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IV. PERSONAL REPORTS
D. C. FORD FIELD OF INTEREST I an interested in most aspects of karst research, but in particular in: (1) Speleogenesis; sequences of cave genesis reconstructed from
morphological studies. ACCOMPLISHED WORK Current research projects undertaken by me, my students, and international collaborators include: (1) U series dating by mass spectrometry. LIST OF MY RELEVANT PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS (1) Grun.R., Schwarcz,H.P.,Ford.D.C. and Hentzsch,B., 1988, ESR dating of spring-deposited travertines. Quaternary Science Revievs,7,pp.429-432. (2) Gordon.D., Smart,P.L., Andrews,J.H., Ford,D.C.,Atkinson.T.C.,Rove.P. and Christopher.N.S J., 1988, Dating of United Kingdom Interstadials from Speleothen Growth Frequency. Quaternary Research, 31, pp.14-26. (3) Macphee,R.D.E.,Ford.D.C.and McFarlane.D.A.,1988, Pre-Visconsinan mammals from Jamaica and models of late Quaternary extinction in the Great Antilles. Quaternary Research, 31, pp.94-106. (4) Ford,D.C.,Palmer,A.N. and White,W.B.,1988, Landfoms development; karst.in Back, W.,Rosenshein.J.J. and Seaber,P.R.(eds). Hydrogeology: the Geology of North America, vol.0-2. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colo. pp.401-412.(Solicited review; no new results.) (5) Latham,A.G.,Ford,D.C.,Schwarcz,H.P.and Birchall,T.,1989,Secular Variations from Mexican stalagmites their potential and problems. Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors,56,pp.34-48. (6) Li,W-X., Lundberg.J., Dickin.A.P., Ford,D.C., Schvarcz,H.P., McHutt,R. and Williams,D.,1989, High precision mass spectrometric dating of speleothem and implications for paleoclimate studies. Nature, 339(6225),PP.534-536. (7) Ford,D.C. and C.A.Hill,1989,Dating deposits from Carlsbad Cavern and other caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, N.M. Geochron West.(54)pp.3-7. (8) Ford,D.C. and Williams.P.W.,1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology.Unwin- Hyman, London.601 pages(A textbook for professionals and advanced cources; cites many previously unpublished examples and results). (9) Bosak,P.,Ford.Glazek,J.and Horacek,M.(Eds.)1989,Paleokarst a world regional and systematic review. Elsevier/Academia, Amsterdam and Prague. 720 page-. (The first attempt to survey this field at a professional level; contains much previously unpublished material. There are 17 non-English-speaking contributors. Ford rewrote two thirds of the text). (10)Ford.D.C.,1989, Paleokarst of Canada. a chapter in Paleokarst: a world systematic and regional review, pages 313-336. (11)Ford,D.C., Solution Proresses in Quaternary Geology of Canada (R.J.Fulton, Ed.). Geological Survey of Canada, pages 617-619. (12)Ford.D.C., Relationships between karst landfoms and aquifer development and repeated glaciations in mountains. Problem karst gornix strai (Problems of karst in mountainous countries); Proc. International Symposium in Speleology, Acad.Sciences, Georgian S.S.R. pp.61-63. (13)Lundberg,J.,Ford.D.C.,Schwarcz.H.P..Dickin,A.P.and Li,W.-X., 1990, Dating sea levels in caves. Nature.(343,6255).PP.211-218. (14)Ghazban.F.,Schwarcz,H.P.,and Ford.D.C., Carbon and sulphur isotope evidence for in situ reduction of sulphate, Nanisivik zinc-lead ore deposit, NWT, Canada. to Economic Geology.( accept Nov.1989) (15)Ghazban,F.,Ford.D.C.,and Schwarcz.H.P.Isotopic analysis of fluid inclusions from the Pb-Zn deposit at Nanisivik, NWT.Canada-Applied Geochemistry(accept February 1990). (16)Ford.D.C. In Press.Karst in the Cold Environments.Solicited review chapter in French, H.M. and Slaymaker, O.(Eds.) Canada's Cold Environments. McGill- Queen's University Press. (17)Ford,D.C. In Press. Complexity in Physical Geography. the example of Karst Development in Glaciated Terrains. Solicited essay In Preston, R.(Ed.) University of Waterloo, 25th Anniversary of Geography volume (final title uncertain). HEATHER A. VILES RECENT PUBLICATIONS (1) Viles, H.A. 1984.Biokarst: Review and Prospect. Progress In physical Geography 8, 523-542. (2) Viles. H.A. and Spencer, T. 1986,'Phytokarst', blue-green algae and limestone weathering. In:Paterson, K. and Sweeting, M.N. (Eds) New Directions in Karst (Norwich; Geobooks), 115-140. (3) Viles,H.A. 1987, Blue-green algae and terrestrial limestone weathering on Aldabra Atoll: An SEM and light microscope study. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 12, 319-330. (4) Viles.H.A.1987, A quantitative scanning electron microscope study of evidence for lichen weathering of limestone, Mendip Hills, Somerset. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 12. 467-473. (5) Viles,H.A.1988, Cyanobacterial and other biological influence on terrestrial limestone weathering on Aldabra. Proceeding, Biological Society of Washington 8. 23-31. (6) Viles, N.A. 1988. Organisms and karst geonorpbology. In: Viles, H.A.(Ed.). Biogeomorphology(Oxford; Basil Blackwell), 319-350. (7) Viles, H.A. and Goudie.A.S. 1990.Reconnaisance studies of the tufa deposits of the Napier Range, NW Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. (8) Viles, H.A. and Goudie. A.S. 1990, Tufas, travertines and allied carbonate deposits. Progress in Physical Geography 14. 19-41. M. J. DAY
The origin of cave sediments in southwestern Wisconsin. Geo2, 15, 8-9. 1989. Lead mining of caves in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois, U.S.A.(with P.P.Reeder).Proceedings 10th International Congress of Speleology, 1, 137-139. Dolostone karst in southwestern Wisconsin (with P.P.Reeder and J.0h). The Wisconsin Geographer, 5, 29-40. Human impact on the Hummingbird Karst of central Belize (with C.J. Rosen). In: Resource Management in Limestone Landscapes: International Perspectives, ed. D.S. Gillieson and D.I.Smith, 201-214. Sinkholes and landuse in southwestern Wisconsin (with P.P. Reeder). In: Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Sinkholes and Karst, ed. B.F. Beck, 107-113.
NEVEN KRESIC FIELD OF INTEREST: Quantitative modeling of karst aquifer systems; Tapping, usage and protection of karst groundwater. CURRENT RESEARCHES: Feasibility study of water supply by the usage of karst groundwaters in the Lim catchment area. Western Serbia. The influence of acid rains on the quality of karst groundwater in Lelic karst, Western Serbia. ACCOMPLISHED WORK AND RESULTS: Hydrological map of the Lim catchment area; Models of water balance for the 3 main karst aquifers in the Lim catchment area; Hydrogeological explanation of relationship between different rock units of the Ophiolite Belt of Yugoslave Dinarides; Multi-purpose usage of groundwater from the studied karst aquifers; Model of hydrogeochemical cycle in Petnica aquifer (Lelic karst) related to acid rains. RELEVANT PAPERS PUBLISHED DURING PAST FEW YEARS: (1) Kresic, N.,1984, Karst hydrogeological of Zlatar controlled by the Diabase- Chert Formation. Inst.de Rech. Geol.et Geoph., Vesnik 8, Tome XX. 33-39, Beograd (in Serbian, English abs.). (2) Kresic.N.. 1988, Karst aquifers of the Lim catchmmt. Des comptes rendus des seanses de la Societe Serbe de geologie, I'annee 1985-1986, 217-223, Beograd (in Serbim. English abs.). (3) Kresic.N., 1988, Semi-covered karst aquifers in The Ophiolite Belt of Yugo- slave Dinarides. Proc. of The IAH 21st Congress Karst Hydrogeology and Karst Environment Protection, Vol.XXI, Part 1, 369-373, Geol. Publ. House, Beijing (in English). (4) Kresic.N.. 1988,Karst-and Caves of Yugoslavia. knjiga.151P.. Beograd (in Serbian, English abs.). (5) Kresic.N., 1988, The possible origin of heat in the karst hydrogeological systems of the Lower Lim Catchment. Des Annles Geologiques de la Peninsule, Tome LI, 525-532, Beograd (in Serbian, English abs.). (6). Kresic.N., 1989, Representation of observation period for the estimation of minimum discharge of a karst spring. Geozavod Bulletin, No.45,21-28, Beograd (in Serbian, English abs.). (7) Kresic,N., 1989, The karst hydrogeological system of Bucje spring and the possibilities of its exploitation. 28th Int.Gool.Congress.Vol.2 Abstracts, 2-227 Washington. D.C.(in English). (8) Kresic.N. and K.Kukuric, 1987, Models for defining of minimum monthly dis- charge of karst springs. Proc. of the IX Yug. Symp. of Hydrogeol. and Eng. Geol., Vol.l. 135-136, Pristina (in Serbian, English abs.). (9) Kresic.M. and P.Papic and R.Golubovic, 1989. The Influence of precipitation on the quality of karst groundwater in the industrial zones. IAHS Pub. No.188,153-159, IAHS Press, Vallingford (in English, French abs.). (10)Kresic.N. and P.Papic, 1990, Specific chemical composition of karst ground- water in The Ophiolite Belt of The Yugoslave Inner Dinarides:a case for covered karst. Environ. Geol. Water Sci.. Vol.15. No2, 131-135, Springer-Verlag New York (in English). SONG LINHUA STUDY FIELD Karst hydrology, geomorphology and ecological environment of limestone area. PUBLICATIONS (1) Characteristics of Karst Hydrogeology and Leakage of Niukouyu Reservoir in Beijing.IAH 21st Congress, Karst Hydrogeology and Karst Environment Protection. 1988, 1136-1144. (2) Cockpit Karst and Geological Structures in South Yunnan, China. Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Sinkholes and Karst. 1989,377-384. (3) Subsurface Reservoirs and Karst Geomorphology, Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Sinkholes and Karst. 1989, 369-376.
WANG FUXING In the study on bioprocesses In carbonate rocks both precipitation and corrosion. And both in cave and surface conditions, I and my colleagues have collected many samples from Tiandeng county and Guilin city. Some of the samples have been examined under SEM. It is interesting that am internal structures of various speleothems we morphologically similar to biomicrostructures of stromatolites called organo- sedimentwy structure. Which may reply the biogenesis of some speleothems. Also, some filaments(may be algae) can be seen on the surface and in the internal portions of the speleothems. However, up to now, no any convincing evidences show any relationship between bioprocesses and genesis of speleothems. The role of boring algae in the formation of phytokarst have been demonstrated by some workers, but how wide is the distribution of boring algae and are there any other types of algae or microorganisms play an important role in the formation of karst landforms? All those are the purpose of our study. I have worked much in Precambrian algae fossils and their usefulness In studies of Precambrian biostratigraphy, paleoenviromental reconstruction and biogenesis of some Precambrian ore deposits. I am interested too in biogenesis of any organo-sedimentary structure as stromatolites and oncolite, as well as ferro- manganese nodules deep in the bottom of Central Pacific. I m trying now to spread out my interest to cover the problem on biokarst. PUBLICATIONS (1) Palaeoenvirormental setting of the Kangdian area, southwest China, in Proterozoic Datian-Meidang time. GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, 124, part 2, 143-147(1987) (2) Precambrian algae fossils from southwestern China and their geological significance. Chongqing Publishing House, 1988. (3) Bioprocess in the development of karst formation. Karst Science Information, No.7 (1989). YANG MINGDE RECENT WORK Professor in Geography. Head of Geography department, Guizhou Normal University, Guizhou, China. Deputy director of the Karst Comission, Geological Society of China. Long time teaching and research in physical geography. Especially in Karst geomorphology and hydrology. Much work on karst characteristics and development of Guizhou. Recently, focus on systematic theory and mathematical model of karst hydro-morphology, and study karst environment. RECENT WORKS (1) Investigations of Karst water resources in the Shuicheng basin. Guizhou people's Publishing house, 1989. (2) Regionalization of agricultural geomorphology In Guizhou. Guizhou people's publishing house, 1989. (3) The Guizhou geomorphology (Topography of Guizhou). Guizhou people's publishing house, 1988. (4) On the regional structure and the environmental effect of the karst landforms (A study on the karst environment in Guizhou). Guizhou people's publishing house, 1988. (5) Karst geomorphology of western Guizhou, China. Cave Science vo1.13.No.3 Dee.1986.
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