Química e mineralogia de solos vulcânicos das Ilhas Deception e Penguin, Antártica Marítima

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Resck, Bruno de Carvalho
• Orientador(a): Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud
• Banca de defesa: Rangel, Caio Vinícius Gabrig Turbay , Simas, Felipe Nogueira Bello
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Solos e Nutrição de Plantas
• Departamento: Fertilidade do solo e nutrição de plantas; Gênese, Morfologia e Classificação, Mineralogia, Química,
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Antártica; Solos vulcânicos; Solos criogênicos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Antarctic; Volcanic soils; Cryogenic soils
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::CIENCIA DO SOLO
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5469

Antarctic sea, the higher humidity, light and temperature favor the process of hydrolysis of minerals and leaching of bases, in addition to colonization by denser vegetation cover and various activities and a greater presence of birds, resulting in physical and chemical changes of soil known distinct from most of the continent. Studies seeking to understand the processes and the relationships between pedogenetic soil and ecosystems are scarce, especially in the volcanic islands of the Archipelago South Schetlands. This study aimed to broadly examine the chemical and physical characteristics of the volcanic soils of different ages and the influence of soil formation in ornithogenic recent volcanic island of Deception and Penguin. Specifically, the study characterized the chemical, physical and mineralogical to study soil processes that operate in regions of recent volcanism in the Antatctic and its influence on terrestrial. We collected five soil profiles on Deception Island and three on Penguin Island during the summer of 2008. The soils were classified as Cryossols and Leptosols (WRB) and Gelisols and Inceptsols (Soil Taxonomy).Invariably the soil samples had high amounts of gravel and low clay. Soils are developing with incipient distinction between horizons, keeping a strong relationship with the source material. From a chemical standpoint are eutrophic soils with high pH values, except the profile P3 of Penguin Island which showed lower values of the other profiles. The values of P extracted by Mehlich-1 are low forthe profiles without influence of seabirds It became evident the influence of the source material in the chemical composition of soils. Analyses of X-rays showed a mineralogical assemblage composed mainly of plagioclase, potassium feldspar, and pyroxene in addition to smectite clay soil. The presence of primary minerals in the clay fraction shows strong physical weathering and incipient chemical change. According to chemical extractions and values Feo, Alo and Sio was evident in the presence of allophane profiles of Penguin Island, Deception Island while also exists in the presence of some crystalline minerals, but in smaller proportions. Unlike the soils in areas of influence of birds in other parts of Antarctica, the profiles analyzed showed no evidence of phosphate, however, it is clear the influence of seabirds in the development of vegetation, accumulation of organic matter and development of soil fauna.