Mushroom shaped rocks are not uncommon in nature, but their origin is often misunderstood because they can be formed by different natural forces. A huge mushroom stone in a stream valley of the Xiqiao Mountain of Guan...Mushroom shaped rocks are not uncommon in nature, but their origin is often misunderstood because they can be formed by different natural forces. A huge mushroom stone in a stream valley of the Xiqiao Mountain of Guangdong,China is widely believed to be formed through the way of stream water erosion. However, the result of the simulation performed with Flow-3 D in this study indicates that the mushroom shape of the rock could not have been sculpted by the flowing water erosion because the simulation result contradicts that of the field investigations:(1) the sediment brought by upstream flowing water tends to be deposited on the leeward side of the flowing water preventing the rock on this side form being eroded, but the narrowest part of the rock bottom is exactly located on this side of the rock and(2) the stream flow should erode the bed sediment and produce high abrasion on the rock surface on the upstream and lateral sides of the rock,respectively, but no abrasion marks are found on the same sides of the rock. Subsequent geological analyses in this study provide evidence that the narrow bottom of the mushroom stone was resulted from chemical and physical weathering happening within the sediment that used to deposit on the lee side of the stone.展开更多
By combining with the local chronicles,poems,travel notes and image data and combing the landscape space types of Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Spot,the typical space was summarized as follows:the space of Neo Confucianism e...By combining with the local chronicles,poems,travel notes and image data and combing the landscape space types of Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Spot,the typical space was summarized as follows:the space of Neo Confucianism education advocating nature,the space of landscape sightseeing with spaciousness and profundity alternation and the space of religious sacrifice with the unity of heaven and man.A preliminary study on the landscape spatial characteristics of Xiqiao Mountain enriches the research on the landscape characteristics of south of the five ridges scenic spot.展开更多
基金funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.41571002,42171007 and 42171005)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong,China(2015A030313385)Foundation for the Young Creative Talent Foundation in Higher Education of Guangdong,China(2014KQNCX193)。
文摘Mushroom shaped rocks are not uncommon in nature, but their origin is often misunderstood because they can be formed by different natural forces. A huge mushroom stone in a stream valley of the Xiqiao Mountain of Guangdong,China is widely believed to be formed through the way of stream water erosion. However, the result of the simulation performed with Flow-3 D in this study indicates that the mushroom shape of the rock could not have been sculpted by the flowing water erosion because the simulation result contradicts that of the field investigations:(1) the sediment brought by upstream flowing water tends to be deposited on the leeward side of the flowing water preventing the rock on this side form being eroded, but the narrowest part of the rock bottom is exactly located on this side of the rock and(2) the stream flow should erode the bed sediment and produce high abrasion on the rock surface on the upstream and lateral sides of the rock,respectively, but no abrasion marks are found on the same sides of the rock. Subsequent geological analyses in this study provide evidence that the narrow bottom of the mushroom stone was resulted from chemical and physical weathering happening within the sediment that used to deposit on the lee side of the stone.
基金Sponsored by The National Natural Science Foundation of China(51978272)Key Projects of Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan(201804020017)
文摘By combining with the local chronicles,poems,travel notes and image data and combing the landscape space types of Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Spot,the typical space was summarized as follows:the space of Neo Confucianism education advocating nature,the space of landscape sightseeing with spaciousness and profundity alternation and the space of religious sacrifice with the unity of heaven and man.A preliminary study on the landscape spatial characteristics of Xiqiao Mountain enriches the research on the landscape characteristics of south of the five ridges scenic spot.
