Field Trip
One-day field trip will take place within the Middle Dnieper area of Ukraine. This area features active development of landslide phenomena, suffusion processes, floods and side erosion of riverbeds.
Field equipment for the assessment of geohazards will be demonstrated (GPR, electrotomography, Infrared Thermography (IRT)).
Our route will cross tectonic zones of Ukrainian Shield. We shall see reference cross-section of Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary deposits. These zones feature various manifestations of geological hazards caused by human impact and/or natural factors.
The journey will start in Kyiv, where a great number of active landslides occurred (more than 150).
For many years, geologists and engineers alerted about landslide hazards in this area. The determining factors of these processes are lithological and stratigraphic conditions; hydrogeological regime; structural and textural features of rocks and forms of their occurrence; geomorphology of slopes. The second category of factors includes dynamic processes that change the state of slopes, erosion, weathering, tectonic regime of the area, and anthropogenic effects. We shall observe landslide processes of various kinds, river erosion, and rockfalls.
For many years, geologists and engineers alerted about landslide hazards in this area. The determining factors of these processes are lithological and stratigraphic conditions; hydrogeological regime; structural and textural features of rocks and forms of their occurrence; geomorphology of slopes. The second category of factors includes dynamic processes that change the state of slopes, erosion, weathering, tectonic regime of the area, and anthropogenic effects. We shall observe landslide processes of various kinds, river erosion, and rockfalls.
One of our observation points will be a major landslide in central part of Kyiv (near metro station Lybidska), which emerged March, 2013 and caused accident. The main sources of this accident are hydrogeological factor, heavy precipitation and human activity.
Our route will cross tectonic zones of Ukrainian Shield. We shall see reference cross-section of Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary deposits. These zones feature various manifestations of geological hazards caused by human impact and/or natural factors.
The journey will start in Kyiv, where a great number of active landslides occurred (more than 150).
For many years, geologists and engineers alerted about landslide hazards in this area. The determining factors of these processes are lithological and stratigraphic conditions; hydrogeological regime; structural and textural features of rocks and forms of their occurrence; geomorphology of slopes. The second category of factors includes dynamic processes that change the state of slopes, erosion, weathering, tectonic regime of the area, and anthropogenic effects. We shall observe landslide processes of various kinds, river erosion, and rockfalls.
For many years, geologists and engineers alerted about landslide hazards in this area. The determining factors of these processes are lithological and stratigraphic conditions; hydrogeological regime; structural and textural features of rocks and forms of their occurrence; geomorphology of slopes. The second category of factors includes dynamic processes that change the state of slopes, erosion, weathering, tectonic regime of the area, and anthropogenic effects. We shall observe landslide processes of various kinds, river erosion, and rockfalls.
One of our observation points will be a major landslide in central part of Kyiv (near metro station Lybidska), which emerged March, 2013 and caused accident. The main sources of this accident are hydrogeological factor, heavy precipitation and human activity.
Active landslide processes will be a subject of our inspection in Rzhyshchev village. We shall speculate about possible causes of these processes. The principal factors in their formation are abrasion, geomorphological and tectonic features. We shall discuss the potential use of geophysical methods and Infrared Tehermography (IRT) for forecast of such processes.
We shall see the consequences of landslides and consider main factors of their formation. We shall learn principal stages of field data collection for mathematical modelling of landslides and assessment of their hazardous impact on the infrastructure.