Geoinformatika 2011; 4 : 58-77

FORECASTING OF EXOGENOUS GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES. PART 2. MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURFACE KARST AND MUD FLOW PROCESSES. GIS OF EGP PREDICTION

Kuzmenko E.D., Zhuravel O.M., Chepurna T.B., Chepurnyj I.V., Shtogrin L.V.

The article analyzes the processes of karst and mudflows formation based on the exogenous geological processes forecasting algorithm. There were revealed some regularities of karst and mudflows formation in space and time. They depend on the degree of spatial and temporal factors influence. Described in the paper are the processes and features of GIS creation that can predict landslides, karst and mudflows.

Keywords: exogenous geological processes, karst, mudflows, integral index, spatial and temporal forecast, geographic information system.