Search Results - "Pablo Vidal-Torrado"

A new model of bauxitization in quartzitic landscapes: A case study from the Southern Espinhaço Range (Brazil) by De Campos, Daniela S., Monteiro, Hevelyn S., Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Farley, Kenneth A., Silva, Alexandre Christófaro, Vidal‐Torrado, Pablo

“…Lithology plays a fundamental role in rock weathering and erosion, and in landscape evolution. When weathering‐ and erosion‐prone lithologies are protected…”
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Organic carbon enables the biotic engineering of beneficial soil structure in Profundihumic and Haplic Ferralsols by Martinez, Pedro, Lybrand, Rebecca A., McFarlane, Karis J., Dor, Maoz, Gallo, Adrian C., Mayedo, Amy, Marini, Fillipe, Vidal‐Torrado, Pablo, Kleber, Markus

“…We investigated how organic matter may, directly and indirectly, modify the porosity of Ferralsols, that is, deeply weathered soils of the tropics and…”
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Carbon stocks in umbric ferralsols driven by plant productivity and geomorphic processes, not by mineral protection by Martinez, Pedro, Silva, Lucas C. R., Calegari, Marcia Regina, Camargo, Plinio Barbosa, Vidal‐Torrado, Pablo, Kleber, Markus

“…Umbric ferralsols (UF) have organic carbon stocks within the first 1 m of soil profile depth that are nearly double the size (~19 kg C m−2) compared to the…”
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Late Quaternary vegetation and climate dynamics in central‐eastern Brazil: insights from a ~35k cal a bp peat record in the Cerrado biome by Horák‐Terra, Ingrid, Cortizas, Antonio Martínez, Da Luz, Cynthia Fernandes Pinto, Silva, Alexandre Christófaro, Mighall, Tim, De Camargo, Plínio Barbosa, Mendonça‐Filho, Carlos Victor, De Oliveira, Paulo Eduardo, Cruz, Francisco Willian, Vidal‐Torrado, Pablo

“…ABSTRACT The late Quaternary evolution of central‐eastern Brazil has been under‐researched. Questions remain as to the origin of the Cerrado, a highly…”
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Flooding effect on mineralogical and geochemical changes in alkaline‐sodic soil system of northern Pantanal wetlands, Brazil by Oliveira Junior, Jairo C., Andrade, Gabriel R. P., Barbiero, Laurent, Furquim, Sheila A. C., Vidal‐Torrado, Pablo

“…In the northern Pantanal wetlands of Brazil, alkaline sodic soils play a significant role in the ecological functioning of the region, but little is known…”
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Pedogenetic processes in anthrosols with pretic horizon (Amazonian Dark Earth) in Central Amazon, Brazil by Macedo, Rodrigo S, Teixeira, Wenceslau G, Corrêa, Marcelo M, Martins, Gilvan C, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Anthrosols known as Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) have borne witness to the intensification of sedentary patterns and the demographic increase in Central Amazon…”
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The mangrove reactor: Fast clay transformation and potassium sink by Cuadros, Javier, Andrade, Gabriel, Ferreira, Tiago Osório, de Moya Partiti, Carmen Silvia, Cohen, Renato, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Most known clay mineral reactions are slow. Clay formation by weathering is recognized as faster (hundreds of thousands to few million years) than clay reverse…”
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Geomorphological control on podzolisation – An example from a tropical barrier island by Martinez, Pedro, Buurman, Peter, Lopes-Mazzetto, Josiane Millani, Giannini, Paulo César Fonseca, Schellekens, Judith, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…We investigated how the geomorphology of coastal barrier islands impacts soil hydrology and drainage at the landscape scale. Ilha Comprida is a Holocene…”
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Soil morphology related to hydrology and degradation in tropical coastal podzols (SE Brazil) by Lopes-Mazzetto, Josiane Millani, Buurman, Peter, Schellekens, Judith, Martinez, Pedro Henrique Rodrigues de Moraes, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Morphology of podzol profiles can be used to improve our understanding of soil formation and degradation processes. The morphology of a podzol chronosequence…”
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The use of plant-specific pyrolysis products as biomarkers in peat deposits by Schellekens, Judith, Bradley, Jonathan A., Kuyper, Thomas W., Fraga, Isabel, Pontevedra-Pombal, Xabier, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Abbott, Geoffrey D., Buurman, Peter

“…Peatlands are archives of environmental change that can be driven by climate and human activity. Proxies for peatland vegetation composition provide records of…”
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Origin and properties of kaolinites from soils of a toposequence in Southern Brazil by Daniela Nicole Ferreira, Vander de Freitas Melo, Samara Alves Testoni, Pablo Vidal-Torrado, Jairo Calderari de Oliveira Junior

“…ABSTRACT Kaolinite is the main clay mineral in most soils around the world and has been widely used for industrial purposes. This research aimed to study…”
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Influence of the structural framework on peat bog distribution in the tropical highlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil by Campos, José Ricardo da Rocha, Christófaro Silva, Alexandre, Nanni, Marcos Rafael, dos Santos, Marcilene, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Peat bogs are ecosystems characterized by high levels of organic matter (OM), which accumulates in environments of low biological activity. The peat bogs…”
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Origin of mounds in the Pantanal wetlands: An integrated approach between geomorphology, pedogenesis, ecology and soil micromorphology by de Oliveira Junior, Jairo Calderari, Beirigo, Raphael Moreira, Chiapini, Mariane, do Nascimento, Alexandre Ferreira, Couto, Eduardo Guimarães, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Vegetated mounds are an important geomorphological feature of the Pantanal, where the influence of floods dictates not only hydropedological processes, but…”
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Drivers of cyanobacterial diversity and community composition in mangrove soils in south-east Brazil by Rigonato, Janaina, Kent, Angela D., Alvarenga, Danillo O., Andreote, Fernando D., Beirigo, Raphael M., Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Fiore, Marli F.

“…Summary Cyanobacteria act as primary producers of carbon and nitrogen in nutrient‐poor ecosystems such as mangroves. This important group of microorganisms…”
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Calcination as an alternative method to classify Spodosols on the second categorical level by Daniel Alexandre Heberle, Jaime Antonio de Almeida, Pablo Vidal Torrado

“…ABSTRACT The classification of Spodosols on the second categorical level (suborder), according to the Brazilian Soil Classification System (SiBCS), is done by…”
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Mineral alteration and genesis of Al–rich soils derived from conglomerate deposits in Cabo Basin, NE Brazil by da Costa, Edivan Uchôa Cavalcanti, dos Santos, Jean Cheyson Barros, de Azevedo, Antonio Carlos, de Araújo Filho, José Coelho, Corrêa, Marcelo Metri, de Melo Wanderley Neves, Laércio Vieira, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Souza-Júnior, Valdomiro Severino de

“…In the Cabo Basin, NE Brazil, conglomerates have given rise to soils with attributes that are rarely observed in humid tropical climates and remain relatively…”
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Sombric-like horizon and xanthization in polychrome subtropical soils from Southern Brazil: implications for soil classification by Chiapini, Mariane, Oliveira Junior, Jairo Calderari de, Schellekens, Judith, Almeida, Jaime Antonio de, Buurman, Peter, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…ABSTRACT The occurrence of dark subsurface horizons rich in organic matter (OM) associated with polychrome in the B horizon (yellowish over reddish hue) is…”
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USE OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO STUDY SPATIAL VARIABILITY AND SOIL STRATIGRAPHY by Campos, José R. da R., Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Modolo, Alcir J.

“…ABSTRACT Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses electromagnetic waves to study subsurface structure in different fields such as…”
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Hydro-physical characterization of soils under the Restinga Forest by Cooper, Miguel, Boschi, Raquel Stucchi, Silva, Laura Fernanda Simões da, Toma, Raul Shiso, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo

“…Knowledge of the hydraulic properties of the soil is of crucial importance to an understanding of the interactions between vegetation, soil and water. There is…”
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Cemented Horizons and Hardpans in the Coastal Tablelands of Northeastern Brazil by Gomes, João Bosco Vasconcellos, Araújo Filho, José Coelho, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Cooper, Miguel, Silva, Elen Alvarenga da, Curi, Nilton

“…ABSTRACT Horizons with varying degrees of cementation are a common feature of the soils from the coastal tablelands of Northeastern Brazil. In most cases,…”
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