Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

Zoning processes in the face of physiographic landslides

2012. №4, pp. 212-218

Shulyakov Dmitriy Yu. - C.Sc. in Geography, Senior Lecturer, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya st., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350049, drshultz@mail.ru

Isenbulatova Rumina R. - Student, Astrakhan State University, 20a Tatishchev st., Astrakhan, Russian Federation, 414056, geologi2007@yandex.ru

Shulyakova Marina S. - Under-graduade student, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya st., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350049, marusiya74@mail.ru

Tyukavkina Olga V. - C.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, Associate Professor, Surgut Oil and Gas Institute, 38 Entuziasty st., Tyumen reg., Surgut, Russian Federation, 628400, tov.sing@mail.ru

The article notes that potential landslides along the Kuban River and its tributaries are affecting the waterways’ geographical features and the zoning procedures used for nearby population centers. The authorities have set into motion a zoning scheme in the middle reaches of the river, despite the waterway’s propensity for landslides in that area. Zoning – viewed in some quarters as a response to the flow characteristics of natural processes and phenomena – is an essential tool for monitoring processes such as landslides in the Kuban basin. Consequently, the paper at this stage focuses on them and on natural laws. However, it also considers human-related factors, which may be a catalyst for enhancing natural processes such as landslides in the river’s middle reaches. During the 1960-80-timespan, several professional societies engaged in studies of the Kuban River and its basin. These followed earlier studies, such as the Cherkasova monograph, ’Engineering the Geological Zoning of the North Caucasus,’ published in 1985. That tome, based on a set of principles, identified geotechnical and geological formations of genetic rock complexes in the North Caucasus. It also described natural exogenous processes for that region, as well as reverse-engineered geological zoning there. Another study, the Sevkavgeologiya Association’s ’Map of Typological and Evaluation Engineering for Geological Zoning of the North Caucasus,’ published in 1983, contained regional geographic representations with a scale of 1:500.000.

Key words: classifications of landslips,forecast of landslips,damage,Seaside complex,Caspian Sea

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