简介:Tamarixnabkhaisoneofthemostwidespreadnabkhas,distributinginthearidregionofChina.Basedontheobservationsoutdoorsandthesimulationexperimentsinlaboratories,analysisinthispaperreferstothebiologicalgeomorphologicfeaturesandgrowthprocessofTamarixnabkhasinthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheHotanRiver,Xin-jiang.AndtheresultsindicatethattheecologicaltypeofTamarixinthestudyareaisakindofTugaicsoilhabitatbasedonthedeepsoilofthePopulusDiversifoliaforestsandshrubs.Thistypeofhabitatcanbedividedintothreekindsofsub-habitatswhichdemonstratethefeaturesofecologicalenvironmentofTamarixnabkhasduringthedifferentialdevelopedphases.Meanwhile,theTamarixnabkhacanexertintensifieddisturbancecurrentonwind-sandflowontheground,anditsrootandstemsnotonlyhavestrongpotentialofsproutingbutarecharacteristicofwinderosion-tolerance,resistancetobeburiedbysandandrespectivelytoughrigidofthelignifiedbranches,forithasaratherlongerlife-time.Thus,thewindspeedprofileinfluencedbytheTamarixnabkhaisdifferentfromthePhragmitesnabkhaandAlhaginabkha.Andthestructureofthewindflowisbeneficialtoaeoliansandaccumulatingin/aroundTamarixshrub,whichcancreateuniqueTamarixnabkhaswithhigheraveragegradientandlongerperiodicityoflife.Tamarixnabkhaevolutionintheareaexperiencedthreestages:growthstage,matureandsteadystageandwitheringstage.Ineachstage,morpho-logicalfeaturesandgeomorphicprocessofTamarixnabkhaaredifferentduetothediscrepantinteractionbetweenthenabkhaandaeoliansandflow.
简介:Thegoalofthisstudyistoprovideinformationontheprocessofpotholegrowthonagorgestreambed.PotholegeometriesweremeasuredinareachoftheDaburiverbedattheheadofagorgemorethan200mdeeplyincisingintoa650-750mhighplanationsurfaceformedinthemiddleMioceneinnorthernGuangdong,China.Geometricandderivativedataofthepotholesobtainedfromfieldworkwereinterpretedusingstandardstatisticalmethodologies.Ourstudyshowsthattheformationanddevelopmentofastreampotholewereonlyrelatedtolocalconditionsofastreamreachwherethepotholeoccurs;theweaknesses,whichareusuallyintersectfractures,typicallyinterconnectedverticaljoints,ortriangularpitsgeneratedbyhittingofrockfragmentsduringfloods,initiatethepotholedevelopmentonastreambed;thegeometricaldimensionsofthepotholesarecontrolledbytectonicjointsdevelopedinbedrockofthestreamreach;theradiusandthedepthofpotholesarestrongly(log)positivecorrelated;thepotholeshapesandtheflowpatternsareinconstantduringpotholegrowth;apotholecanbeformedwithinashortperiod,butcannotbefullydevelopedandmaintainedforalongtimeinastrongincisionstreambed.ThefindinginourstudycanimprovetheunderstandingofQuaternaryenvironmentinGuangdong.