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词条 Miao Room
释义

  1. Geology and formation

  2. See also

  3. References

Miao Room is the largest known cave chamber by volume in the world.[1] It is a part of the Gebihe cave system, which is located in Ziyun Getu He National Park, in Ziyun county of the Chinese province of Guizhou.[2]

The chamber, discovered by a French expedition called Gebihe'89 in 1989, measures {{convert|852|m|ft}} in length, {{convert|191|m|ft}} in width, has an area of {{convert|154,500|m2|sqft}} and a volume of {{convert|10,780,000|m3|cuft}}. In 2013 members of a British led expedition measured the chamber using 3-D laser scanners.[1][3]

Geology and formation

For more than 600 million years the area, in which the Gebihe cave system is located, was covered by sea and during this time it accumulated miles-thick layers of sediments, including limestone. The uplift of the area and then the erosion of the limestone layer created today's massive cavern system.[2]

The system spreads out in limestones and dolomite of Carboniferous and Permian age. Old cave levels have been cut by erosion and follow the base level lowering caused by Tertiary uplift.[4]

See also

  • South China Karst
  • Sarawak Chamber

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Vergano |first=Dan |date=September 28, 2014 |title=China's “Supercave” Takes Title as World's Most Enormous Cavern |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140927-largest-cave-china-exploration-science/ |work=National Geographic News |publisher=National Geographic Society |accessdate=December 20, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131062902/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140927-largest-cave-china-exploration-science |archivedate=January 31, 2017 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite journal |last=Funk |first=McKenzie |date=July 2014 |title=Empire of Rock |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/china-caves/ |page=126 |journal=National Geographic |publisher=National Geographic Society |accessdate= July 29, 2014 |issn=0027-9358}}
3. ^{{cite journal |last=Funk |first=McKenzie |date=July 2014 |title=Empire of Rock |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/china-caves/ |page=123 |journal=National Geographic |publisher=National Geographic Society |accessdate= July 29, 2014 |issn=0027-9358}}
4. ^{{cite journal |title= Le système de la rivière Gebihe (Ziyun, Guizhou) - Karsts de Chine, expé Gebihe 89 - Karstologia Mémoires n°4: Présentation physique, description du réseau |first1=Jean-Pierre |last1=Barbary |first2=Jean |last2=Bottazzi |first3=Bernard |last3=Collignon |first4=Dachang |last4=Zhang |first5=Richard |last5=Maire |first6=Jean-Luc |last6=Moudoud |first7=Shicai |last7=Chen |date=1991}}
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