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Solute Generation and Transport in Semiarid Mountain Catchments of the Central Chilean Andes
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WoS WOS:001485058400001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:105004689813
DOI 10.1007/S41748-025-00642-X
Año 2025
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Abstract



Solute generation and export to rivers are a result of different processes that occur in the Critical Zone. Chemical weathering, climatic forcing, and biotic effects control solute concentration in streams. This paper presents a comprehensive dataset of major ions, Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios and Ge/Si ratios from the Maipo River watershed in the Andes of Central Chile, a water-stressed region that has undergone a decade-long megadrought and overexploitation. To assess the spatial and temporal variability of solute sources and fluxes, we conducted sampling in the period August 2021-August 2022 at the selected Mapocho Alto and Maipo Alto sub-watersheds. Concentration-discharge relationships revealed mostly diluting behavior for most solutes in the streams at the Maipo Alto sub-watershed, except for the Melosas stream with enriching pattern, and the Yeso stream that showed chemostasis. Solutes in the Mapocho Alto sub-watershed were mostly chemostatic to weakly diluting. Nitrate exhibited predominantly enriching behavior. Regarding Sr isotopes, the Maipo Alto sub-watershed streams yielded Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios between 0.70589-0.70732, indicating mixing of Jurassic marine carbonatic-evaporitic rocks and magmatic arc rocks. Conversely, the Mapocho Alto streams presented Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios between 0.70371-0.70417, indicating weathering of the magmatic arc rocks. Last, low Ge/Si ratios (< 1.5 <mu>mol/mol) suggested incongruent weathering and equilibrium between water and clays at the Mapocho Alto streams, while at the Maipo Alto streams, higher Ge/Si ratios (up to 45 mu mol/mol) imply action of hydrothermal fluids or sulfide dissolution. This study provides a geochemical baseline that can be used for water quality management, especially in semiarid regions undergoing water stress.

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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Macchioli-Grande, Marcos - Universidad de Chile - Chile
2 Soto-Maass, Agustin - Universidad de Chile - Chile
3 PFEIFFER-JAKOB, MARCO MATIAS Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
4 COVARRUBIAS-PENA, JOSE IGNACIO Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
5 Pena-Echeverria, Amanda - Universidad de Chile - Chile
6 PEREZ-FODICH, ALIDA EUGENIA Mujer Universidad de Chile - Chile

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Fuente
Universidad de Chile
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Agencia Nacional de Investigacin y Desarrollo
Fluid Geochemistry Laboratory (CEGA-Department of Geology)

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Agradecimientos



Agradecimiento
Fluid Geochemistry Laboratory (CEGA-Department of Geology, University of Chile), Cornell University, and the University of South Carolina are thanked for analytical facilities. We greatly acknowledge Jaime Lama for allowing sampling in his dwellings and conducting permits at the local community authorities. MMG thanks Cecilia Echegoyen and Tamara Pailamilla for help during the development of the project, as well as Valeria Bustamante and many undergraduate and students who collaborated in fieldwork.
This research was funded by FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellowship 3220318 (ANID) awarded to MMG. APF was supported by FONDECYT 11200656 (ANID) and U-Inicia 006/20 (University of Chile) grants. MP acknowledges FONDECYT 11190029 (ANID) and U-Inicia 003/19 (University of Chile) grants. MMG and APF are also supported by Anillo WEF ATE220029 (ANID).

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