简介:Thegoalofthisstudyistoprovideinformationontheprocessofpotholegrowthonagorgestreambed.PotholegeometriesweremeasuredinareachoftheDaburiverbedattheheadofagorgemorethan200mdeeplyincisingintoa650-750mhighplanationsurfaceformedinthemiddleMioceneinnorthernGuangdong,China.Geometricandderivativedataofthepotholesobtainedfromfieldworkwereinterpretedusingstandardstatisticalmethodologies.Ourstudyshowsthattheformationanddevelopmentofastreampotholewereonlyrelatedtolocalconditionsofastreamreachwherethepotholeoccurs;theweaknesses,whichareusuallyintersectfractures,typicallyinterconnectedverticaljoints,ortriangularpitsgeneratedbyhittingofrockfragmentsduringfloods,initiatethepotholedevelopmentonastreambed;thegeometricaldimensionsofthepotholesarecontrolledbytectonicjointsdevelopedinbedrockofthestreamreach;theradiusandthedepthofpotholesarestrongly(log)positivecorrelated;thepotholeshapesandtheflowpatternsareinconstantduringpotholegrowth;apotholecanbeformedwithinashortperiod,butcannotbefullydevelopedandmaintainedforalongtimeinastrongincisionstreambed.ThefindinginourstudycanimprovetheunderstandingofQuaternaryenvironmentinGuangdong.
简介:崩岗主要分布在中国南方花岗岩地区,是一种主要的水土流失方式.从崩岗的定义、分类、发育过程与形成机理、综合治理方面论述了崩岗研究的现状与进展.在前人研究基础上对崩岗的学科归属进行了探讨,并从多方面综合分析了崩岗与灾害的关系,认为地貌学是崩岗过程与分布研究的理论基础,因此将崩岗划为地貌学研究范畴比较合适.由于崩岗不直接造成超出人类社会承受能力的损失,以及崩岗的自然不稳定能量释放过程与滑坡、泥石流、洪水等自然灾害的快速能量释放过程存在质的差别,因此认为崩岗不等同于灾害,但在某些特定条件下,崩岗可以转化为泥石流从而转变为灾害.所以,崩岗的整治应该引起足够的重视.