Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20220149
Priscilla Azevedo dos Santos, Helena Saraiva Koenow Pinheiro, Waldir de Carvalho Carvalho, Igor Leite da Silva, Nilson Rendeiro Pereira, Silvio Barge Bhering, Marcos Bacis Ceddia
ABSTRACT Pedosphere-hydrosphere interface accounts for the association between soil hydrology and landscape, represented by topographic and Remote Sensing data support and integration. This study aimed to analyze different statistical radiometric and spectral data selection methods and dimensionality reduce environment-related data to support the classification of soil physical-hydric properties, such as soil basic infiltration rate (bir) and saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat); as well as to act in data mining processes applied to hydropedological properties digital mapping. Accordingly, research integrated information from Visible to Infrared (VIS-IR) spectral indices and Sentinel’s 2A mission Multispectral Instrument (MSI) sensor bands, terrain numerical modeling and aerogeophysics set to model soil-water content in two soil layers (0.00-0.20 m and 0.20-0.40 m). Pre-processed data were subjected to statistical analysis (multivariate and hypothesis tests); subsequently, the methods were applied (variation inflation factor - VIF, Stepwise Akaike information criterion – Stepwise AIC, and recursive feature elimination - RFE) to mine covariates used for Random Forest modeling. Based on the results, there were distinctions and singularities in spectral and radiometric data selection for each adopted method; the importance degree, and contribution of each one to soil physical-hydric properties have varied. According to the applied statistical metrics and decision-making criteria (highest R 2 and lowest RMSE / MAE), the chosen methods were RFE (0.00-0.20 m layers) and Stepwise AIC (0.20-0.40 m layers) - both concerned with the assessed variables (bir and Ksat). This approach captured the importance of environmental variables and highlighted their potential use in hydropedological digital mapping at Guapi-Macacu watershed.
{"title":"Hydropedological digital mapping: machine learning applied to spectral VIS-IR and radiometric data dimensionality reduction","authors":"Priscilla Azevedo dos Santos, Helena Saraiva Koenow Pinheiro, Waldir de Carvalho Carvalho, Igor Leite da Silva, Nilson Rendeiro Pereira, Silvio Barge Bhering, Marcos Bacis Ceddia","doi":"10.36783/18069657rbcs20220149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36783/18069657rbcs20220149","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Pedosphere-hydrosphere interface accounts for the association between soil hydrology and landscape, represented by topographic and Remote Sensing data support and integration. This study aimed to analyze different statistical radiometric and spectral data selection methods and dimensionality reduce environment-related data to support the classification of soil physical-hydric properties, such as soil basic infiltration rate (bir) and saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat); as well as to act in data mining processes applied to hydropedological properties digital mapping. Accordingly, research integrated information from Visible to Infrared (VIS-IR) spectral indices and Sentinel’s 2A mission Multispectral Instrument (MSI) sensor bands, terrain numerical modeling and aerogeophysics set to model soil-water content in two soil layers (0.00-0.20 m and 0.20-0.40 m). Pre-processed data were subjected to statistical analysis (multivariate and hypothesis tests); subsequently, the methods were applied (variation inflation factor - VIF, Stepwise Akaike information criterion – Stepwise AIC, and recursive feature elimination - RFE) to mine covariates used for Random Forest modeling. Based on the results, there were distinctions and singularities in spectral and radiometric data selection for each adopted method; the importance degree, and contribution of each one to soil physical-hydric properties have varied. According to the applied statistical metrics and decision-making criteria (highest R 2 and lowest RMSE / MAE), the chosen methods were RFE (0.00-0.20 m layers) and Stepwise AIC (0.20-0.40 m layers) - both concerned with the assessed variables (bir and Ksat). This approach captured the importance of environmental variables and highlighted their potential use in hydropedological digital mapping at Guapi-Macacu watershed.","PeriodicalId":21215,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135913861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20230055
Silvio Romero de Melo Ferreira, Arthur Gomes Dantas Araújo, Martha Maria Bezerra Santos
ABSTRACT The presence of desiccation cracks in the soil alters its hydromechanical behavior, increasing the soil's water infiltration capacity, mobilizing the potential for expansion. This may affect the performance of the structural elements of the construction. This study aimed to evaluate the mechanics of expansion, contraction and cracking of the expansive soil of Paulista - Pernambuco, Brazil, through field trials, subject to wetting cycles and drying. The studied soil is a sandy silty clay of high compressibility with medium to very high expansion potential. The process of formation and propagation of cracks was analyzed using digital images and the monitoring of samples subjected to drying and wetting cycles. The indices of crack geometry increased with the advancement of desiccation but did not stabilize. During the wetting period, they tend to close. The pattern of cracks in the tests varied according to the presence or absence of vegetation. It was concluded that the vegetation cover has a significant influence on the standardization and the crack formation and propagation process.
{"title":"Cracking process in expansive soil with and without vegetation covers in dry and rainy seasons at field scale","authors":"Silvio Romero de Melo Ferreira, Arthur Gomes Dantas Araújo, Martha Maria Bezerra Santos","doi":"10.36783/18069657rbcs20230055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36783/18069657rbcs20230055","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The presence of desiccation cracks in the soil alters its hydromechanical behavior, increasing the soil's water infiltration capacity, mobilizing the potential for expansion. This may affect the performance of the structural elements of the construction. This study aimed to evaluate the mechanics of expansion, contraction and cracking of the expansive soil of Paulista - Pernambuco, Brazil, through field trials, subject to wetting cycles and drying. The studied soil is a sandy silty clay of high compressibility with medium to very high expansion potential. The process of formation and propagation of cracks was analyzed using digital images and the monitoring of samples subjected to drying and wetting cycles. The indices of crack geometry increased with the advancement of desiccation but did not stabilize. During the wetting period, they tend to close. The pattern of cracks in the tests varied according to the presence or absence of vegetation. It was concluded that the vegetation cover has a significant influence on the standardization and the crack formation and propagation process.","PeriodicalId":21215,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135008072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20220153
Vitor Hugo de Oliveira Barros, Adriana Thays Araújo Alves, Severino Martins dos Santos, Artur Paiva Coutinho, Laurent Lassabatere, Manuella Virgínia Salgueiro Gondim, Antonio Celso Dantas Antonino
ABSTRACT Regarding the Brazilian textile industry, part of the northeast region stands out as the second-largest textile manufacturing hub in the country. Despite its importance, this industrial activity has been bringing relevant environmental concerns regarding the disposal of textile effluents, especially from industrial laundries. This waste contains many chemicals and among them are various types of heavy metals. To assess environmental risks associated with heavy metals, pollutant transfer needs to be investigated. This study evaluated the retention and mobility of heavy metals Cd and Cu in alluvial soil, through soil column tests. The up-flow column percolation tests were performed using a nonreactive tracer (KBr) at a concentration of 0.3 mol L -1 and injecting a metallic solution containing Cu and Cd at 100 and 60 mg L -1 , respectively. The injection flow rate was 0.75 mL min -1 . The hydro-dispersive parameters were obtained by modeling the observed breakthrough curves with the convection-dispersion equation (CDE) and the two-region model, also referred to as the MIM (Mobile-IMmobile waters) model. The transport parameters were obtained from the two-site model (TSS). All elution curves were fitted to the models with the CXTFIT 2.0 program. The Two-Site Sorption Model was the best for the case studied, with R 2 of 0.985 and 0.995 for Cu and Cd, respectively. The values of R were considerably higher than the unit, presenting an average of 2.138 for Cu and 1.907 for Cd. This indicates a delay of these contaminants when leaving the column, which is caused by the interaction of these chemical compounds with the soil. The values obtained for parameter D were 3.469 for Cu and 5.205 for Cd. Thus, the metals in this study present a risk of groundwater contamination for the local alluvial aquifers. The main reason for that is the physicochemical features of the soil, such as high sand content (85 %) and low OM content (2.1 %). The results also indicated greater retention and less mobility for Cu than for Cd, pointing to a greater risk for Cd.
关于巴西纺织业,东北地区的部分地区是该国第二大纺织制造中心。尽管这一工业活动很重要,但它在处理纺织废水,特别是工业洗衣店的废水方面引起了有关的环境问题。这种废物含有许多化学物质,其中包括各种重金属。为了评估与重金属有关的环境风险,需要调查污染物的转移。通过土柱试验,评价了冲积土中重金属Cd和Cu的滞留和迁移。采用浓度为0.3 mol L -1的非反应性示踪剂(KBr),分别注入浓度为100 mg L -1和60 mg L -1的含Cu和Cd的金属溶液,进行上流式柱渗透试验。注射流速0.75 mL min -1。利用对流色散方程(CDE)和双区模型(也称为MIM (Mobile-IMmobile waters))对观测到的突破曲线进行建模,得到了水的色散参数。输运参数由两点模型(TSS)获得。用CXTFIT 2.0程序拟合模型的洗脱曲线。两点吸附模型对Cu和Cd的吸附效果最好,r2分别为0.985和0.995。R值明显高于单位,Cu的平均值为2.138,Cd的平均值为1.907。这表明这些污染物在离开色谱柱时存在延迟,这是由这些化合物与土壤的相互作用造成的。Cu和Cd的参数D值分别为3.469和5.205。因此,本研究中的金属对当地冲积含水层存在地下水污染的风险。造成这一现象的主要原因是土壤的理化特性,如高含砂量(85%)和低含OM量(2.1%)。结果还表明,与镉相比,铜的保留率更高,流动性更低,这表明镉的风险更大。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20230032
Rodrigo de Moraes Galarza, Rodrigo Pivoto Mulazzani, Daniel Boeno, Paulo Ivonir Gubiani
ABSTRACT The naturally fragile sandy soils of the Pampa Biome (PB) may be degraded with the introduction of poorly managed agricultural crops. Anthropic use can markedly decrease vegetation cover on sandy soils, leaving them more exposed to erosive agents. Decreases in organic matter content, biodiversity, and nutrient availability, increased soil compaction, and decreased water availability are also some of the impacts caused on PB soils by implementing poorly managed agricultural crops. In Rio Grande do Sul, in areas with sandier soils, the intense replacement of PB with commercial crops that has occurred in recent years (2000-2020) may be starting a disastrous cycle of degradation of these soils. However, it is not yet known how much these soils are degraded by recent anthropic use. There are no local scientific publications dedicated to the diagnosis of the degradation of these soils by anthropic use. Therefore, the need for this study was based on the objective of evaluating the physical and hydraulic properties of sandy PB soils with the insertion of agricultural crops. The study was conducted on three different soils, where soil samples were collected under three systems of use (extensive cattle raising on native grassland, eucalyptus afforestation, and soybean crop). Our results show that it can take more than nine years for soybean and ten years for eucalyptus land-use change to indicate some level of degradation in soil physical and hydraulic properties after replacing PB with these cultivated crops.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20220051
Kasé Santos Lacerda, Rafaela Carvalho Vargas, K. M. Ribeiro, M. Dias, K. D. Ribeiro, Dorotéo de Abreu
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20210065
I. Horák‐Terra, F. S. Terra, Adrieny Kerollen Alves Lopes, L. B. Dobbss, Ademir Fontana, Alexandre Christófaro Silva, P. Vidal‐Torrado
: Brazilian palm swamps ( veredas ) are fundamentals in the hydrological balance of watercourses in the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado). The “sponge effect” of their soils is the main factor controlling local hydrology, storing rainwater, and functioning as headwaters. The restricted knowledge of these tropical ecosystems has led to increased losses, poor preservation, and reduction in their ecosystem services. Veredas have become refuges surrounded by croplands, often drained and inappropriately managed. This study shows the impacts of anthropization on soil processes and properties of a vereda in an agricultural area. Two soil profiles were selected and characterized as preserved and anthropized, respectively upstream and downstream of the studied vereda . Morphological, physical, chemical and microbiological properties were analyzed. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) was applied to synthesize the data and provide evidence of the main properties and underlying processes that most responded to the degradation action. The arrangement of this analysis shows three main distinguish drivers: one joining the properties related to the humification of organic matter and relative accumulation of mineral matter versus accumulation of organic matter; the second with properties related to soil chemical reactivity; and the third reflecting the mineralization of organic matter. Our results suggest that the anthropic action has strongly caused the organic carbon reduction (~22 %). After 20 years, the anthropized soil presents not only a great decline in carbon stock (~14 kg m -2 ), but also strong impacts on several other ecologic functions, such as water holding capacity. Veredas are complex and fragile environments, and they should be fully protected to maintain their ecosystem services.
巴西棕榈沼泽(veredas)是巴西热带稀树草原(Cerrado)水道水文平衡的基础。他们土壤的“海绵效应”是控制当地水文、储存雨水和发挥水源作用的主要因素。对这些热带生态系统的有限认识导致损失增加、保护不力和生态系统服务减少。Veredas已经变成了被农田包围的避难所,这些农田经常被排干,管理不当。本研究揭示了人类活动对农区森林土壤过程和性质的影响。选取了两个土壤剖面,分别位于研究区的上游和下游,并对其进行了保存和人类化的表征。分析了其形态、物理、化学和微生物特性。主成分分析(PCA)用于综合数据,并提供证据的主要性质和潜在的过程,最响应的降解作用。这种分析的安排显示了三个主要的区分驱动因素:一个是与有机质腐殖化有关的性质和矿物相对积累与有机质积累;二是与土壤化学反应性有关的性质;第三层反映有机质的矿化。我们的结果表明,人为活动强烈地引起了有机碳的减少(~ 22%)。经过20年的人类活动,土壤不仅碳储量大幅下降(~14 kg m -2),而且对其他生态功能(如持水能力)也产生了强烈的影响。Veredas是复杂而脆弱的环境,应充分保护其生态系统服务功能。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20210124
S. Furquim, Ícaro Sena Almeida
This study analyzes the scientific production about soils within cities in Brazil, the most populous country of Latin America, to highlight significant patterns and contributions and point out gaps and future challenges. A more robust literature about urban soils in Brazil started in the 90 ́s decade and has intensified since 2015. Papers are mostly published in Portuguese, majority performed in cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, many of them located in the Southern and Southeastern regions, and mainly focused on soil characterization, classification, mapping and/or contamination. Important methodological propositions (related to classification and land potential) and morphological, physical and chemical results are published. Urban soils formed from landfills are the most common, but soils developed from irregular zones of waste disposals are also frequent, showing the deficiency of proper waste management in developing countries. Properties such as pH, base saturation, soil organic matter and P amounts tend to be higher in soils marked by the addition of earthy materials and solid waste than in soils developed from the process of cutting, which commonly exposes the acid and deep saprolite of the tropical and subtropical zones. Although the attention on the Brazilian urban soils has grown in the last years, more studies, with a higher variety of morphological and analytical data, still have to be performed to obtain more representative results. Systematization of concepts, terminologies, and methodologies is also necessary, allowing a more complete understanding of the soils. In addition, the incorporation of a classification key of Anthropogenic soils, including urban soils, in the Brazilian official classification system seems urgent. Finally, it is relevant to foment international publications about the Brazilian urban soils, allowing a wider comparison between the produced data and the results obtained worldwide.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20210104
E. Possamai, P. C. Conceição, Caroline Amadori, M. Bartz, R. Ralisch, Marcelo Vicensi, Ericson Fagundes Marx
The concept of a no-tillage system (NTS), or “Sistema Plantio Direto,” was established in Brazil from the evolution of no-tillage (NT) or “Plantio Direto,” given the edaphoclimatic conditions and the need to promote chemical, physical and biological improvements in cultivated soils. While “Plantio Direto” is a conservationist practice, “Sistema Plantio Direto” presents itself as an agricultural production system based on the simultaneous adoption of minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of permanent soil cover and crop rotation. This study reviews the concepts of “Plantio Direto” and “Sistema Plantio Direto” in the Brazilian literature and uses two case studies in Paraná State to demonstrate the practical implications of these concepts. These two terms and their variations are recurrent themes in Brazilian scientific research and the professional environment, and may occur erroneously, hindering their adoption, results and implications. Regarding the “Sistema Plantio Direto,” we highlight the need to clarify the concepts of its basic practices to parameterize and characterize this process. The definition of crop rotation, for example, requires limits on the number of species along a given time scale, thus enabling their identification. Regarding the case studies, most grain crops conducted in Paraná State did not adopt the “Sistema Plantio Direto,” mainly neglecting the component of crop rotation. Nevertheless, the use of the “no-tillage system participatory quality index” (PQI) tool can contribute to the assessment and monitoring of the quality of the “Sistema Plantio Direto.” However, it requires adjustments to differentiate the “Sistema Plantio Direto” from the “Plantio Direto.”
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20210151
T. S. Telles, T. Melo, A. Righetto, E. J. Didoné, G. M. Barbosa
: In some rural properties of Brazil, soil and water conservation practices are partially or inappropriately implemented, intensifying soil erosion, even in no-tillage (NT) areas. This study aimed to check the farmer’s understanding of conservation agriculture (CA) and assess whether they are using practices appropriate to soil conservation. A basin in the state of Paraná, in Southern Brazil, was selected. Surveys were conducted based on a structured questionnaire and in-person interviews of 234 farmers. Among these farmers, 67 % do not understand CA pillars adequately, and 68 % stated they have been using NT for over 12 years. However, 58 % stated that they carried out some kind of soil preparation. Furthermore, some of the farmers only partially implemented CA, adopting a low level of crop diversification. The main problems pointed out by the farmers to justify simplifying the CA approach were soil compaction, low production of plant biomass and resistance of weeds to herbicides. Most farmers in the study do not have enough knowledge of the pillars of CA. As a result, there is little diversification in crop rotation, and the soil is continually disturbed with chiseling. Furthermore, although most farmers use terracing, they drive sprayers crossing terraces and following the slope, a practice that can impair the capacity of terraces to control surface water runoff. These practices do not contribute to soil and water conservation and endanger the sustainability of agricultural production systems.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.36783/18069657rbcs20210154
J. M. Reichert, E. Couto, Daiane Gonçalves Schir
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