Title
Geochemistry of black water rivers from the southeastern of the Amazonas State: Source, element fluxes and consumption of CO<inf>2</inf>
Other title
Geoquímica de rios de água preta do Sudeste do Amazonas: Origem, fluxo dos elementos e consumo de CO2
Date Issued
01 September 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Acta Amazonica
Abstract
This work examined the chemical composition of waters from tributaries of the right bank of the Madeira River which drain silicaterocks of the Brazilian Craton. The study was conducted at the municipalityof Apui, in the southeastern of the Amazonas State, Brazil. There were analyzed pH, conductivity, SiO2 and dissolved ions (Na+, K+, Mg2+ e Ca2+, HCO3-, Cl-, NO3- and SO42-) in the four pluviometric seasons of the Amazon region: rainy, transition to the dry, dry and transition to the rainy. The waters are diluted, have high HCO3-and SiO2 concentration and represent the typical environment of intense leaching that affects the rocks in the Amazon. Although the chemical composition reveals seasonal influences, it was identified variation due to lithological composition. The rate of exportation of cations and the chemical erosion are low in consequence of the tectonic stability of the region and the weathering mantle, which hinders the interaction of water with the bedrock.
Start page
343
End page
352
Volume
43
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Geoquímica, Geofísica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84878853214
Source
Acta Amazonica
ISSN of the container
00445967
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus