TENSION OF GEOMORPHOLOGIC CONDITIONS IN THE MARGINAL MOUNTAIN BELTS OF THE PACIFIC RIM

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Ekaterina V. Lebedeva, Dmitry V. Mikhalev, Sergey V. Shvarev, Veniamin I. Gotvansky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2016
• Subjects: geomorphologic tension; catastrophic processes; mapping; marginal mountain belts; the far east; andes; Geography (General); G1-922; Okhotsk; Pacific; The Altiplano; Kamchatka; okhotsk sea; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2071-9388_03v09_2016_02; https://doaj.org/article/47781e19d7004ea981a090741c7b2a65

The maps of naturally determined geomorphologic tension, scale 1:8 million, for the territory of the Russian Far East and the central fragment of the mountain system of the Andes (between 5°S – 19°S) were compiled. We are using the term “tension” to define predisposition of the territory for the dev...