当前国际岩溶洞穴学界研究热点--袁道先院士访谈录

Current Research Hotspots of International Karst Speleology:Interview with Academician Yuan Daoxian

第16届国际洞穴大会(International congress of speleology,ICS)于2013年7月21日至29日在捷克举行,大会内容涉及洞穴及岩溶研究史、洞穴生物、洞穴调查开发与环境保护、岩溶气候及古气候记录、岩溶发生学等方面。当前国际岩溶洞穴科技创新的若干亮点有岩溶洞穴微生物、洞穴古水文重建、深源溶蚀作用岩溶(Hypogene karst)、水下洞穴次生沉积物(Phreatic overgrowths on speleothems,POS)与海平面变化、洞穴气候与古气候记录、锶(Sr)的地球化学运移、洞穴保护理念的发展、非碳酸盐岩洞穴中的碳酸盐岩次生沉积物的形成和古气候记录、洞穴雾气循环、冰川地区岩溶洞穴的形成机理等内容。通过大会的参与,意识到目前中国相关研究还存在以下问题:一是中国洞穴探险队伍较少,且没有形成规模,不利于岩溶科学知识的推广;同时中国岩溶洞穴研究学者的研究范围基本上都局限在地表或已探明洞穴,几无擅长探洞者,这大大限制了洞内岩溶科学问题的发现和研究工作的开展,是中国岩溶研究领域的一大缺憾。二是在探索岩溶形态发育的物理、化学、生物学机理及研究技术方面中国与其他国家相比还有相当差距。ICS是世界各国岩溶洞穴学研究者进行交流的大舞台,提交成果、口头展板报告、开设展台、广泛参与活动是展示本国岩溶洞穴学研究成果、研究水平和实力,提升国际影响力的重要途径。但中国学者对此次大会重视程度不够,表现为提交研究成果少、口头报告展板报告少、没有开设展台等,这与中国丰富岩溶资源现状极不相称。建议国内广大岩溶洞穴研究者做好准备,积极参与2017年的第17届ICS,力争取得较大突破,为树立中国岩溶大国、强国形象而努力。

The 16th International Congress of Speleology was held in Brno Czech Republic,on July 21th^29th in 2013.The congress covers a wide range of topics including speleology,karst and their research history,cavernicole,cave exploration,development and protection,karst climate and paleoclimate records,karst genesis and so on.The highlights of international scientific and technological innovation on the karst cave includes:karst cave microorganisms;cave paleo-hydrological reconstructions;hypogene karst; Phreatic overgrown speleothems and sea level change;cave climate and paleoclimate records;geochemical migration of Sr;the development of cave protection notion;the formation of carbonate secondary sediment and paleoclimate records in non-karst cave;cycle of cave mist mechanism of karst cave in glacier and so on.Our participation in the congress witnesses some short comings from our side,which is summarized as follow:the first is that the team of cave exploration in China is few without proper scale being formed, which is not conducive to the promotion of the scientific knowledge.At the same time,the study scope of the scholars on karst cave in China is confined to the surface or proven cave basically,which limits the discovery of karst science problems and development of research greatly,a regret in the karst research in China.The second is that there existed a considerable gap in China in comparison with other countries in the exploration of karst morphological development of physical,chemical,biological mechanisms and research technology.ICS is a platform to communicate with karst cave researchers in the world.That the results submitted,oral panels report,booth opening,participating in activities widely displays of national karst cave research,research level and strength,apowerful measure to enhance international influence.Our national cave research capabilities were not adequately reflected in the congress proceedings.The karst cave researchers should participate in the 17th ICS in 2017and strive to achieve a breakthrough,strive to build up our karst huge country.