Geomorphology and natural hazards in karst areas: A review

Waele, Jo Hilaire Agnes De; Gutiérrez, Francisco; Parise, Mario; Plan, Lukas

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.001

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“…The enclave was also making progress in the environmental domain, with only two indicators showing no improvement or worse conditions over the measured time frame. Creating environmental awareness to safeguard the karst and its resources was the first step in the process of creating sustainable development in these sensitive environments (De Waele et al, 2011). In the economic domain, much progress remained as none of the KSI targets had been achieved.…”

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La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain): a sustainable value?

Asencio¹,

Espinosa²

2013

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La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain), which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site in 1998, was considered a sanctuary with cave art and one of the most important archaeological sites in the Mediterranean region for both the remains it hosts and the spectacular karstic landscape at the site. To coincide with the 40th anniversary of its discovery, the La Serreta cave-chasm was adapted for public use with the intention of showing visitors the remains, which date back to prehistoric times. The solution included attempts to minimize contact with the valuables in the cave in order to alter the existing remains as little as possible and to make good use of the magnificent interpretative conditions of such a unique place by showing the spectacular views over the Los Almadenes canyon, where the Segura River flowed, which is now a viewpoint over the void. In order to determine the sustainability of the endokarst, the Karstic Sustainability Index (KSI) was applied as a standard measure of sustainable development practices in karstic environments, which employs indicators for the three domains: use of social, economic and environmental resources. By applying this index, La Serreta endokarst was found to be progressing towards the sustainable management of karst resources.

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La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain): a sustainable value?

Asencio¹,

Espinosa²

2013

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“…At the same time, karst is recognized as an extremely fragile environment, susceptible to a variety of natural and anthropogenic hazards (Gutiérrez 2010;De Waele et al 2011;Gutiérrez et al 2014).…”

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Recent advances in karst research: from theory to fieldwork and applications

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Gabrovšek

Kaufmann

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Karst landscapes and karst aquifers, which are composed of a variety of soluble rocks such as salt, gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, dolomite and quartzite, are fascinating areas of study. As karst rocks are abundant on the Earth's surface, the fast evolution of karst landscapes and the rapid flow of water through karst aquifers present challenges from a number of different perspectives. This collection of 25 papers deals with different aspects of these challenges, including karst geology, geomorphology and speleogenesis, karst hydrogeology, karst modelling, and karst hazards and management. Together these papers provide a state-of-the-art review of the current challenges and solutions in describing karst from a scientific perspective.

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“…Therefore, cave systems are composed of many segments of interconnected nets of discontinuities, such as bedding planes, joints and shear fractures, faults, and their intersections. These structural elements play a key role in the initial stage of karstification by directing the groundwater flows (Vucković and Milanović, 2001;De Waele et al, 2011;Parise et al, 2015b;Taheri et al, 2015). The Upper and Lower Asmari have low permeability due to the existence of some marly layers.…”

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Comparison of the results of pumping and tracer tests in a karst terrain

Nassimi¹,

Mohammadi²

2016

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Pumping and tracer tests are commonly used to measure aquifer parameters such as hydraulic conductivity. Hydraulic conductivity is, however, difficult to characterize; especially in heterogeneous karst terrain. In this research, results of pumping and tracer tests are combined to determine hydraulic conductivities of the karst terrain at the Salman Farsi Dam Site. Pumping test data were analyzed by dual-porosity analytical models. The tracer tests were used to determine seepage velocities based on the assumption of Darcy's law, with calculated Reynolds numbers consistent with laminar flow. Geometric means of the hydraulic conductivities calculated from tracer tests were consistently higher than results derived from pumping tests. Movement of injected dye in a natural groundwater flow system is strongly controlled by preferential flow paths; therefore the estimated hydraulic conductivity is mainly affected by major dissolution openings. However, estimated hydraulic conductivity based on the pumping-test data is representative of the average hydraulic conductivity. In addition, Lugeon (or packer) tests were used to delineate the distribution of hydraulic conductivity within three boreholes.

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Geomorphology and natural hazards in karst areas: A review

Cited by 154 publications

References 72 publications

La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain): a sustainable value?

La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain): a sustainable value?

Recent advances in karst research: from theory to fieldwork and applications

Comparison of the results of pumping and tracer tests in a karst terrain

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