Rashin koma baya

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geological process (en) |
Gudun baya shine tsarin ilimin ƙasa wanda wurin da ke canzawa a tsawon lokaci. Yawanci dutsen yana lalacewa, duwatsu suna faɗuwa kuma suna samar da gangara, ana amfani da sinadarai ko na inji sannan a cire shi ta hanyar ruwa ko lalacewar iska, kuma tsarin lalacewa yana ci gaba. Scarps na iya komawa baya na dubban kilomita ta wannan hanyar a cikin ɗan gajeren lokacin yanayin ƙasa, har ma a wuraren da ba su da ruwa.
Bayanan martaba
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A scarp ne a line of cliffs Ruwa yawanci an kafa ta da faulting ko rushewa. Idan an kare shi da wani Caprock mai karfi, ko kuma idan ya ƙunshi karyewar tsaye, yana iya riƙe da bayanin sa yayin da yake janyewa.[1] Scarps a cikin yanayin bushe yawanci suna da fuska na sama mai tsayi, wanda zai iya zama 10% - 75% na jimlar tsawo, tare da katako mai rufi wanda ya zama ɓangaren ƙasa. An lalata caprock yayin da ganuwar da fuska suka lalace, kuma a ƙarshe wani sashi ya rushe.[1] Wani caprock mai ƙarfi yawanci zai haifar da dutse mai tsawo, tunda ana buƙatar ƙarin lalacewa don sa ya kasa.[1] Sauran abubuwan da ke ƙayyade yadda dutsen zai kasa da sauƙi sune gado da haɗin kai, shugabanci na nutsewa da kauri na caprock. Wani karamin caprock zai haifar da ƙananan dutsen da ke janyewa da sauri.[1]
Koyaya, caprock ba shi da mahimmanci don raguwa mai zurfi don faruwa yayin da zafi mafi girma da kuma yanayin ƙasa yana tabbatar da rushewa a ƙafa yana motsawa (ko ci gaba da) rushewar fuska kyauta..[2][3]
Hanyar aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Hanyar da aka fi sani da ita ita ce ta hanyar dutse, inda kowane tubalan suka fito daga dutsen ko manyan sassan dutsen suka rushe a lokaci guda. A wasu yanayi masu ƙarfi, yawancin dutsen na iya zama foda a cikin dutse kuma ya sauƙaƙe. Gabaɗaya, duk da haka, dole ne a yi amfani da tarkace da ya faɗi kuma ganuwar ta lalace kafin a ci gaba da komawa baya.[4] Yanayin inji da sinadarai da ke biyo bayan lalacewar iska na iya aiki a yankuna masu bushewa, inda dutsen zasu iya komawa baya na dogon lokaci.[1] A cikin irin waɗannan yankuna, ana iya barin manyan wuraren da ba su da kyau yayin da scarp ya koma baya.[1] Rugujewar ruwa na iya haifar da teku inda tsayin yana gudana a bakin tekun, ko kuma rafi a wuraren da ke da danshi.[1]
Yawan koma baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Yawan koma baya ya dogara da nau'ikan dutse da abubuwan da ke haifar da rushewa. Wani binciken da aka buga a shekara ta 2006 ya tabbatar da cewa yawan raguwar tsaunuka a cikin Colorado Plateau a yau ya bambanta daga 0.5 zuwa 6.7 kilomita (0.31 zuwa 4.16 a kowace shekara miliyan dangane da kauri da juriya ga rushewar Caprock.[5] Komawar Babban Escarpment a Ostiraliya tare da kwarin kogi a yankin New England ya bayyana yana ci gaba a kusan kilomita 2 (1.2 a kowace shekara miliyan.[6] Binciken da aka yi game da raguwar cuesta scarp a kudancin Morocco ya nuna matsakaicin matsakaicin kilomita 1.3 (0.81 a kowace shekara miliyan a yankunan da ke da ƙananan ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙwalwa. Inda akwai mafi kauri, mafi tsayayya da caprocks na dutse mai laushi yawan koma baya ya kasance mai jinkiri, game da 0.5 kilomita (0.31 a kowace shekara miliyan.[7]
Misalan
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Filayen Colorado yana da yanayin tsaunuka na cuesta, wanda ya kunshi ƙananan ƙananan duwatsu masu laushi da ke sauyawa. Yanayin ya kasance mafi yawa bushe a duk lokacin Cenozoic.[5] Yankunan da ke bayyane a kan tudu suna da manyan sandstone caps a kan dutse mai sauƙin iska kamar shale. Rashin daskarewa da ruwan kasa yana taimakawa wajen janyewa a wannan yankin.[4]
Duwatsun Drakensberg a Afirka ta Kudu an rufe su da wani nau'i na Karoo basalts game da mita 1,000 (3,300 mai kauri, wanda ya rufe sandstones na Clarens. An daɗe ana ɗaukar su a matsayin misali na al'ada na yanayin ƙasa wanda aka kirkira ta hanyar raguwa bayan raguwar nahiyar, tare da koma baya da ke sarrafawa ta hanyar rarraba ruwa. Koyaya, suna da ƙuƙwalwar da ke fuskantar ƙasa da ƙuɓɓugar da ke fuskantar teku, don haka wasu dalilai ban da rarrabawar nahiyar sun ba da gudummawa ga kafa su. Wata takarda ta 2006 ta yi jayayya cewa samfuran tsarin ƙasa na iya zama bai dace ba wajen bayyana ƙimar raguwar ƙuƙwalwa, wanda kuma nau'ikan dutsen da aka haɗu da su yayin da ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙa, da sauran dalilai kamar yanayi, matakai na tectonic da yiwuwar rufe shuka.[8]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Chorley, Schumm & Sugden 1985.
- ↑ Twidale, C.R. (2007). "Backwearing of slopes - the development of an idea". Revista C & G. 21 (1–2): 135–146.
- ↑ King, Lester (1968). "Scarps and Tablelands". Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. 12: 114–115.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Parsons 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Schmidt 1989.
- ↑ Johnson 2009.
- ↑ Schmidt 1988.
- ↑ Moore & Blenkinsop 2006.