A transdisciplinary analysis of water problems in the mountainous karst areas of Morocco

Water management and engineering in the karstic High Atlas of Morocco are difficult tasks under the prevailing geological, hydrogeological, geomorphological, vegetational and climatic conditions. It is important to be able to understand and predict the characteristics and availability of water for future water planning in the region under changing climatic and agricultural conditions. An interdisciplinary analysis of problems and adequate hydrological modelling tools developed by geologists, hydrologists and biologists are necessary. The karst areas of the High Atlas Mountains are characterised by impermeable triassic basalt underlying substantial subsurface reservoirs with high potential discharge rates. The karst groundwater aquifers are extensive but largely unknown in dimension, probably with a hierarchical network of groundwater flow paths. It is estimated that approximately 70% of the surface water is directly lost to groundwater. Steep landslide- and debris flow prone slopes exist next to coarse-grained, highly porous river beds. Infrequent, high intensity rainfall or snowmelt causes a particularly high flood risk to these karst areas. In addition, agriculture and land use changes have degraded the karst areas. The most important driving forces for degradation include permanent overgrazing even during droughts and the use of firewood by a continually growing population. Large scale degradation of vegetation has occurred in the oro-mediterranean (mountainous Mediterranean) zone, between 2600 and 3400 m which coincides with the most important zone for karstic groundwater creation. The combination of high amounts of groundwater flow and rapid surface flow due to sparse vegetation has increased the problems of flood flow.     

贵州喀斯特山区的石漠化及其生态经济治理模式

分析了贵州喀斯特山区石漠化的分布及其影响效应,详细探讨了石漠化治理缓慢的难点与症结,阐述了石漠化治理应坚持的六条原则.在此基础上结合贵州喀斯特山区的自然、社会、经济发展的实际情况,从生产(技术)、生态、生活与发展等三个层面提出贵州喀斯特山区石漠化治理的生态经济优化模式.     

晋陕蒙接壤地区岩溶地下水与黄河水环境同位素特征分析

本文通过晋陕蒙接壤地区岩溶地下水与黄河水环境同位素特征的分析、研究,得出由补给区→迳流区→排泄区,岩溶水氚值由高变低, 14C年龄具有由低逐渐升高的变化规律;利用同位素的高程效应,计算得到岩溶水补给区的补给高程为1500～1600m;利用氚值的衰变估算,岩溶地下水的运移速度为3. 8～2. 1km /a,反映出岩溶水由补给→排泄区由快到慢的运动过程。文中还利用黄河水与岩溶水的氚值,估算了黄河西岸岩溶水中有25%来自黄河水入渗,75%来自东部岩溶水的补给。     

贵州茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区的生态旅游

阐述了贵州茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区开展生态旅游的意义,分析评述了该保护区开展生态旅游的优劣势。针对茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区生态环境本底脆弱和生态旅游的内涵要求,探讨了在该保护区开展生态旅游应坚持的四条原则,提出了适合茂兰喀斯特森林保护区地域特色的生态旅游开发的方向及相应的对策。      

Mobile sediment in an urbanizing karst aquifer: implications for contaminant transport

 Here we investigate geochemical characteristics of sediment in different compartments of a karst aquifer and demonstrate that mobile sediments in a karst aquifer can exhibit a wide range of properties affecting their contaminant transport potential. Sediment samples were collected from surface streams, sinkholes, caves, wells, and springs of a karst aquifer (the Barton Springs portion of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer, Central Texas) and their mineralogy, grain-size distribution, organic carbon content, and specific surface area analyzed. Statistical analysis of the sediments separated the sampling sites into three distinct groups: (1) streambeds, sinkholes, and small springs; (2) wells; and (3) caves. Sediments from the primary discharge spring were a mix of these three groups. High organic carbon content and high specific surface area gives some sediments an increased potential to transport contaminants; the volume of these sediments is likely to increase with continued urbanization of the watershed. Received: 13 April 1998 · Accepted: 6 October 1998     

控制岩体活动的地质因素分析

本文对控制岩体活动的地质因素—岩性、岩体结构、结构面、地应力和水文地质条件等进行了分析。岩性、岩体结构是产生岩体活动的内因。本文将岩体结构划分为六种类型,即整体结构、块状结构、层状结构、碎裂结构、镶嵌结构和散体结构。并对控制岩体稳定性的结构面进行了研究和分类,指出不同结构面对岩体活动的具体影响。通过各种控制岩体活动的地质因素分析,掌握岩体活动规律,对予防灾害性岩体活动,防患于未然有实际意义。     

平邑县地下水资源分布及其开发利用对策

地下水作用为平邑县工业生产、城镇居民生活及农村人畜用水的主要供水水源，其开发利用十分重要。通过研究地下水资源的分布特征及开发利用条件，分析用水现状和开采水平，提出存在的问题，探讨合理开发利用地下水资源的布局及角决水资源供需矛盾的对策，以保证地下水资源的合理、有效、持续利用，使其发挥更大的效益。     

山西五台县水泉湾泉和李家庄泉的成因分析

本文主要根据水泉湾泉和李家庄泉泉域的地质和水文地质资料，分析了本区内岩溶的发育特征和岩溶地下水的循环规律．研究分析了水泉湾泉和李家庄泉的形成原因。     

喀斯特天坑略论

上世纪80 年代, 人们知道我国四川省兴文县的石海洞乡(石林)风景区有个“ 小岩湾” 的大型喀斯特漏斗, 但多少年来并未引起喀斯特学术界的重视。近年来, 随着这类喀斯特形态在我国南方喀斯特区的一系列重要科学发现, 为我们对这一现象的一般性研究提供了机会。在初步研究的过程中我们认识到, 应该将这类形态从大型漏斗中分离出来, 并命名为“ 喀斯特天坑”(karst tiankeng)。本文是这一研究成果的初步小结, 内容包括:国内外天坑的现有发现;喀斯特漏斗与天坑、天坑定义;天坑的成因类型、形成条件与发育阶段;天坑在科学研究及旅游资源开发中的意义。      

山西岩溶水强径流带的成因类型及其水文地质特征

根据成因特征,将山西岩溶水强径流带分为五种类型:接触带型、河谷型、构造带型、向斜谷地型和复合型.通过野外调查及对大量实测资料的分析研究,揭示出山西岩溶水强径流带的主要发育与分布特征:岩溶水强径流带呈网状分布;发育深度50~300m;地下水面呈槽谷型,水力坡度一般在0.6‰~2.8‰之间.岩溶强径流带水量丰富,单井出水量大于1000m3/d,是建立岩溶水水源地的理想场所.