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| DOI | 10.1007/S41748-025-00642-X | ||||
| Año | 2025 | ||||
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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.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Macchioli-Grande, Marcos | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 2 | Soto-Maass, Agustin | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 3 | PFEIFFER-JAKOB, MARCO MATIAS | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 4 | COVARRUBIAS-PENA, JOSE IGNACIO | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 5 | Pena-Echeverria, Amanda | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 6 | PEREZ-FODICH, ALIDA EUGENIA | Mujer |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 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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| 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). |