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Geochemical and Mineralogical Contributions in the Study of Sedimentary Rock (Barreiras Formation) Soils, Recife/Brazil: Implications for Landslides

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This study contemplates the geochemical and mineralogical characterization with spatial analysis of the following soil parameters of the “Alto de Santa Tereza” hillside in Recife/Brazil: granulometric; morphoscopic; compositional; chemical; and mineralogical. The general objective of the present study is report on how the weathering in the soil of the slope influenced on the occurrence of landslides. For this purpose, particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and binocular lens observation were performed. On the studied slope, it was possible to identify two distinct sedimentary facies for the Barreiras Formation sediments: alluvial fans and fluvial channels/floodplains. Featuring, for the most part, sandy-clayey soil with prismatic and spherical, sub-angular to angular quartz grains, moderately selected. Kaolinite and quartz are the predominant minerals in the samples, and silicon oxides and aluminum are the components with the highest percentage. It was noticed that there is a relationship between Ki (silica/alumina ratio) and Kr (silica/alumina ratio and iron oxide) for the studied soils, the Ki values increase linearly with the increment in Kr. The weathering indices demonstrate that the studied soils of Barreiras Formation presented intense chemical alteration. The locations of the previous landslides in region of Recife show that most of the landslide occurrences are associated with the highly weathered zone.

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The authors are grateful to National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the research group Geotechnical Engineering Group of Hillsides, Plains and Disasters (GEGEP/UFPE) for the financial support for conducting the research. They also thank all those who contributed to the tests: Laboratory of Marine Geology and Geophysics (LGGM), Northeast Strategic Technologies Center (CETENE), Stable Isotope laboratory of the Nucleus for Granite Studies (NEG-LABISE), Laboratory of the UFPE Geology Department, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry of Soils—UFRPE and Electronic Microscopy Laboratory of the Physics Department/UFPE.

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    Tahyara Barbalho Fontoura, Roberto Quental Coutinho & Felipe Oliveira Tenório da Silva

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Tahyara Barbalho Fontoura, Roberto Quental Coutinho and Felipe Oliveira Tenório da Silva. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Tahyara Barbalho Fontoura and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Fontoura, T.B., Coutinho, R.Q. & da Silva, F.O.T. Geochemical and Mineralogical Contributions in the Study of Sedimentary Rock (Barreiras Formation) Soils, Recife/Brazil: Implications for Landslides. Geotech Geol Eng 41, 205–224 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-022-02274-8

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