Background Characteristics of Ecological Geological Environment System in Qinling Mountains and Assumption of Its Theoretical System

Shen Yanjun, Chen Xing, Peng Jianbing, Mu Qingyi, Ning Yibing, Duan Fenghao, Shi Bailei

PDF(11017 KB)
PDF(11017 KB)
Earth Science ›› 2024, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (06) : 2103-2119. DOI: 10.3799/dqkx.2023.210

Background Characteristics of Ecological Geological Environment System in Qinling Mountains and Assumption of Its Theoretical System

Author information +
History +

Abstract

The construction of ecological civilization has become a major strategic task related to the well-being of the people and the future of the nation. As China's geographic boundary zone, climate zoning zone and ecological barrier zone, Qinling Mountain is also an important water conservation area of the Yellow River and Yangtze River. Its ecological barrier function is crucial to maintain the ecological security of the whole China and plays an important role in China’s ecological geological pattern. However, under the influence of climate change and human activities, the Qinling Mountain is faced with a series of problems, such as changeable geological environment, fragile ecological environment, frequent geological disasters, and disharmony between human and land systems, which lead to the serious limitation of the central ecological barrier function. As the carrier of ecological system, Qinling ecological geological environment is the basic research work of Qinling ecological protection and sustainable development. In this paper it attempts to sort out the composition and background characteristics of the elements of the ecological geological environment system in the Qinling Mountain, grasp the mutual feeding and synergistic evolution relationship of the elements of the ecological geological environment system in the Qinling Mountain, define the progressive evolution process of ecological damage, soil and water disasters and geological disasters in the Qinling Mountain, and then build the research system of the ecological geological environment system in the Qinling Mountain. At the same time, it preliminarily puts forward five key scientific problems that need to be solved in the future in this field. The research shows follows. (1) The background characteristic elements of Qinling ecological geological environment include mountain, rock mass, soil mass, water body and forest. The overall performance of the “five bodies” is: the mountains are high in the west and low in the east, steep in the north and gentle in the south. Complex structure and diverse lithology. The soil is barren in the west and fertile in the east. It belongs to the Yellow River system in the north and the Yangtze River system in the south. The water system is sparse in the west and dense in the east. The difference of vegetation types between east and west is large, while the difference between north and south is small, and the overall vegetation coverage is high. (2) Qinling Mountain has a strong interaction between human and land. The engineering construction projects crisscross, local ecological damage is serious, and water and soil disasters and geological disasters occur frequently. (3) Qinling ecogeological environment system is composed of geological environment subsystem, ecological environment subsystem and disaster environment subsystem. The three subsystems are coupled and interacted with each other, and the relationship between them is significant. (4) The elements in the three subsystems of Qinling geological environment, ecological environment and disaster environment are rich in composition, and the elements feed each other significantly. The complex mutual feed, coordination and progressive relationship between and within the subsystems and human activities jointly build the research system of Qinling ecological geological environment system. (5) The ecological geological environment of the Qinling Mountain should grasp the concept of ecological green priority and green development, focus on the problems of ecological geological security and disaster environmental system, and implement interdisciplinary, multi angle, and all-round integration to solve the related problems that need to be solved urgently in the future around the collaborative evolution law and dynamic regulation mechanism of forest soil rock mass mountain water body in the Qinling Mountain. The study is expected to provide basic reference and reference for the research on the mutual feeding effect of the Qinling ecological geological environment circle, the mechanism of co evolution and the subsequent development of ecological control technology.

Key words

Qinling Mountain / ecogeological environment system / background characteristics / research system / key scientific issue / engineering geology

Cite this article

Download Citations
Shen Yanjun , Chen Xing , Peng Jianbing , et al . Background Characteristics of Ecological Geological Environment System in Qinling Mountains and Assumption of Its Theoretical System. Earth Science. 2024, 49(06): 2103-2119 https://doi.org/10.3799/dqkx.2023.210

References

Chang, Q.R., Lei, M., Feng, L.X., et al., 2002.Genetic Characteristics and Taxonomy of Soils on the Northern Slope of the Qinling Mountain. Acta Pedologica Sinica, 39(2): 227-235 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Chen,Y.P.,2019.Significance and Strategies on the Ecological Civilization Construction at Qinling Mountains.Journal of Earth Environment,10(1):1-11 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Cui, G.Y., Zhang, Y., Chao, Y., et al., 2023. Land Use Change and Eco-Environmental Effects in Qinling Mountains in Recent 40 Years. Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 30(1): 319-326 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Deng,C.H.,Bai,H.Y.,Ma,X.P.,et al.,2021.Variation Characteristics and Its North-South Differences of the Vegetation Phenology by Remote Sensing Monitoring in the Qinling Mountains during 2000—2017.Acta Ecologica Sinica,41(3): 1068-1080 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Dong, Y. P., Sun, S. S., Santosh, M., et al., 2021. Central China Orogenic Belt and Amalgamation of East Asian Continents. Gondwana Research, 100: 131-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.03.006
Dong, Y. P., Yang, Z., Liu, X. M., et al., 2016. Mesozoic Intracontinental Orogeny in the Qinling Mountains, Central China. Gondwana Research, 30: 144-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.05.004
Dong,Y.P.,Yang,Z.,Sun,S.S.,et al.,2022.The Uplift Process of Qinling Mountains and How to Control the Climate and Environment?Earth Science,47(10):3834-3836 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Fu,Z.J.,Zhang,X.Y.,Liu,S.Y.,et al.,1996.The Summarize of Research on the Flora and Vegetation of the Qinling Mountain Range.Acta Botanica Boreal (Occidentalia Sinica),16(5):93-106 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Gong,Y.X.,Zhang,X.Q.,2021.Xi’an People’s Congress: Building a Solid Foundation for the Construction of Ecological Civilization in Qinling Mountains with the Power of Rule of Law.The Peoples Congress of China,(13):48(in Chinese).
Guo, S., Pei, Y. Q., Hu, S., et al., 2021. Risk Assessment of Geological Hazards of Qinling-Daba Mountain Area in Shaanxi Province Based on FAHP and GIS. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1992(2):22-53. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1992/2/022053
He, Z.L., Chao, Z.L., Wang, S.Y., et al., 2019. Fractal Characteristics and Spatial Variability of Typical Drainage Basins in Qinling Mountains. Water Resources and Power, 37(9): 13-16 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Hou,J.J., Han,M.K.,Zhang,B.Z.,et al.,1995. Geomorphic Expresslons of the Activity along North Qinling Piedmont Fault Zone in the Late Quaternary Period.Acta Geographica Sinica,50(2):138-146 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Huang,J.J.,2015. Study on the Coupling Relation between Eco-Environment and Geotectonic. Journal of Earth Environment, 6(4):231-237 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Huang,S.H.,2021.The Construction of Ecological Civilization is a Fundamental Plan Related to the Sustainable Development of the Chinese Nation.People’s Daily[2021-12-14]. https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-12/15/content_5670348.htm (in Chinese).
Ji, Y.H., Zhou, G.S., Wang, S.D., et al., 2021. Evolution Characteristics and Its Driving Forces Analysis of Vegetation Ecological Quality in Qinling Mountains Region from 2000 to 2019. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 45(6): 617-625 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Li,B.W.,2020.Qinling Mountains:The Natural Mark of Chinese Geography. Xi’an Publishing House, Xi’an,107-108(in Chinese).
Li,G.X.,2016.Research on the Guarantee of the Rule of Law in the Construction of National Ecological Civilization City.China University of Political Science and Law Press,Beijing,318(in Chinese).
Li, J.Y., Fu, B.J., Sun, J.L., et al., 2021. Ecological Civilization Construction at Qinling Mountains in the New Era. Journal of Natural Resources, 36(10): 2449-2463 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Li, Q., Li, T., Yue, M., 2022. Altitudinal Patterns of Species Richness of Seed Plants in Qinling Mountains: A Test of Rapoport’s Rule. Diversity, 14(8): 603. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14080603
Nie, H.F., Xiao, C.L., Ren, W.X., et al., 2021. Progress and Prospect of Ecogeological Research. Geological Survey of China, 8(6): 1-8 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Peng,J.B.,Lan,H.X.,2022.Ecological Geology and Eco-Geological Environment System.Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment,44(6):877-893 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Peng, J.B., Shen, Y.J., Jin, Z., et al., 2023.Key Thoughts on the Study of Eco-Geological Environment System in Qinling Mountains. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 43(11): 4344-4358 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Qiu, J., Han, A. X., He, C. M., et al., 2022. Functional Traits of Quercus Aliena Var. Acuteserrata in Qinling Huangguan Forest Dynamics Plot: The Relative Importance of Plant Size and Habitat. Forests, 13(6): 899. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060899
Shaanxi Provincial Chronicles Office,2019.Shaanxi Yearbook 2019.http://dfz.shaanxi.gov.cn/sqzlk/sxnj/sxnjwz/nj2019 (in Chinese).
Shaanxi Provincial Chronicles Office, 2020.Shaanxi Yearbook 2020.http://dfz.shaanxi.gov.cn/sqzlk/sxnj/sxnjwz/nj2020 (in Chinese).
Song, X.J., Chen, X.Y., Zhang, S.C., et al., 2023. A Study on the Invasive Status of Alien Plants in the Giant Panda National Park: A Case Study of Changqing and Taibai Mountain National Nature Reserves in Shaanxi Province. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 51(3): 96-108, 116(in Chinese with English abstract).
Sun,L.G.,Yang,Z.K.,2017.New Research Methods and Their Applications in Anthropocene Ecogeology.Acta Sedimentologica Sinica,35(5):958-967 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Tao, S., Wang, B., Li, W., et al., 2022. Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Tectonic Response of the Eastern Part of the West Qinling to the Eastward Spreading Process of the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 65(9): 3502-3520 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Wang,Z.Q., Yan,Q.R., Yan,Z., et al.,2009.New Division of the Main Tectonic Units of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China.Acta Geologica Sinica,83(11):1527-1546 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Xu, D.L., Pan, Y.H., Li, W., et al., 2016. The Green & Circular Development Strategy of the Qinba Mountain Area. Strategic Study of CAE, 18(5): 1-9 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Yang, Z.H., Xiu, H.S., Bao, H.R., 2022. On Theoretical System of Xi Jinping’s Ecological Civilization Thought. Journal of Nanjing Tech University (Social Science Edition), 21(3): 1-11,115 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Yuan, J., Wei, X., Shang, Z.C.,et al.,2015. Impacts of CWD on Understory Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems in the Qinling Mountains, China. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 47(5): 1855-1864.
Zeng, W., Sun, F.Y., Zhou, H.Y., et al., 2023. Cassiterite U-Pb Age, Geochemistry and Their Geological Significances of Rare Metal Pegmatites in Guanpo Area, North Qinling, China. Earth Science, (8): 2851-2871 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhang,G.W.,Dong,Y.P.,Lai,S.C.,et al.,2003.Mianlue Structural Belt and Mianlue Suture Zone On the Southern Margin of the Qinling-Dabie Orogenic Belt.Science in China (Series D),33(12):1121-1135 (in Chinese).
Zhang,G.W.,Meng,Q.R.,Lai,S.C.,1995a.The Structure of the Qinling Orogenic Belt.Science in China (Series B),25(9):994-1003(in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhang, G.W., Zhang, Z.Q., Dong, Y.P., 1995b. Nature of Main Tectono-Lithostratigraphic Units of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 11(2): 101-114 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhang, S.H., Qi, G.Z., Su, K., et al., 2022. Changes of Drought and Flood in the Qinling Mountains in the Last 60 Years. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 42(12): 4758-4769 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhang,W., Liu,R., Wei,Y.G., et al., 2016.Periglacial Geomorphologic Characteristics and Environment in Taibai,the Qinling Mountain.Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment,30(10):171-178 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhao, K. F., Li, J., Ma, X. P., et al., 2022. The Effects of Land-Use and Climatic Changes on the Hydrological Environment in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. Forests, 13(11): 1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111776

Comments

PDF(11017 KB)

Accesses

Citation

Detail

Sections
Recommended

/