冻结期和冻融期土壤水分运移特征分析

西北内陆盆地冻结期和冻融期几乎占全年时间的1/2,该时期土壤水分运移特点与非冻结期存在较大差异.本文根据北疆昌吉平原区土壤水分运移观测试验,分析了冻结期和冻融期土壤水势分布和土壤含水量变化规律及其与潜水的转化关系,并阐述了冻融水的生态环境意义.     

科尔沁草甸地冻融期土壤水热盐动态迁移规律

为掌握科尔沁草甸地冻融期土壤水、热、盐迁移规律,以科尔沁左翼后旗阿古拉生态水文试验站2013年10月—2014年5月土壤冻融期实测气象、土壤等数据为基础,用统计分析法对研究区草甸地冻融期土壤温度、水分、盐分的变化规律进行了分析。结果表明:气温对土壤剖面温度的影响随着土壤深度的增加而降低,土壤剖面温度变化滞后于气温变化的时间取决于气温升降幅度,且没有显著的规律;由于气温回升速度大于降温速度,导致土壤消融速度比冻结速度快;土壤冻结过程由表层向下进行,冻结温度与土壤含盐量呈负相关关系,用温度的线性内插法准确确定草甸地于2014年3月9日达到最大冻深104 cm;土壤消融时受地下暖土层热流和地表温度双重影响,由底部向地表和由地表向冻结层进行双向消融;地下水位埋深较浅,受土壤冻融作用影响,升降趋势显著;草甸地土壤冻结期盐分向地表积聚,并于2月达到最大,后经消融及雨水淋润作用开始下降;冻融期盐分变异性大于水分变异性,说明盐分的运移过程更为复杂。     

冻融期东北农田土壤温度和水分变化规律及影响因素分析

为了更好地认识季节性冻融区冻融过程对农田土壤温度和水分的影响, 以吉林省长春市黑顶子河流域为研究对象, 监测了冻融期流域内玉米田和水稻田土壤温度和水分的变化过程。结果表明： 冻融期表层土壤温度主要受积雪厚度影响, 深层土壤温度主要受土壤初始含水率影响。冻结期, 冻结层含水率几乎都呈增加趋势, 其中浅层土壤增幅最大; 冻结速度慢、 初始含水量低、 相邻土层含水量高的土层冻结过程水分增加量更大, 反之则小。融化期, 各下垫面、 土层土壤含水率基本呈下降趋势, 且主要集中在表层0 ~ 30 cm, 水分损失以蒸发为主, 冻结层对土壤蒸发有抑制作用; 冻结层的融化是造成各下垫面不同土层土壤含水率差异, 以及各土层在不同融化阶段土壤含水率差异的主要原因。     

Advances on bioremediation of off-contaminated soil in cold region

Petroleum pollution in the soil is a common problem in the world. The pollution may not only cause resource waste, but also may result in environment destruction, biology subsistence crisis and human health damage gradually. Biological techniques can be used to remove and transfer petroleum contaminants in the soil. Bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil, which is cost-effective,safe and friendly to environment, is promising. Low temperatures and lack of available nutrients often limit the rate of microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils in cold region. Some scholars carried out bioremediation technology research on oily soil in cold area. Scientists attempted many measures to increase the temperature of the field. A multidisciplinary team of engineers, microbiologists and electricians has designed and installed a thermally （TIS） enhanced biopile in oil-contaminated soil in Prudhoe Bay, AK. Covered with a black plastic sheet, the pile can also improve temperature condition. Nutrient is another important factor affecting bioremediation. Because of the different constituents in the soil, the proportion of elements is different. To optimize nutrient amendments for the remediation of a long-term hydrocarbon-contaminated site at the Old Casey Station in Antarctica, results showed that the effects of nitrogen （and phosphorus） on microbial are evident. If the method of fertilizing inorganic nutrients is improper, salinity of the soil may be increased and the osmotic potential may be impacted. J.L.Walworth et al.     

Spatial variability of soil properties in relation to land use and topography in a typical small watershed of the black soil region,northeastern China

Soil degradation resulted from unreasonable land use and erosion has been a serious problem in the black soil region of northeastern China. This paper seeks to understand the relationships between topsoil properties and topography and land use for land management targeting at improving soil quality in this region. A total of 292 soil samples and 81 volumetric rings were taken from a typical small watershed of the region in June 2005 for examining total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), soil texture (classified into gravel, sand, silt, and clay), and bulk density (ρ _b), respectively. Spatial variability of these soil properties was evaluated with classical statistics and geostatistics methods. The results of classical statistics indicated that TC, TN, sand, silt, clay content, and ρ _b were moderate variables while gravel had great variability. Soil properties were mainly correlated to slope position, elevation and land types. Geostatistical analyses showed that the spatial autocorrelation for TC, TN, and silt was weak, strong for clay and moderate for and ρ _b sand, respectively. The spatial variations of soil properties are affected comprehensively by topographic factors, land use, erosion, and erosion control in this watershed. Past erosion, however, is the most important component to induce change of soil properties. In this small watershed, current soil and water conservation measures play an important role in controlling soil loss. But the restoration of soil properties was unsatisfactory. Comparing with untilled soil of this region, TC, TN, silt content are excessively low; whereas ρ _b, sand and clay content are excessively high; gravel appears at most sampling locations. It is necessary for improving soil properties to protect forest and grassland and change cultivation system of farmlands.     

塔东北库鲁克塔格地区震旦-奥陶纪地质事件及生储盖组合

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区是重要的油气资源战略接替区域之一,其特殊的构造背景成为研究盆山耦合及区域构造演化的有效切入点。冰川、火山、风暴、浊流等事件沉积的产物,广泛发育于塔东北库鲁克塔格地区震旦—奥陶系的地层中。这些地质事件的发生时期与库鲁克塔格地区的构造演化具有明显的耦合关系。Rodinia超大陆的裂解是全球新元古代冰川沉积的诱发因素,也使库鲁克塔格地区在震旦纪发育冰川相的沉积。发生于早寒武世的火山事件也是Rodinia超大陆同期裂解的表现。在塔东北地区,裂解导致的持续拉张作用一直延续到早奥陶世末期,但在晚寒武世曾发生过一次持续时间较短的构造反转,区域构造应力场由拉张转为挤压,导致南、北沉积相区水体变浅,受到风暴作用影响。在挤压的区域构造背景下,中—晚奥陶世库鲁克塔格急剧隆升,物源供给的加大,为浊流事件的沉积提供了有利条件。另外,区域的构造背景变化也对于该地区的源岩和储层的产生起了决定性的因素。在震旦—早奥陶世晚期拉张的大地构造背景下,早—中寒武世及早奥陶世成为烃源岩的主要形成时期。优质储层主要为碳酸盐岩及碎屑岩,发育于晚震旦世、晚寒武世、中—晚奥陶世。孔隙类型主要为晶间孔、溶孔、裂缝等。这些源岩和储层与地层中的泥岩在垂向上组成多套生储盖组合。     

Research on the effect of straw mulching on the soil moisture by field experiment in the piedmont plain of the Taihang Mountains

To reveal the influencing effect of the long-term straw mulching on the soil moisture, this paper employed the field experiment data in 2010 of a typical area of Taihang Mountains plain, observed the soil moisture dynamic regularities under different mulching patterns by virtue of depressimeter and neutron probe, analyzed the characteristics of soil water content and storage in different depths and seasons under the long-term straw mulching. The results showed that the long-term straw mulching can keep the soil moisture conservation of the deep, while decreased the shallow. (1) The long-term straw mulching can changed the type of soil water movement. If no straw mulching, the type is mainly evaporation-infiltration. And with straw mantle the type would change into infiltration. The number of zero flux plane would be reduced or absent. (2) The long-term straw mulching can increase the soil water reserves of the whole soil profile with the depth between 0 cm and 220 cm. But the soil water content of the layer from 30 cm to 80 cm decreased and the soil water content of the layer from 80 cm to 220 cm increased instead., The effect of soil moisture conservation on winter wheat is not obvious; (3) With no straw mulching, the depth of infiltration recharge by rainfall or irrigation is shallower than 80 cm. In a straw mulching, the influence depth is can extend to 120 cm; (4) With no straw mulching , there is a deep layer on the depth of 220 cm between March and June, while this layer will disappear with a long-term straw mulching.     

季节性冻土区土钉边坡支护结构冻融反应分析

季节性冻土区边坡支护结构往往受冻融循环作用而发生破坏,对边坡支护结构造成很大的安全隐患。结合兰州地区某实际工程,应用大型非线性有限元软件ADINA中的热-流体-固体耦合分析模块建立了季节性冻土区土钉边坡支护结构的有限元模型,开发了土体在冻胀、融沉时的本构模型,并用实测结果考证了程序的有效性。然后采用二次开发的软件分析土钉边坡支护结构在冻融循环作用下的反应特性及规律。分析结果表明:在冻融循环作用下,每层土钉钉头附近轴力值增加最大,沿土钉轴向增加值逐渐减小;轴力相对增量沿坡高逐渐增大;水平位移、坡顶地面沉降量均因冻土融化使得含水率增加而突增。研究结论可为季节性冻土地区边坡支护的设计和施工提供参考。     

降雨和蒸发对土质边坡稳定性的影响

降雨入渗降低边坡的稳定性,蒸发增加边坡的稳定性,降雨和蒸发对边坡稳定性的定量研究是很有意义的。采用蒸发和降雨模型对边坡进行非饱和-非稳定渗流分析,用总凝聚力表示的Bishop极限平衡法计算边坡安全系数。采用数值方法对算例土质边坡进行了研究,得到了孔隙水压力随时间变化的关系、边坡安全系数随时间变化的关系。结果显示：土体中孔隙水压力与天气条件、边坡安全系数与天气条件之间存在滞后关系;降雨和蒸发对边坡的表层滑动稳定性影响非常大,对深层滑动稳定性影响相对较小;降雨过程中边坡的临界滑动面由较深位置向较浅位置转变,蒸发过程则相反。     

大兴安岭秋季冻结期土壤水热变化对多年冻土泥炭地可溶性有机碳的影响北大核心CSCD

土壤温度和含水量是影响可溶性有机碳(DOC)变化的重要因素。然而,多年冻土泥炭地土壤DOC变化对秋季冻结期土壤水热变化的响应尚不明确。本研究选取大兴安岭3种多年冻土泥炭地[小叶章泥炭地(CP)、兴安落叶松-泥炭藓泥炭地(LP)、白毛羊胡子苔草泥炭地(EP)]作为研究对象,开展野外原位试验探究秋季冻结期土壤水热变化对多年冻土泥炭地土壤DOC变化的影响。结果表明:秋季冻结期土壤DOC含量表现为EP>CP>LP,平均含量分别为83.99、45.75和43.13mg·L^(-1)。在秋季冻结前期3种类型多年冻土泥炭地土壤DOC含量均呈波动下降趋势,中、后期CP,LP土壤DOC变化较平缓。在秋季冻结前期,CP整体土壤DOC含量随浅层土壤温度的降低而减少;在后期CP浅层和整体土壤DOC含量随浅层土壤含水量的增加而增加。在秋季冻结中期,LP浅层土壤温度升高和含水量的减少,降低了土壤DOC含量;LP整体土壤DOC的变化随着浅层温度的升高逐渐降低。在秋季冻结后期,EP深层和整体土壤DOC含量随深层含水量增加而增加。在整个秋季冻结期,LP浅层土壤DOC主要受地表温度驱动,深层土壤DOC则主要受深层含水量的影响;整体土壤DOC则受地表温度影响较大。研究表明秋季冻结期多年冻土泥炭地土壤水热变化驱动土壤DOC含量的变化。研究结果为多年冻土区碳循环和“双碳”背景下的碳排放研究提供基础科学数据。     

Winter and summer monsoonal evolution in northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene period

Climate change especially moisture condition in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan in China are mainly controlled by the strength and variability of Asian winter and summer monsoon. In this paper, we presented the climate record and related winter and summer monsoonal history in Gonghe Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, based on the geochemical indicators (geochemical elements content, i.e., Fe₂O₃, CaO, Zr and Sr content, and geochemical parameters, i.e., the chemical index of alteration (CIA), Zr/Rb, Rb/Sr, CaO/MgO, SiO₂/TiO₂ and SiO₂/(Al₂O₃ + Fe₂O₃) ratio) of the peat deposits and ¹⁴C and OSL technologies. The regional temperature and humidity gradually increased in 10.0–8.5 cal ka BP, accompanied by enhanced summer monsoonal strength and decreased winter monsoonal strength. But climate became cold and dry between 8.5 cal ka BP and 7.6 cal ka BP owing to the stronger winter monsoon. During the 7.6–3.8 cal ka BP, stronger summer monsoon and weaker winter monsoon led to an optimal warm and humid condition, although it had several cold phases. From 3.8 cal ka BP to 0.5 cal ka BP, the regional climate tended to be cold and dry, with increasing winter monsoonal strength and decreasing summer monsoonal strength. Thereafter, the relatively warm and humid climate appeared again, due to the stronger summer monsoon. That is to say, the regional climate conditions are mainly related to the winter and summer monsoonal changes. These changes are consistent with palaeoclimatic records (monsoonal model) from the region influenced by the Asian monsoon in eastern China. In addition, nine cold events were recorded: 8.5–7.8 cal ka BP, 6.1–5.6 cal ka BP, 5.2–4.8 cal ka BP, 4.7–4.3 cal ka BP, 4.1–4.0 cal ka BP, 3.8–3.4 cal ka BP, 3.0–2.3 cal ka BP, 1.4–1.3 cal ka BP, and 1.0–0.5 cal ka BP, which are coincident with cold fluctuations in the high and low latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere on a millennial scale, as recorded by lakes, peat sediments, and ice cores in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. In conclusion, Holocene millennial-scale climatic changes in Gonghe Basin were controlled by the dual function of Asian monsoonal changes and global cold fluctuations.     

黑龙江省土壤冻融期气象要素变化特征

黑龙江省春季土壤冻融剧烈,土壤湿度和温度受土壤冻融影响较大,利用黑龙江省64个气象观测站1961—2018年的逐日最高气温、最低气温、平均气温、降水量、地温资料及34个农气观测站人工观测的1981—2018年的土壤湿度资料,分析土壤冻结期间的气象要素变化,研究春季土壤冻融过程中湿度和温度的变化。结果表明：土壤冻结期从北向南缩短,且逐年缩短,冻结期平均气温从北向南升高,逐年上升,降水量西部少、东部和北部多,逐年增加;春季冻融次数平原少、山区多,逐年减少。春季融雪开始日期由北向南提前,并且呈现逐年提前的趋势,融雪期升温速率北部、东部低,中部、南部高;在春季冻融过程中,土壤湿度随着土壤深度的增加而增多,东部土壤湿度受土壤融冻影响最大;在整个冬季土壤冻结期间,北部、中部及东部土壤湿度是增加的,且随着土壤深度的增加,土壤湿度增加的越多,而西部土壤湿度是减少的,且随着土壤深度的增加,土壤湿度减少的越少;春季土壤冻融期间,0 cm平均地温全省平均在-17.3~22.1 ℃之间,南部与全省变化趋势基本一致,升温趋势明显,而北部升温速度明显慢于南部。     

Effects of gully erosion and gully filling on soil depth and crop production in the black soil region, northeast China

Gully erosion is a very serious problem in the black soil region of northeast China. Gully filling is often adopted for controlling gully erosion by local farmers and thus causes more serious soil erosion. In this study an ephemeral gully (EG, 74 m) and a classical gully (CG, 52 m) connected at the gully’s headcut were selected as the study site. Two comparisons were made to explore the effects of gully erosion and the subsequent gully filling on soil depth and soybean yield: (1) soil depth between 81 sample points in the study site and 11 reference points along the same slope with the gully; (2) soybean yield between 81 sample points in the study site and 30 baseline locations near the study site. The results indicated that gully erosion caused the reduction of soil depth and soybean yield. Although filling gullies with soil from adjacent areas seemed to be an expedient way to remediate the gullies, it resulted in substantial soybean yield reduction. Gully erosion reduced the soil depth and soybean yield in 74.4 and 83.9 % of the study site, respectively. The soybean yield reduction ratio was 34.5 % for the whole study site and 2.6 % for the black soil region. Soil depth was the most important soil property indicator to reduce yield. Every 1 cm decrease in soil depth in the areas adjacent to gullies due to infilling activities resulted in a 2 % decrease in yield. More significant was the deposition of sediment from gully erosion, which completely eliminated soybean yield. Currently, effective soil and water conservation measures are not known and adopted by local farmers extensively. In the future, once some measures for preventing soil erosion, in particular gully erosion, were proved effective, these technologies should be disseminated among local farmers.     

Basin evolution model during cretaceous in the northeastern of Arabian plate in Kurdistan region

The research area concentrates in a part of the main Zagros fold and thrust belt in the Kurdistan region (Northern Iraq). From study tectono-stratigraphy we constrain the story of the basin evolution of Kurdistan during Cretaceous. However we mainly investigated the evolution of the pre-Subduction and Pre-collision periods, focusing on the relationship between tectonics and sedimentation. For this purposes we developed (1) a biostratigraphic approach using nannofossil analysis, (2) a fault tectonic analysis, and (3) a stratigraphic study. The Zagros fold belt in Kurdistan exhibits many lateral and vertical environmental and facies changes, especially during the Cretaceous times. During the Jurassic period the Kurdistan is occupied by the restricted Gotnia Basin. This basin disappeared and the Kurdistan area changed to open marine of a southwest Kermanshah Basin during the Cretaceous. During the Berriasian to Barremian the Kurdistan was covered by the carbonates of the Balambo and Sarmord formations. In the east and southeast the neritic Sarmord Formation gradationally and laterally passes to the basinal facies of the Balambo Formation. In the Aptian to Cenomanian period shallow massive reefal limestone of the Qamchuqa Formation deposited. The normal faulting that initiates during the Aptian is associated with an abrupt lateral change of the reefal Qamchuqa Formation to the Aptian-Cenomanian part of the Balambo Formation. During the Cenomanian-Early Turonian periods the graben formed in the Dokan Lake in eastern Kurdistan, where developed a deeper restricted environment (Dokan and Gulneri formations) surrounded by a shallow marine platform. During the Turonian the marine pelagic micritic cherty limestones of Kometan Formation covered northeast of Kurdistan, whereas in the Safeen, Shakrok and Harir anticlines the formation was totally, or partially, weathered during the Coniacian-Early Campanian period. The deposition during the Late Cretaceous is very heterogeneous with a gap in the Coniacian-Santonian times probably related to a non-deposition. Associated with extensive tectonics a basin developed during the Campanian with the deposition of shales, marls and marly limestones of the Shiranish Formation. The first appearance is the Kurdistan of the flysch facies of the Tanjero Formation was precisely dated of the Upper Campanian in northeastern Kurdistan. The Tanjero Formation conformably overlaying the Shiranish Formation and was deposited in the foredeep basin associated with the obduction of Tethyan ophiolites onto the Arabian Platform. The Early to Late Campanian period is a time of non-deposition in Central Kurdistan (Safeen, Shakrok and Harir anticlines). During the Late Campanian the Bekhme carbonate platform in the north disappeared when the marly limestones of the Shiranish Formation transgressed over the Bekmeh Platform. In the Aqra area the Maastrichtian Tanjero Formation laterally changed to the thick reefal sequence of the Aqra Formation that unconformably overlies by the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene lagoonal carbonate of the Khurmala Formation. The Campanian sedimentation is mainly controlled by NE- oriented normal faults forming Grabens in Dokan, Spilk and Soran areas. During the Maastrichtian in the extreme northeastern Kurdistan the NE-SW and NNW-SSE normal faults developed in the foredeep basin and originated horsts and grabens.     

基于计算流体力学的寒区土壤水热耦合模型研究

土壤水文过程(水分运移和传热)及其对气候变化的响应是寒区水文学的前沿问题.然而,冻土的存在使得寒区土壤水文过程变得极其复杂.此外,寒区自然环境恶劣,较难获取长时间序列和高分辨率的野外观测资料.近年来,充分利用已有的观测数据,构建寒区土壤水热耦合模型,并开展相应的数值模拟研究,已成为理解寒区土壤水文物理过程,揭示其动力学...     

休耕水稻田蓄水对土壤肥力影响试验

主要探讨水稻田休耕期间蓄水对休耕后土壤肥力之影响。选择两块水稻田区,在水稻收割后,将田区翻耕一次。一田区以人工连续灌溉,蓄存水量于田区;另一田区则为天然蓄水。在每一田区四边及中央处,以10cm为一层采取土样,取至60cm。再将每一层土样气干后,通过0.42mm筛网土样混合,分析田区同一层在不同时段与不同深度下之pH值、电导度值、有机质、全氮、有效磷、钙离子、镁离子、钾离子及钠离子之变化。试验结果显示:休耕后水稻根系腐化,造成土壤有机质以及有效磷显著的增加。蓄水后天然蓄水田区有机质和有效磷分别增加51%及88%,连续蓄水田区分别增加13%和69%。而天然蓄水田区镁、钾、钠分别降低35%、24%和47%,连续蓄水田区分别降低29%、14%及41%。     

中国兴蒙—吉黑地区岩石圈结构基本特征

兴蒙—吉黑地区岩石圈由额尔古纳、兴安、松嫩和佳木斯4个古陆块及完达山中生代大陆边缘增生杂岩构成。Nd同位素模式年龄显示,佳木斯陆块时代最老,1500～2200Ma;额尔古纳陆块次之,1000～1600Ma;兴安和松嫩陆块具有相同的Nd模式年龄,500～1200Ma。地球化学示踪分析表明,该区古生代时表层地壳的Nd同位素模式年龄以中元古代为主,而中生代花岗岩的Nd同位素模式年龄主要为新元古代,表明该区深部地壳的年龄较表层地壳的年龄年轻,显示出该区地壳具有下新上老的年龄结构。Os同位素分析同时证明,该区岩石圈地幔也多表现为年轻性质。地震(Vp)速度结构显示,该区岩石圈结构在垂向上具有两个明显的特征:一是与传统意义上的地震岩石圈概念明显不同,该区岩石圈地幔的低速带没有稳定连续的顶界面,低速异常顶界面深浅不一,与高速异常体犬齿交错,某些构造单元之下的低速异常直达Moho,但底界面却十分稳定,深度为230～240km;二是“立交式”速度结构,表现为在地壳范围内,速度等值线总体呈北东向展布;岩石圈地幔的速度等值线呈北北西-近南北向展布;低速异常圈层的速度等值线为近东西向展布。     

松嫩平原典型黑土分布区土壤呼吸研究

在松嫩平原典型黑土分布区,选择耕地、休耕地、自然荒地3种土地利用方式进行土壤CO₂呼吸研究。采用壕沟隔断法,探讨了植物根系呼吸在不同土地利用方式下的差异,采用温度敏感系数Q10分析了不同土地利用方式下土壤呼吸对温度的敏感性。结果表明: 土壤呼吸受多方面因素影响,包括土壤温度、湿度、植被类型、农业生产活动等。土壤呼吸日变化过程中,温度是影响土壤呼吸速率的决定性因素。在夏季植物根系呼吸所占的比例最大,超过了50％,春秋两季根系呼吸所占的比例相对较少。受植物种类及植物根系呼吸在土壤呼吸中所占比例大小的影响,在3种不同的土地利用方式下根系自养呼吸所占的比例大小顺序依次为荒地>休耕地>耕地。有根系的土壤呼吸对土壤温度升高的反应要敏感些。     

Study on the mechanism of isotope fractionation in soil water during the evaporation process under equilibrium condition

In this study, with the method of vacuum extraction, two evaporative processes of soil water and free water under equilibrium condition were simulated. For each sample, water vapor was condensed by liquid nitrogen and was collected in four time intervals. From the analysis of hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of the water collected at different times, it was discovered that the isotope fractionation of soil water also follows the mode, which is just the same as the evaporative process of free water. The relationship between the stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in residual water showed that the simulative evaporation line was close to the global meteoric water line (GMWL) under the equilibrium condition at about 20°C. Comparison of the two types of evaporative processes indicated that the isotope fractionation and evaporation velocity of soil water were only slightly modified by the Van der Waals force.     

Vegetation dynamics during the late Pleistocene in the Barreirinhas region, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil, based on carbon isotopes in soil organic matter

The study place is in the Barreirinhas region, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil. A vegetation transect of 78 km was studied among four vegetation types: Restinga (coastal vegetation), Cerrado (woody savanna), Cerradão (dense woody savanna), and Forest, as well as three forested sites around Lagoa do Caçó, located approximately 10 km of the transect. Soil profiles in this transect were sampled for δ¹³C analysis, as well as buried charcoal fragments were used for ¹⁴C dating. The data interpretation indicated that approximately between 15,000 and ∼9000 ¹⁴C yr B.P., arboreal vegetation prevailed in the whole transect, probably due to the presence of a humid climate. Approximately between ∼9000 and 4000-3000 ¹⁴C yr B.P., there was the expansion of the savanna, probably related to the presence of drier climate. From ∼4000-3000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. to the present, the results indicated an increase in the arboreal density in the area, due to the return to a more humid and probably similar climate to the present. The presence of buried charcoal fragments in several soil depths suggested the occurrence of palaeofires during the Holocene. The vegetation dynamic inferred in this study for northeastern Brazil is in agreement with the results obtained in areas of Amazon region, based on pollen analysis of lake sediments and carbon isotope analysis of soil organic matter (SOM), implying than similar climatic conditions have affected these areas during the late Pleistocene until the present.