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GIS and ANN coupling model: an innovative approach to evaluate vulnerability of karst water inrush in coalmines of north China 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
Evaporites, including rock salt (halite) and gypsum (or anhydrite), are the most soluble among common rocks; they dissolve
readily to form the same types of karst features that commonly are found in limestones and dolomites. Evaporites are present
in 32 of the 48 contiguous states in USA, and they underlie about 40% of the land area. Typical evaporite-karst features observed
in outcrops include sinkholes, caves, disappearing streams, and springs, whereas other evidence of active evaporite karst
includes surface-collapse structures and saline springs or saline plumes that result from salt dissolution. Many evaporites
also contain evidence of paleokarst, such as dissolution breccias, breccia pipes, slumped beds, and collapse structures. All
these natural karst phenomena can be sources of engineering or environmental problems. Dangerous sinkholes and caves can form
rapidly in evaporite rocks, or pre-existing karst features can be reactivated and open up (collapse) under certain hydrologic
conditions or when the land is put to new uses. Many karst features also propagate upward through overlying surficial deposits.
Human activities also have caused development of evaporite karst, primarily in salt deposits. Boreholes (petroleum tests or
solution-mining operations) or underground mines may enable unsaturated water to flow through or against salt deposits, either
intentionally or accidentally, thus allowing development of small to large dissolution cavities. If the dissolution cavity
is large enough and shallow enough, successive roof failures can cause land subsidence and/or catastrophic collapse. Evaporite
karst, natural and human-induced, is far more prevalent than is commonly believed. 相似文献
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The lowest 17-km long reach of the Huerva River valley, down to its confluence with the Ebro River in Zaragoza city, flows across salt-bearing evaporites of the Ebro Tertiary Basin (NE Spain). Upstream, the horizontally lying Miocene evaporites are interfingered with non-soluble distal alluvial fan facies (shales and sandstones). The proportion of soluble facies in the Huerva River valley increases in a downstream direction towards the basin depocenter. On the basis of the type and magnitude of the paleosubsidence features, the valley has been divided into four reaches. Along reach I, undeformed terrace deposits less than 4 m thick rest on insoluble detrital bedrock. In reaches II and III, dissolution at the alluvium–bedrock boundary has generated local thickening, deformation and paleocollapse structures, which only affect the alluvial mantle. In reach IV, terrace deposits thicken to over 60 m resulting from a large-scale synsedimentary subsidence. In this sector, subsidence locally affects to both the alluvium and the underlying bedrock. This indicates that dissolution acts at the rockhead beneath the alluvial cover (alluvial karst) and within the evaporitic substratum (interstratal karst). The development of an intraevaporitic karst in reach IV is attributed to gypsum and salt dissolution. Irregular terrace gravel bodies (gravel pockets) embedded in a fine-grained matrix associated with paleocollapse structures have been interpreted as liquefaction–fluidization structures resulting from ground acceleration and suction induced by catastrophic collapses. Subsidence is currently active in the region affecting areas with a thin alluvial cover in reaches III and IV. The low subsidence activity in most of Zaragoza city is explained by the presence of thickened (around 50 m) and indurated alluvial deposits. In the surrounding area, numerous buildings in Cadrete and Santa Fe villages have been severely damaged by subsidence. Natural and human-induced subsidence favours the development of slope movements in the gypsum scarp overlooking Cadrete village. Several transport routes including the Imperial Canal (irrigation canal) and the recently completed Madrid–Barcelona high-speed railway are affected by human-induced sinkholes. The paleocollapse structures exposed in the trenches of this railway and a ring road under construction point to hazardous locations underlain by cavities and collapse structures where special protection measures should be applied. Rigid structures are recommended beneath the high-speed railway with sufficient strength to span the larger sinkholes with no deformation. Electronic monitoring devices linked to a warning system can detect subtle subsidence-induced deformations in carriageways or railways. This research demonstrates that the study of the paleokarst helps to understand the processes involved in the present-day subsidence phenomena and their general spatial distribution. 相似文献
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Kenneth S. Johnson 《Environmental Geology》2008,53(5):945-950
Gypsum is a highly soluble rock and is dissolved readily to form caves, sinkholes, disappearing streams, and other karst features
that typically are also present in limestones and dolomites. Gypsum karst is widespread in the USA and has caused problems
at several sites where dams were built, or where dam construction was considered. Gypsum karst is present (at least locally)
in most areas where gypsum crops out, or is less than 30–60 m below the land surface. These karst features can compromise
on the ability of a dam to hold water in a reservoir, and can even cause collapse of a dam. Gypsum karst in the abutments
or foundation of a dam can allow water to pass through, around, or under a dam, and solution channels can enlarge quickly,
once water starts flowing through such a karst system. The common procedure for controlling gypsum karst beneath the dam is
a deep cut-off trench, backfilled with impermeable material, or a close-spaced grout curtain that hopefully will fill all
cavities. In Oklahoma, the proposed Upper Mangum Dam was abandoned before construction, because of extensive gypsum karst
in the abutments and impoundment area. Catastrophic failure of the Quail Creek Dike in southwest Utah in 1989 was due to flow
of water through an undetected karstified gypsum unit beneath the earth-fill embankment. The dike was rebuilt, at a cost of
US $12 million, with construction of a cut-off trench 600 m long and 25 m deep. Other dams in the USA with severe gypsum-karst
leakage problems in recent years are Horsetooth and Carter Lake Dams, in Colorado, and Anchor Dam, in Wyoming. 相似文献
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F. Gutiérrez J. M. Calaforra F. Cardona F. Ortí J. J. Durán P. Garay 《Environmental Geology》2008,53(5):951-965
In Spain, evaporite outcrops cover approximately 7% of the total area of the country. Most of the evaporitic formations are made up of Ca-sulfates (gypsum/anhydrite) or Ca-sulfates and halite. Certain Paleogene marine evaporites also contain K-Mg-chlorides, and some Tertiary continental formations bear substantial amounts of Na-sulfates in the subsurface (glauberite and thenardite). Mesozoic evaporitic formations commonly wedge out towards the ground surface, passing into condensed sequences and dissolution-collapse breccias. Some of these highly porous breccias constitute major regional aquifers. In several areas, interstratal karstification of the evaporites has given rise to gravitational deformations such as basin structures, monoclines, and collapse structures covering several square kilometers that record a cumulative subsidence in excess of 200 m (Teruel and Calatayud Grabens). A widespread consequence of evaporite dissolution processes in Spain is the hydrochemical degradation of surface waters. Some of the largest and most outstanding lake systems, from an environmental perspective, occur in karstic depressions developed in evaporitic formations (Fuente de Piedra, Gallocanta, Bujaraloz, and Bañolas lakes). Sinkhole activity is a major geohazard in several evaporite karst areas. The sinkhole risk has a particularly high impact in sectors where Tertiary evaporites are overlain by Quaternary alluvial aquifers (Calatayud, Zaragoza, and Madrid areas). Some of the detrimental effects of subsidence include severe damage to historical monuments (Calatayud), the demolition of a whole village (Puilatos), or the derailment of a freight train (Zaragoza area). The deepest gypsum caves are found in Triassic diapiric structures (El Sumidor Cave, 210 m deep), and the longest ones are developed in horizontally lying Neogene sequences (Sorbas caves, and Estremera maze cave). The Cardona diapir hosts salt caves up to 4,300 m long whose genesis is related to flooding of mine galleries caused by the interception of a phreatic conduit. The main anthropogenic impacts on the endokarstic systems are related to the disposal of wastewaters and the destruction of caves by quarrying. The fluvial valleys that cross Tertiary evaporitic outcrops commonly show peculiar geological characteristics related to dissolution-induced synsedimentary subsidence phenomena: (1) Thickened alluvium filling dissolution basins up to several tens of kilometers long and more than 100 m deep. The largest thickenings are found in areas where the bedrock contains halite and glauberite. (2) Superimposed alluvial units locally bounded by angular unconformities. (3) Abundant deformational structures and paleosinkholes related to the rockhead and/or interstratal karstification of the substratum. These fluvial valleys typically are flanked by a prominent gypsum escarpment. Rock-falls favored by the dissolutional enlargement of joints derived from these scarps are the type of mass movement which has caused the highest number of casualties in Spain. 相似文献
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Evaporite karst in Sicily 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Karst areas are distributed over most of Sicily. The most widespread karst rocks are carbonates, particularly limestones,
but karst phenomena can also be seen in evaporites and particularly in salt mines. This report provides an overview of evaporite
karst in Sicily, along with a “case history” that shows some of the evaporite karst risks to the environment. In the centre
and south of Sicily, a thick sequence of Messinian evaporite rocks are subject to dissolution from meteoric and formation
waters. In areas where potassium salts and rock salts are being mined, some geomorphologic changes result from the drilling
of boreholes and the collapse of underground mines, thus lowering or collapsing the land surface. An example is the old salt
mine “Muti-Coffari”, situated in the commune of Cammarata, where there is a modification of the surface flow of the River
Platani. Meteoric waters and runoff flow down through a borehole, enter the underground mine cavity and dissolve the salts,
and then the resulting brine flows into a branch of the river, making it salty. Field investigations showed the presence of
salt along the edges and on the bed of the stream where it comes out of the cave. Therefore, interventions for risk mitigation
are necessary since the old mine constitutes a serious danger for damage or collapse of nearby infrastructures, and can lead
to degradation of the river ecosystem and the natural environment. 相似文献
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A genetic classification of sinkholes illustrated from evaporite paleokarst exposures in Spain 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
This contribution analyses the processes involved in the generation of sinkholes from the study of paleokarst features exposed
in four Spanish Tertiary basins. Bedrock strata are subhorizontal evaporites, and in three of the basins they include halite
and glauberite in the subsurface. Our studies suggest that formation of dolines in these areas results from a wider range
of subsidence processes than those included in the most recently published sinkhole classifications; a new genetic classification
of sinkholes applicable to both carbonate and evaporite karst areas is thus proposed. With the exception of solution dolines,
it defines the main sinkhole types by use of two terms that refer to the material affected by downward gravitational movements
(cover, bedrock or caprock) and the main type of process involved (collapse, suffosion or sagging). Sinkholes that result
from the combination of several subsidence processes and affect more than one type of material are described by combinations
of the different terms with the dominant material or process followed by the secondary one (e.g. bedrock sagging and collapse
sinkhole). The mechanism of collapse includes any brittle gravitational deformation of cover and bedrock material, such as
upward stoping of cavities by roof failure, development of well-defined failure planes and rock brecciation. Suffosion is
the downward migration of cover deposits through dissolutional conduits accompanied with ductile settling. Sagging is the
ductile flexure of sediments caused by differential corrosional lowering of the rockhead or interstratal karstification of
the soluble bedrock. The paleokarsts we analysed suggest that the sagging mechanism (not included in previous genetic classifications)
plays an important role in the generation of sinkholes in evaporites. Moreover, collapse processes are more significant in
extent and rate in areas underlain by evaporites than in carbonate karst, primarily due to the greater solubility of the evaporites
and the lower mechanical strength and ductile rheology of gypsum and salt rocks. 相似文献
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The GIS approach to evaporite-karst geohazards in Great Britain 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
A. H. Cooper 《Environmental Geology》2008,53(5):981-992
Evaporite karst in Great Britain has formed in Permian and Triassic gypsum, and in Triassic salt. Active dissolution of these
deposits can occur on a human rather than a geological timescale causing subsidence and building damage. The British Geological
Survey has taken two approaches towards understanding and advising on hazards caused by dissolution of these soluble rocks.
At a detailed level, a national database and GIS of karstic features is being populated. Information gathered includes dolines,
springs, stream sinks, caves and building damage. At a national level, the soluble rocks in Great Britain have been identified
and digital-map polygon information relating to them was extracted from the British 1:50,000-scale digital geological map.
These areas have been assessed, and in places their margins extended to include some overlying rocks where subsidence features
are known to penetrate upwards through the overlying sequence. The national areas have then been assessed using detailed local
information to assign a susceptibility rating from A (extremely low) to E (high), depending on the nature and regularity of
the subsidence events that occur. This national zonation of the soluble rocks can be used for planning, construction and in
the insurance businesses. This has proved useful for assessing the potential stability of linear routes, such as roads and
pipelines or for other important structures such as bridges and buildings. The information can also be used to delineate zones
of karstic groundwater flow. 相似文献
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Anthony H. Cooper 《Environmental Geology》2002,42(5):505-512
In the United Kingdom, Permian and Triassic halite (rock salt) deposits have been affected by natural and artificial dissolution producing karstic landforms and subsidence. Brine springs from the Triassic salt have been exploited since Roman times or possibly earlier, indicating prolonged natural dissolution. Medieval salt extraction in England is indicated by the names of places ending in "wich", indicating brine spring exploitation at Northwich, Middlewich, Nantwich and Droitwich. Later, Victorian brine extraction in these areas accentuated salt karst development, causing severe subsidence problems which remain a legacy. The salt was also mined, but the mines flooded and consequent brine extraction caused the workings to collapse, resulting in catastrophic surface subsidence. Legislation was enacted to pay for the damage and a levy is still charged for salt extraction. Some salt mines are still collapsing, and the re-establishment of the post-brine extraction hydrogeological regimes means that salt springs may again flow, causing further dissolution and potential collapse. 相似文献
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Kerman city has a semiarid-arid climate with an average annual precipitation of about 158 mm. The area is underlain by soluble subsoil and alluvial deposits, overlying highly fractured Cretaceous limestones. Geo-environmental studies indicate that both paleokarst and active karst features are developed in the area. The paleokarsts were developed in the Upper Cretaceous limestone during the cold, humid periods of Post Cretaceous and probably Early Quaternary time and include honeycombs, solution flutes, rillenkarren, caverns, and solution collapse dolines. Active karst landforms occur by combined piping-induced and limestone solution at depth in subsoils, and alluvial deposits and bajada that overly potent karstic limestones and cover subsidence sinkholes and subjacent alluvial karst collapse dolines. Many factors, such as soluble compounds (salt and gypsum), desiccation cracks, and Qanat (dug water wells), could contribute to the development of karstic landforms. The most immediate cause for active karst landforms is considered to be the drawdown of the water table in the area. There is an increasing demand for groundwater consumption to irrigate pistachio fields. Excessive pumping of the groundwater lowers the water table about 80 cm per year. This rate of drawdown accelerates land subsidence (about 6 cm per year), creates circular patterns of fractures in the ground and in buildings, disrupts agricultural work and urbanization projects, and tilts foundations. These geohazards indicate that ground sinking and karstification are in progress in the alluvial deposits and underlying limestones. The disturbance and expense caused by the geohazards could be mitigated by the application of overhead sprinkler irrigation for pistachio fields or by planting less thirsty plants. 相似文献
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人类活动影响下娘子关岩溶水系统地球化学演化 总被引：17，自引：5，他引：12
娘子关泉是我国北方最大的岩溶泉之一,也是阳泉市工农业生产和人民生活的重要供水水源。地下水地球化学演化分析表明,在地下水由补给区向排泄区运移过程中,除固有的水岩相互作用外,由于受采矿活动和地表水入渗补给的影响,岩溶水由低离子含量的HCO3-SO4或HCO3型水逐渐成为SO4型、SO4-HCO3型和SO4-HCO3-Cl型水。在泉群集中排泄区,区域流动系统与局部流动系统的地下水发生混合作用,最终形成了水质相对良好的HCO3-SO4型或SO4-HCO3型岩溶泉水。在此过程中,地下水对方解石和白云石也由最初的溶解作用演变为沉淀再结晶。尽管石膏呈持续溶解现象,但在采煤活动严重影响区域,石膏的沉淀也可能出现。地球化学模拟表明,在岩溶含水层中,地下水首先以方解石（白云石）的溶解为主;随着石膏溶解数量的增加,方解石（白云石）的溶解开始受到抑制,进而发生沉淀,石膏的溶解成为控制地下水水化学的主导过程。当矿坑水混入时,地下水相对石膏过饱和,地下水对碳酸盐岩含水介质的溶蚀能力得到增强。随着水岩反应的演进,铁氢氧化物大量沉淀,通过共沉淀和吸附作用去除了地下水中的重金属类污染物。 相似文献
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Identification, prediction, and mitigation of sinkhole hazards in evaporite karst areas 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Sinkholes usually have a higher probability of occurrence and a greater genetic diversity in evaporite terrains than in carbonate
karst areas. This is because evaporites have a higher solubility and, commonly, a lower mechanical strength. Subsidence damage
resulting from evaporite dissolution generates substantial losses throughout the world, but the causes are only well understood
in a few areas. To deal with these hazards, a phased approach is needed for sinkhole identification, investigation, prediction,
and mitigation. Identification techniques include field surveys and geomorphological mapping combined with accounts from local
people and historical sources. Detailed sinkhole maps can be constructed from sequential historical maps, recent topographical
maps, and digital elevation models (DEMs) complemented with building-damage surveying, remote sensing, and high-resolution
geodetic surveys. On a more detailed level, information from exposed paleosubsidence features (paleokarst), speleological
explorations, geophysical investigations, trenching, dating techniques, and boreholes may help in investigating dissolution
and subsidence features. Information on the hydrogeological pathways including caves, springs, and swallow holes are particularly
important especially when corroborated by tracer tests. These diverse data sources make a valuable database—the karst inventory.
From this dataset, sinkhole susceptibility zonations (relative probability) may be produced based on the spatial distribution
of the features and good knowledge of the local geology. Sinkhole distribution can be investigated by spatial distribution
analysis techniques including studies of preferential elongation, alignment, and nearest neighbor analysis. More objective
susceptibility models may be obtained by analyzing the statistical relationships between the known sinkholes and the conditioning
factors. Chronological information on sinkhole formation is required to estimate the probability of occurrence of sinkholes
(number of sinkholes/km2 year). Such spatial and temporal predictions, frequently derived from limited records and based on the assumption that past
sinkhole activity may be extrapolated to the future, are non-corroborated hypotheses. Validation methods allow us to assess
the predictive capability of the susceptibility maps and to transform them into probability maps. Avoiding the most hazardous
areas by preventive planning is the safest strategy for development in sinkhole-prone areas. Corrective measures could be
applied to reduce the dissolution activity and subsidence processes. A more practical solution for safe development is to
reduce the vulnerability of the structures by using subsidence-proof designs. 相似文献
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Subsidence hazard avoidance based on geomorphological mapping in the Ebro River valley mantled evaporite karst terrain (NE Spain) 总被引：1，自引：6，他引：1
F. Gutiérrez-Santolalla M. Gutiérrez-Elorza C. Marín C. Maldonado P. L. Younger 《Environmental Geology》2005,48(3):370-383
In the valley of the Ebro River to the southeast of the city of Zaragoza (NE Spain), the dissolution of evaporite sediments (gypsum, halite and Na-sulphates) which underlie alluvial deposits gives rise to numerous sinkholes. These sinkholes are a potential hazard to human safety, particularly where they develop in a catastrophic way. Even slow-developing sinkholes are problematic, as they damage urban and agricultural infrastructure, necessitating costly repairs and vigilant maintenance. To assist in developing avoidance strategies for these hazards, the factors controlling sinkhole occurrence have been assessed using geomorphological maps produced from aerial photographs for 1956 and 1981. Important controls on sinkhole development are found to include underlying geological structure (manifest in preferred orientations of sinkholes on the azimuths N130-150E and N30-40E), and the presence of glauberite in the groundwater flow path, which apparently promotes accelerated gypsum dissolution. Perhaps surprisingly, alluvium thickness does not appear to significantly correlate with the density of sinkholes on the floodplain in this area. The maps for 1956 and 1981 reveal that both human activity and natural processes can serve to obscure the true density of sinkhole development. For instance, a large number of sinkholes which were conspicuous in 1956 have since been back-filled by farmers. In the most fluvially active zone of the Ebro valley (the meander belt), the relatively low density of sinkholes compared with adjoining zones suggests that subsidence is being masked by morpho-sedimentary dynamic processes (aggradation and erosion). Careful geomorphological mapping for different time periods yields a much more accurate impression of the frequency of sinkhole development than would be gained from surveying currently visible sinkholes in the area of interest. 相似文献
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ARÁNZAZU LUZÓN JUAN PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ‐LÓPEZ ANTONIO PÉREZ MARÍA ASUNCIÓN SORIANO HÉCTOR GIL ANDRÉS POCOVÍ 《Sedimentology》2012,59(7):2199-2225
Meltwater flows emanating from the Pyrenees during the Pleistocene constructed a braided outwash plain in the Ebro Basin and led to the karstification of the Neogene gypsum bedrock. Synsedimentary evaporite dissolution locally increased subsidence rates and generated dolines and collapses that enabled the accumulation and preservation of outwash gravels and associated windblown deposits that were protected from erosion by later meltwater flows. In these localized depocentres, maximum rates of wind deceleration resulted from airflow expansion, enabling the accumulation of cross‐stratified sets of aeolian strata climbing at steep angles and thereby preserving up to 5 m thick sets. The outwash plain was characterized by longitudinal and transverse fluvial gravel bars, channels and windblown facies organized into aeolian sand sheets, transverse and complex aeolian dunes, and loess accumulations. Flat‐lying aeolian deposits merge laterally to partly deformed aeolian deposits encased in dolines and collapses. Synsedimentary evaporite dissolution caused gravels and aeolian sand deposits to subside, such that formerly near‐horizontal strata became inclined and generated multiple internal angular unconformities. During episodes when the wind was undersaturated with respect to its potential sand transporting capacity, deflation occurred over the outwash plain and coarse‐grained lags with ventifacts developed. Subsequent high‐energy flows episodically reached the aeolian dune field, leading to dune destruction and the generation of hyperconcentrated flow deposits composed in part of reworked aeolian sands. Lacustrine deposits in the distal part of the outwash plain preserve rhythmically laminated lutites and associated Gilbert‐type gravel deltas, which developed when fluvial streams reached proglacial lakes. This study documents the first evidence of an extensive Pleistocene proglacial aeolian dune field located in the Ebro Basin (41˙50° N), south of what has hitherto been considered to be the southern boundary of Pleistocene aeolian deposits in Europe. A non‐conventional mechanism (evaporite karst‐related subsidence) for the preservation of aeolian sands in the stratigraphic record is proposed. 相似文献
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Quantitative sinkhole hazard assessments in karst areas allow calculation of the potential sinkhole risk and the performance
of cost-benefit analyses. These estimations are of practical interest for planning, engineering, and insurance purposes. The
sinkhole hazard assessments should include two components: the probability of occurrence of sinkholes (sinkholes/km2 year) and the severity of the sinkholes, which mainly refers to the subsidence mechanisms (progressive passive bending or
catastrophic collapse) and the size of the sinkholes at the time of formation; a critical engineering design parameter. This
requires the compilation of an exhaustive database on recent sinkholes, including information on the: (1) location, (2) chronology
(precise date or age range), (3) size, and (4) subsidence mechanisms and rate. This work presents a hazard assessment from
an alluvial evaporite karst area (0.81 km2) located in the periphery of the city of Zaragoza (Ebro River valley, NE Spain). Five sinkholes and four locations with features
attributable to karstic subsidence where identified in an initial investigation phase providing a preliminary probability
of occurrence of 0.14 sinkholes/km2 year (11.34% in annual probability). A trenching program conducted in a subsequent investigation phase allowed us to rule
out the four probable sinkholes, reducing the probability of occurrence to 0.079 sinkholes/km2 year (6.4% in annual probability). The information on the severity indicates that collapse sinkholes 10–15 m in diameter
may occur in the area. A detailed study of the deposits and deformational structures exposed by trenching in one of the sinkholes
allowed us to infer a modern collapse sinkhole approximately 12 m in diameter and with a vertical throw of 8 m. This collapse
structure is superimposed on a subsidence sinkhole around 80 m across that records at least 1.7 m of synsedimentary subsidence.
Trenching, in combination with dating techniques, is proposed as a useful methodology to elucidate the origin of depressions
with uncertain diagnosis and to gather practical information with predictive utility about particular sinkholes in alluvial
karst settings: precise location, subsidence mechanisms and magnitude, and timing and rate of the subsidence episodes. 相似文献
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Hydrochemistry and solution rates in gypsum karst: case study from the Western Ukraine 总被引：1，自引：3，他引：1
The gypsum karst in the Western Ukraine spreads through a large territory covering more than 20,000 km2 and is represented by a range of stages (evolutionary types), from deep-seated through subjacent to entrenched. Correspondingly, hydrogeological settings of karst development, circulation patterns and chemical characteristics of groundwaters differ substantially between the respective areas. Based on 1,800 analyses, this paper summarises hydrochemistry of the gypsum-hosting Miocene aquifer. The majority of sampling has been performed in conjunction with a study regime of gypsum solution rates by means of standard tablets. In this study, which included 53 tablet stations representing varying conditions of water-rock interaction, 644 weight-loss measurements were made over the period 1984–1992. The highest rates are characteristic of entrenched karst although active dissolution is localised along well-defined sinking streams with short underground courses, rare vertical percolation paths and the water table. Lower but still quite substantial rates are characteristic of subjacent and deep-seated (confined) karst. However, the overall dissolution removal is greater due to higher flow through the gypsum and the larger area of rock-solvent contact. The results are generalised in order to derive the approximate solution rates characterising major situations and to be suitable for modeling purposes. 相似文献
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The Lisan Peninsula, Jordan, is a massive salt layer accumulated in the inner part of the Dead Sea’s precursory lakes. This
tongue-shaped, emergent land results in a salt diapir uplifted in the Dead Sea strike-slip regional stress field and modified
by the water level fluctuations of the last lake during the Holocene. These two elements, associated with dissolution caused
by rainfall and groundwater circulation, resulted in an authentic karst system. Since the 1960s, the Dead Sea lowering of
80 cm to 1 m per year caused costly damages to the industrial plant set up on the peninsula. The Lisan karst system is described
in this article and the components of the present dynamic setting clarified. 相似文献
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Jannis Epting Andreas Wüest Peter Huggenberger 《Central European Journal of Geosciences》2012,4(1):81-93
This article presents hydrogeophysical investigations performed in a well-developed, long-term hydrogeological gypsum karst research site where subsurface evaporite dissolution has led to the subsidence of a river dam and an adjacent highway; both constructed on gypsum-containing rock, southeast of Basel, Switzerland. An observation system was set up to improve the protection of surface and subsurface water resources during remedial construction measures of the highway and in order to understand the processes, as well as the temporal evolution, of rock water interaction (flow and dissolution). However, no detailed hydrogeological information beneath the river could be derived from the previous investigations. To supplement the basic knowledge on this area, underwater Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) measurements were conducted in the river bed upstream of the dam. The ERT-data are interpreted together with drill-core information and a conceptual 3D-Model of the area behind the dam and beneath the river. Results help to delineate weathered zones, associated faults and the thickness of sediment deposits behind the dam, as well as to locate voids within the local karst system. The combination of the ERT and modeling allows the optimization of future site-specific remedial construction measures. 相似文献
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TADEUSZ MAREK PERYT 《Sedimentology》1994,41(1):83-113
The Lower Werra Anhydrite (Zechstein, Upper Permian) deposits of the teba area originated in a deep basin setting, in shallow to deep water conditions. Facies changes occur within small distances and suggest fluctuating boundaries between well defined basins and platforms. This pattern of local platforms and adjacent basins developed during deposition. In basinal areas, the sequence is clearly transgressive, whereas on platforms accumulation kept pace with subsidence after an initial transgression. Nodular anhydrite represents a polygenetic deposit which formed at different times with respect to deposition. Massive anhydrite with pseudomorphs after upright-growth gypsum crystals suggest rapid precipitation in a subaqueous environment and/or fluctuating, but generally high, salinity conditions. Massive clastic sulphate originated due to periodic high energy events and resedimentation, or due to brecciation possibly connected with salinity fluctuations and the dissolution of halite. Massive, textureless anhydrite is locally porous and passes upward into breccia, indicating a strongly saline environment. Bedded anhydrite is considered to form in shallow water environments and laminated anhydrite in deep water. Bedded anhydrites contain portions which are graded. Intercalations of sulphate turbidites and upright-growth gypsum suggest fluctuating water depths, with comparatively deep water during turbidite deposition, but shallower conditions during upright-growth gypsum deposition. The sequence observed in slope zones at platform-basin margins, detrital (parautochthonous) sulphate sand to graded beds to basinal laminites, indicates that redistribution processes were important. At the onset of the Lower Werra Anhydrite deposition bathymetric relief existed between the central part of the basin and its margins, where carbonate platforms remained subaerially exposed. Formation of local platforms and adjacent basins required a relatively high subsidence rate, as pre-existing relief cannot account for the total accumulated thickness of the Lower Werra Anhydrite deposits. One implication of this is that the main argument against ‘the shallow water - shallow basin’ evaporite basin model, i.e.,a very fast rate of subsidence, may not be valid for the Łeba Lower Werra Anhydrite basin. 相似文献
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我国滨海岩溶地区岩溶系统的形成具有其独特的动力学过程。其中，既有自然环境条件下形成的岩溶特征，又有人类活动的地质效应——海咸水入侵的影响和改造。目前，海咸水入侵对滨海岩溶系统的影响和改造正在加剧，并将逐渐成为主导因素。防治滨海岩溶区海咸水入侵的根本，就是要查明咸-淡水过渡带中碳酸盐岩溶解、沉淀的动力机制。其中，混合溶蚀作用是关键。开展咸-淡水过渡带碳酸盐岩溶解、沉淀动力学的野外现场定位观测和室内动态模拟实验研究，并在查明咸-淡水过渡带碳酸盐岩溶解、沉淀动力机理的基础上，建立滨海岩溶地区碳酸盐岩溶解、沉淀系统动力学模型是十分必要和迫切的。研究各种因素综合影响下，滨海碳酸盐岩的混合溶蚀作用，将有利于查明滨海岩溶形成机理，进而为解决滨海岩溶地区海咸水入侵问题开辟一条新的途径。 相似文献