary geology and geomorphology. In: BULLOCK, Paul; MURPHY, Christopher P. (eds.). Soil micromorphology. Berkhamsted, UK: A B Academic Publishers, 1983. p. 151-194. v. 1: Techniques and Applications.
PAISANI, Julio César et al. Evolução de paleocabeceira de drenagem do Rio Chopinzinho (Sul do Brasil) durante o Quaternário Superior. Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia, São Paulo, SP, v. 17, n. 1, p. 43-59, 2016.
PAISANI, Julio César et al.Paleoenvironmental dynamics oflow-order paleovalleys in the Late Quaternary – Palmas/Caçador Summit Surface – Southern Brazil. Catena, Amsterdam, NL, v. 182, p. 104-171, 2019b.
PAISANI, Julio César; PONTELLI, Marga E. Propriedades micromorfológicas de colúvios em encosta no médio vale do Rio Marrecas (Sudoeste do Estado do Paraná) - bases para distinção de formações superficiais alóctones e autóctones em substrato basáltico. Pesquisas em Geociências, Porto Alegre, RS, v. 39, n. 1, p. 53-62, 2012.
PAISANI, Julio César et al. Pedogeochemistry and micromorphology of oxisols - a basis for understanding etchplanation in the Araucarias Plateau (Southern Brazil) in the Late Quaternary. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Oxford, GB, v. 48, p.1-12, 2013.
PAISANI, Julio César et al. Subtropical Araucaria Plateaus. In: SALGADO, André Augusto Rodrigues; SANTOS, Leonardo José Cordeiro; PAISANI, Julio César (orgs.). The physical geography of Brazil: environment, vegetation and landscape. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2019a. p. 21-40.
PAISANI, Julio César et al. Paleosols in low-order stream sand valley heads in the Araucaria Plateau - record of continental environmental conditions in southern Brazil attheendof MIS 3. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Oxford, GB, v. 54, p. 57-70, 2014.
SCHAETZL, Randall J.; ANDERSON, Sharon. Soils: genesis and geomorphology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
SELBY, Michael John. Earth's changing surface: an introduction to geomorphology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
STOOPS, Georges. Guidelines for analysis and description of soil and regolith thin sections. Madison, Wisconsin: Soil Science Society of America, 2003.
STOOPS, Georges; MARCELINO, Vera; MEES, Florias. Micromorphological features and their relation to processes and classification: general guidelines and keys. In: STOOPS, Georges; MARCELINO, Vera; MEES, Florias (orgs.). Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. p. 15-35.
THOMAS, Michael F. Geomorphology in the tropics: a study of weathering and denudation in low latitudes. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
THOMAZ, Edivaldo Lopez; VESTENA, Leandro R. Aspectos climáticos de Guarapuava-PR. Guarapuava: UNICENTRO, 2003.
WANG, Jun-Guang et al. Effects of stability, transport flow. Soil and Tillage Research, Amsterdam, NL, v. 126, p. 134-142, 2013.
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Gazola, K. de C., Paisani, J. C., & Biffi, V. H. R. (2020). Micromorphology for Characterization of Depositional Processes in a Paleovalley Head in Pinhão Plateau/Guarapuava - Paraná. GEOGRAFIA (Londrina), 30(1), 405–420. https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2021v30n1p405
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