| Title | Contrasting Karst Landscapes in China and Canada: Geomorphology of Red Beds, Evaporites and Carbonates |
| Author | Huntley, D |
| Source | Proceedings of the 14th national symposium on landform tourism development; 2014 p. 1-60 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20150019 |
| Publisher | International Association of Geomorphologists |
| Meeting | 14th National Symposium on Landform Tourism Development; Kongtongshan, Gansu, Pingliang; CN; August, 2014 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Area | Danxia; China; Canada |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; karst topography; glacial features; glacial landforms; glacial deposits; red beds; evaporites; carbonates; glaciers |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; tables; cross-sections; histograms |
| Program | Public Safety Geoscience,
Terrestrial Landslides |
| Abstract | Contrasting geomorphic processes acting on sedimentary red beds, evaporites and carbonates over long periods of time create unique landforms in China and Canada. Rather than discussing the formation and
development of Danxia pseudo-karst, this paper focuses on two carbonate karst areas in Canada: one in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia at 53° 10' N, 119° 29' W; the second in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories at 61° 30' N, 124°
05' W. Both landscapes are a product of multiple cycles of karst solution, glacial and fluvial erosion, deposition and climate change. These examples highlight a problem common with Danxia landforms: that features are not solely the product of
geomorphic processes controlled by current climate, hydrology, chemistry and geology; rather they are multi- or polygenetic relict karsts whose formation can be attributed, in part, to physical conditions quite different to those now observed
modifying the landscape. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This paper focuses on the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. Both landscapes are a product of multiple
cycles of karst, glacial, fluvial and climatic processes operating over 10,000s to millions of years. Landscapes in both countries are not solely the product of geomorphic processes controlled by current climate, hydrology, chemistry and geology.
Rather they are relict landscapes whose formation can be attributed, in part, to physical conditions quite different to those now observed. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296345 |
|
|