Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2007, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (6): 222-230.

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Response of karstification to land-use types in mountain area—a case study of the karst areas in Bitan and Shuifang springs in Jinfo Mountain, Chongqing, China

  

  • Online:2008-06-30 Published:2008-06-30

Abstract:

Previous studies on karst processes were always focused on karstification intensity and its variation under different geological settings, climatic and hydrologic conditions in the view of macro scale, and considering changes of CO2 density driving karst processes in a certain area, or the contribution of carbonate rock weathering to the atmospheric CO2. Less attention was paid to the impact of land-use types on karst processes in mountain area. It has been recognized that intensity of karst processes could...

Key words:

karst, land-use, dissolution, Jinfo Mt. area,