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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,203 Views
18 Pages

26 June 2025

This study presents a comprehensive treatment system for addressing leakage challenges in underground structure construction within complex karst terrains, demonstrated through the case of Baiyun Station in Guangzhou. Integrating advanced geological...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,477 Views
22 Pages

5 November 2022

Soil erosion is a global issue of great concern, especially in karst areas with special environments, where subsurface soil leakage is closely related to soil erosion, which has become a key factor limiting agricultural development. To explore how to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,342 Views
18 Pages

21 February 2021

A coupled model has been developed to simulate groundwater flow in fractured karst systems according to the complex geological and karst hydrogeological conditions of the dam site, where a 3D mathematical model based on Boussinesq equation was used t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,145 Views
16 Pages

29 May 2023

Rocky desertification is a common phenomenon in karst areas. Soil carbon and nitrogen storage is of great significance to the formation and evolution of ecosystems. Soil leakage is one of the important indicators in evaluating ecosystem stability. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,799 Views
12 Pages

Understanding soil loss pathways in karst regions is crucial for erosion control. Combining high-density measurements of grid points with runoff plot monitoring, we attempt to use a new indirect method to study the characteristics of soil loss in kar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,887 Views
20 Pages

Interpretation of Soil Characteristics and Preferential Water Flow in Different Forest Covers of Karst Areas of China

  • Xiaoqing Kan,
  • Jinhua Cheng,
  • Wengang Zheng,
  • Lili Zhangzhong,
  • Jing Li,
  • Changbin Liu and
  • Xin Zhang

18 August 2024

Soil hydrology seriously affects the prevention of desertification in karst areas. However, water infiltration in the different soil layers of secondary forests and artificial forests in karst areas remains uncertain. This lack of clarity is also the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,621 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Moss Overlay on Soil Patch Infiltration and Runoff in Karst Rocky Desertification Slope Land

  • Na Tu,
  • Quanhou Dai,
  • Youjin Yan,
  • Xudong Peng,
  • Wenping Meng and
  • Longpei Cen

28 October 2022

The growth and overlay of a large number of bryophytes in the broken soil patches between the exposed bedrocks of karst have an essential influence on the infiltration and runoff process between the exposed bedrocks and even the whole rocky desertifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
118 Views
18 Pages

15 January 2026

Covered karst collapse is a key geotechnical hazard in infrastructure construction in karst regions of China. In particular, strata consisting of an overlying clay layer and an underlying sand layer are prone to abrupt collapse induced by sand leakag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
956 Views
15 Pages

13 February 2025

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of subsurface flow dynamics in karst conduits at dam sites represents a pivotal component of hydrogeological research, essential for unraveling the intricate behavior of water movement within karstified terrains...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,322 Views
13 Pages

5 May 2023

Preferential flow is the most common form of water loss occurring at the interface between rock and soil (hereinafter referred to as “rock–soil interface”) in karst areas, and it is also one of the important factors causing soil wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,006 Views
19 Pages

Migration of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Epikarst Fissured Soil of South China Karst

  • Kun Cheng,
  • Ziqi Liu,
  • Kangning Xiong,
  • Qiufang He,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Lulu Cai and
  • Yi Chen

14 April 2023

The efficient reactivity and mobility of dissolved organic matter (DOM) affect biogeochemical processes. As important components that link aboveground and belowground vertical systems under the binary 3D structure of karst, fissures provide soil&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,902 Views
16 Pages

Preparation of Low-Molecular-Weight Polyacrylamide as the Delayed Crosslinking Plugging Agent for Drilling Fluid

  • Quanyang Wang,
  • Chenghua Zhou,
  • Honghu Zhang,
  • Xue Zhang,
  • Xinxin Wen,
  • Jiexin Bai and
  • Hui Mao

1 February 2024

Deep wells and ultra-deep wells often encounter cracks, karst caves, and other developed strata, which can lead to leakage during drilling. Conventional bridge slurry plugging technology is prone to leaking due to the poor plugging effect of the plug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,816 Views
17 Pages

4 May 2022

Red mud is a strong alkaline solid waste pollutant produced in the process of aluminum smelting, which causes great pollution to the regional groundwater environment due to its high content of fluorine and aluminum and high concentration of strong al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,709 Views
17 Pages

13 December 2021

Groups in dissolved organic matter (DOM) emit fluorescence information at characteristic wavelengths when irradiated by excitation waves, which can reveal the geochemical behavior of dissolved organic matter in the environment and its sources, but th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,833 Views
18 Pages

Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Sulfate Source of Groundwater in Sangu Spring Basin, China

  • Zhanxue Bai,
  • Xinwei Hou,
  • Xiangquan Li,
  • Zhenxing Wang,
  • Chunchao Zhang,
  • Chunlei Gui and
  • Xuefeng Zuo

11 October 2024

The Sangu Spring Basin is located in an important economic area, and groundwater is the main source of water for local life and industry. Understanding the sources of chemical components in groundwater is important for the development and utilization...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,390 Views
17 Pages

Physiological Response of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) Seedlings to Drought Stress

  • Zhuanmiao Kang,
  • Hu Cai,
  • Guangzheng Guo,
  • Hui Zeng,
  • Wenlin Wang and
  • Xinghao Tu

Guizhou Province is one of the regions in China where macadamia is cultivated. The area is characterized by prominent karst landforms, with uneven distribution of precipitation and utilizable water resources, which poses significant challenges to mac...