The dynamics of tourist excursion ratios in Slovakia show caves from 2000 to 2014

Show caves are one of the most important targets in developing local ecotourism strategies. This work focuses on a tourism visit rate incidence through an Attractiveness Index concerning 12 selected show caves in Slovakia. Our study focuses on visitor counts published from 2000 to 2014. A set of eight criteria were selected in order to analyse and determine the appeal that each cave may have for visitors. Establishing the “degree” of appeal as an indicator of the tourism and geographic absolute attractiveness value is based on a principal components factor analysis; the resultant single factor was correlated with our selected criteria. We find a strong correlation between touristic cave attractiveness and cave locations, ease of cave passage access (vehicle and trail) infrastructures, cave location in main tourism regions, and the growth of urban areas as they encroach on show cave locations. Similar studies in valorization of show caves tourism have not been attempted in Slovakia or Eastern Europe. The data and result from this study are also clearly important from a managerial perspective. This general framework could be easily expanded to include additional attributes that might be relevant for other market segments or other vacation experiences.     

洞穴滴水水文化学特征及石漠化效应--以贵州石将军洞为例

利用洞穴指标体系研究地表石漠化演变处于理论萌芽阶段.据此,通过对发育在强度石漠化条件下的石将军洞穴滴水滴率、pH值及温度进行为期1 a的动态监测,在分析其特征空间、时间变化规律基础的上,初步探索其石漠化效应.研究结果表明:受石漠化发育引起的地表植被破坏严重、土层稀薄影响,上覆顶板对水分的赋存主要靠基岩来完成,基岩愈厚,洞穴滴水滴率、pH 值与温度变率愈小,因此表现出越靠近洞口受外界影响越强烈、变幅越大的特征;同时,强度石漠化条件下,土壤中可利用的CO2较少,使得洞穴滴水pH 值显示了雨季时值较高、旱季时值较低的反常特征.     

新型堵漏工具——拦截式堵漏工具的研究

针对大溶洞或裂缝漏失,利用研究的拦截式堵漏工具将堵漏浆拦截在一定位置,对大裂缝漏失地层、溶洞性漏失地层进行有效封堵,从而解决该类恶性漏失问题,提高钻探施工质量和钻探效率,降低钻探成本,为钻探工程特种漏失堵漏提供新途径。     

塔里木盆地柯坪地区中寒武统准同生白云岩孔洞充填物期次、地化特征及形成条件*

对塔里木盆地柯坪地区蓬莱坝剖面中寒武统沙依里克组萨布哈白云岩及其溶孔中的多期次充填物进行了岩石学和地球化学分析,以对其沉淀时的流体环境进行恢复。孔洞中的环带状充填物可分为4期,由白云岩向内依次为：（1）乳白色粒状方解石;（2）铁质浸染的杂色柱状方解石;（3）无色透明的石英;（4）紫色粒状萤石。碳氧同位素、微量元素及稀土元素分析结果表明：白云岩具有高的Sr/Ba值5.47,低的U/Th值0.2954（明显小于0.7）,高的Zr/Hf值36.86,相对高的稀土总量,相对高的 δ¹⁸O值-7.444‰,盐度指数Z值为120.56,表明它形成于相对低温、富氧和盐度相对较高的流体环境,进一步证实其是形成于蒸发环境的准同生白云岩。第1期方解石具有低的Sr/Ba值2.33,相对高的U/Th值1.3,低的Zr/Hf值20.857,相对居中的稀土总量,相对低的δ¹⁸O值-13.758‰,盐度指数Z值为105.35（小于120）,表明它形成于温度相对较高、缺氧、盐度较低的流体条件下。第2期方解石具有具有相对低的Sr/Ba值2.77,相对高的U/Th值1,相对低的Zr/Hf值32.08,相对居中的稀土总量,相对低的 δ¹⁸O值-11.344‰,盐度指数Z值为116.51,表明其形成于温度相对较高、贫氧、盐度较低的流体条件下。萤石具有居中的Sr/Ba值3.15,相对高的U/Th值0.8666,相对低的Zr/Hf值31.875,相对低的稀土总量,其配分模式与岩浆成因萤石较为接近,表明其形成于温度相对较高、缺氧、低盐度的流体条件下。这些特征反映该套地层经历了准同生期白云岩化后的埋藏-抬升-再埋藏-最终抬升至地表的过程。     

超高密度电阻率法在岩溶及破碎带探测中的应用

结合工程实例,介绍了超高密度电阻率法在勘探岩溶及破碎带中的应用,总结了数据采集过程中的注意事项,并将成果与钻孔资料作了对比分析。结果表明,该方法在岩溶及破碎带的分布位置、大小、埋藏深度及发育情况等方面的勘察上都取得了较好的效果,是一种能有效提高工程勘察精度的物探方法。     

Décollement folds in Redbank area,northern territory

The structural deformation which produced more than 80 Jura‐type folds each of an axial length exceeding 1 km, in the Redbank Area, N.T., involved only a 360‐to 400‐m thick blanket of sediments. This thin skin of sediments and volcanic rocks, belonging to the Lower Proterozoic Tawallah Group, consists from bottom to top of the Wollogorang Formation, Gold Creek Volcanics, and Pungalina beds. Folding did not involve the underlying Settlement Creek Volcanics or Aquarium Formation. It is postulated that the cause of this detachment and shearing off along the bottom of the thin blanket of sediments is the infiltration of carbonated, K‐rich hydrothermal fluids under high pressure. This occurred during a period of igneous activity related to a postulated deep‐seated alkaline magma thought to be responsible for the many breccia pipes in the area. Thus the folds result from a décollement triggered by high fluid pressure, and from the accompanying gravity gliding and gravitational induced deformation of the thin skin of sediments along a gentle slope.     

碳酸盐岩油气藏缝洞单元多学科综合划分方法研究——以塔里木盆地轮古11井区为例

对于已进入开发中后期的碳酸盐岩缝洞型油气藏,进行缝洞单元精细研究非常重要。盲目部署加密井,很容易导致因为所在单元的储量已被动用而失利。本文采用的碳酸盐岩缝洞单元多学科综合划分方法是:在有井控制的地区,首先分析井间连通性,然后结合生产动态、常规解析试井、流体性质、数值试井等多学科资料确定缝洞单元边界;在无井控制的地区,影响连通性最重要的主控因素是储层本身的相互连通性,其次才是断裂和裂缝,这时可在连通性约束下进行储层和裂缝预测,并以此为主要依据确定缝洞单元边界。对塔里木盆地轮古油气田轮古11井区划分出80个缝洞单元,其中有55个为储量未动用单元(潜力单元),并部署了一些加密井,已钻的XW1井获得了成功,投产初期日产油95t,不含水。     

ESR and OSL dating of fossil-bearing deposits from Naracoorte Cave Complex palaeontological sites,south Australia

Little work has been undertaken on combined dating of sedimentary quartz grains using electron spin resonance (ESR) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques in Australia. This study aims to assess the suitability of a combined ESR and OSL dating approach for establishing improved chronologies of Middle-Late Pleistocene deposits within the Naracoorte Cave Complex (NCC), South Australia. Here, we apply ESR and OSL dating in tandem to a series of samples collected from three different NCC sites: Whale Bone, Specimen and Alexandra cave. ESR quartz dating focuses on the multi-centre (MC) approach, which involves comparative evaluations of Al and Ti centre signals, while paired luminescence dating focuses on single-grain OSL analysis and includes examination of multi-grain averaging effects. The comparative ESR-OSL dating results exhibit broad agreement for deposits spanning 50–150 thousand years, with either the Ti–H or Al centre ages overlapping with paired OSL ages at 2σ in nearly all cases. MC ESR evaluations (Al v Ti–Li v Ti–H age assessments) indicate incomplete resetting of the bleachable Al centre signal for a small number of samples. Two-thirds of samples exhibit Ti–Li ages that are significantly older than corresponding Al centre ages, which is unexpected from a bleaching kinetics perspective and may indicate a broader reliability issue for Ti–Li palaeodose evaluation with these particular samples. Our findings: (i) support the applicability of both palaeodosimetric dating methods in this depositional setting; (ii) highlight the merits of applying combined ESR-OSL analyses in tandem, and; (iii) provide one of the first reliable evaluations of quartz ESR MC dating for samples with natural dose ranges as low as only a few tens of Gy. These results show that the Whale Bone, Specimen and Alexandra cave sites are temporally related and can be used to derive multi-site reconstructions of faunal assemblages and palaeoenvironmental history.     

Very high-frequency and seasonal cave atmosphere PCO2 variability: Implications for stalagmite growth and oxygen isotope-based paleoclimate records

Cave air P_CO2 at two Irish sites varied dramatically on daily to seasonal timescales, potentially affecting the timing of calcite deposition and consequently climate proxy records derived from stalagmites collected at the same sites. Temperature-dependent biochemical processes in the soil control CO₂ production, resulting in high summer P_CO2 values and low winter values at both sites. Large Large-amplitude, high-frequency variations superimposed on this seasonal cycle reflect cave air circulation. Here we model stalagmite growth rates, which are controlled partly by CO₂ degassing rates from drip water, by considering both the seasonal and high-frequency cave air P_CO2 variations. Modeled hourly growth rates for stalagmite CC-Bil from Crag Cave in SW Ireland reach maxima in late December (0.063 μm h^− 1) and minima in late June/early July (0.033 μm h^− 1). For well-mixed ‘diffuse flow’ cave drips such as those that feed CC-Bil, high summer cave air P_CO2 depresses summer calcite deposition, while low winter P_CO2 promotes degassing and enhances deposition rates. In stalagmites fed by well-mixed drips lacking seasonal variations in δ¹⁸O, integrated annual stalagmite calcite δ¹⁸O is unaffected; however, seasonality in cave air P_CO2 may influence non-conservative geochemical climate proxies (e.g., δ¹³C, Sr/Ca). Stalagmites fed by ‘seasonal’ drips whose hydrochemical properties vary in response to seasonality may have higher growth rates in summer because soil air P_CO2 may increase relative to cave air P_CO2 due to higher soil temperatures. This in turn may bias stalagmite calcite δ¹⁸O records towards isotopically heavier summer drip water δ¹⁸O values, resulting in elevated calcite δ¹⁸O values compared to the ‘equilibrium’ values predicted by calcite–water isotope fractionation equations. Interpretations of stalagmite-based paleoclimate proxies should therefore consider the consequences of cave air P_CO2 variability and the resulting intra-annual variability in calcite deposition rates.     

湖北清江和尚洞洞穴温度对气候变化的响应

对湖北清江流域和尚洞内、洞外气温进行同步高频监测,发现洞穴温度响应洞外气温的变化,但由于受到洞穴的“缓冲作用” ,由外及里的温度变化幅度变小,时间滞后,且响应的快慢具有明显的季节性。2003- 2008年度监测的数据统计表明,在150m 洞深处,洞内日温度的变化幅度仅0. 2℃ ,明显低于洞外气温变化幅度( 6. 9℃ ) ;同样,洞内夏、冬季节温差变化( 6. 9℃ )也小于洞外( 31. 8℃ )。比较洞内外温度的时间序列,发现日尺度上,洞内气温滞后洞外0～ 2小时,而在季节尺度上则滞后10～ 40天,其中降温阶段滞后小,升温阶段滞后大。此外,一年四季中,洞内温度对外界气温变化的响应呈现慢( 2- 4月)→快( 5- 7月)→较快( 8- 10月)→较慢( 11- 1月)的特点,可能与不同季节下洞穴“缓冲作用”的强弱变化有关。