BRAZILIAN DATABASE ON ANTARCTIC SOILS AND

PERMAFROST

Felipe N. B. SimasD.S. Student – Soil Science

Prof. Carlos SchaeferProject Coordinator

Cryosol ProjectCryosol Project

INSTITUTION:Universidade Federal de Viçosa2002-2005 – first soil science project

of Brazilian Antarctic research.

Supported by:MMA/ CNPq / Brazilian Navy

TEAM: Prof. Dr. Carlos Ernesto Schaefer – Coordinator Prof. Dr. Liovando da Costa – Vice-Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Luiz Eduardo Dias – Heavy metalsProf. Dr. Eduardo de Sá Mendonça – Organic matterProf. Dr. Elpídio Inácio Fernandes Filho - GeoprocessingProf. Dr. Wander de Freitas Melo – MineralogyProf. Dra. Miriam Abreu Albuquerque – MicrobiologyProf. Walter Abraao – Sulfide mineralization

Márcio Rocha Francelino – D.S Felipe Bello Simas – D.S. Student Manoel Ricardo A. Filho – D.S. StudentJoao Herbert Viana – D.S. StudentItalo – D.S. StudentLetuzia – M.S. StudentRoberto Michel – M.S. Student

Activities:• Soil, geomorphology and terrestrial environment

mapping in Admiralty Bay; • Aerophotographic survey/georreferencing;• Ornithogenic soils;• Bioremediation experiments;• Heavy metal contamination; • Carbon stocks and dynamics;• Pedogenesis;• Melting water monitoring;• Sulfide oxidation;• Soil-vegetation relationships.

DATABASE- > 75 soil pits – chemical, physical, mineralogical and

micromorphologial characteristics; - Aerial photographs;- background levels for heavy metals in soils and

sediments;- Carbon Stocks;- Plant composition;- Water parameters;- Microbiological isolation, bioremediation of hydrocarbons- Georreferenced database;- Tematic mapping (soils, vegetation, geomorphology,

pollution, etc.);- Permafrost depth;- Digital Image Database

Aerial Photographs:

-Hasselblad 530 EX;

-suport adaptation;

-Altitude and speed control - 60% overlapping along the line and 40% between lines - Stereoscopy;

-99 ground control points;

-Lenses calibration;

-Digital mosaics

Projeto CriossolosProjeto Criossolos

Modelo utilizado – 553EX Modelo adquirido - métrica

Projeto CriossolosProjeto Criossolos

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THANK YOU!!

Contacts:

carlos.schaefer@solos.ufv.br

fsimass@yahoo.com.br