Karst Dynamic System and Its Water Resources Environmental Effects, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2024 | Viewed by 88
Special Issue Editors
Interests: karst environment; carbon cycle; water cycle; chemical weathering; hydrogeochemistry; hydrogeology; atmospheric precipitation
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Interests: karst hydrogeology; hydrogeochemistry; utilization of water resources; groundwater pollution control; water-carbon coupling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, human beings are increasingly concerned about the environment on which they depend for survival. The fragile ecological environment in karst areas is highly susceptible to external factors. This is not only because the karst areas occupy 15 % of the world's land area, which is about 22 million square kilometers, with a population of about 1 billion, rich in forest, mineral and land resources, but they also have many unique environmental problems. For these environmental problems, although there are management science reasons, the main reason is the lack of understanding of the characteristics of the karst environment, especially the lack of understanding of the structure of the karst environment system, from the perspective of karst dynamics and Earth system science in-depth analyses of its mechanism.
A karst dynamic system is characterized by its emphasis on the interaction between the various layers of the Earth system. It focuses on the monitoring of material and energy migration and transfer. In particular, karstification absorbs soil or atmospheric CO2 to form dissolved inorganic carbon, which is discharged to the ocean along rivers. The karst carbon sink effect has been a topic of concern for the majority of scholars. At the same time, owing to the special hydrogeological structure of karst areas, surface and groundwater in karst areas are prone to pollution, water shortage, drought and flood, rock desertification, and other problems; thus, the effect of water resources on karst areas is also a research hotspot today.
This Special Issue aims to gather contributions on the latest scientific research regarding the effects of karst carbon sinks and water resources in karst dynamic systems. This Special Issue hopes to encompass a broad spectrum of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Karst dynamic theory;
- Karst carbon cycle;
- Karst carbon sink and global climate change;
- Ecological carbon sink in karst areas;
- Development and utilization of karst water resources;
- Karst groundwater quality;
- Eco-hydrological interaction;
- Migration and transformation mechanism of pollutants in karst groundwater.
Dr. Shi Yu
Dr. Guanghui Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- global climate change
- karst carbon sink
- water-carbon coupling
- quality of groundwater
- ecohydrological
- utilization of karst water resources
