Formation, Assessment and Early Warning of Hydrogeological Disasters in Karst Areas
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 2000
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Interests: groundwater environment; hydrogeology; water management
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to the strong dissolution of groundwater to carbonate rocks, karst caves, underground rivers, and other geological structures are widely developed in karst areas. These phenomena cause extremely complex hydrogeological conditions in karst areas and result in the frequent occurrence of geological disasters such as water inrush, collapse, landslide, and the deterioration of a water environment, which poses a great threat to engineering activities and human living environments. Although it is a challenging task to study the formation mechanism, process assessment, and accurate early warning of hydrogeological disasters in karst areas, it has important practical significance for disaster prevention and control in these areas.
The present Special Issue focuses on the formation mechanism, disaster assessment, and early warning technology of hydrogeological disasters in karst areas. We call for original research papers with a high scientific quality as well as state-of-the-art review articles covering but not limited to the following topics:
- Occurrence characteristics of groundwater in karst areas;
- Mechanism and assessment of hydrogeological disasters in karst areas;
- Hydrogeological disaster information identification and early warning in karst areas;
- Formation and early warning of water inrush disaster in underground engineering in karst areas;
- Groundwater environment assessment and early warning in karst areas;
- Groundwater environment restoration technology in karst areas;
- Sustainable utilization technology of groundwater resources in karst areas.
Prof. Dr. Bo Li
Dr. Wenping Mu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- karst area
- hydrogeology
- disaster early warning
- occurrence mechanism
- process assessment
- groundwater environment
- sustainability
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