{"title":"STEPAN RUDNITSKY'S STUDIES OF THE PODILLYA RELIEF: ITS MORPHOLOGY, GENESIS AND HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT","authors":"Y. Kravchuk, Y. Zinko","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2019.1.2796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2019.1.2796","url":null,"abstract":"S. Rudnitsky’s research continued in Podillya; he went on studying the morphology of genesis and history of the relief of the Carpathian and pre-Carpathian Dniester basins. Many years of expeditionary research (1903-1912) resulted in the monograph “Prerequisites for Studying Morphology of the Podilsky Catchment Area of the Dniester”, which was recommended for publication at the meeting of the Mathematical & Nature Descriptive section of the Shevchenko Scientific society (NTSh) on April 17, 1912.\u0000This work provides detailed morphographic and morphometric characteristics of the Galician Podillya relief. The monograph also reports on the formation of the Dniester basin river system, geological structure, paleogeomorphology, as well as morphological & genetic problems.\u0000In studying the Podilsky Dniester Basin, S. Rudnytsky made numerous conclusions on the problems of morphological regionalization, the relief history, in particular the formation of the Dniester valley and its Podilsky tributaries, which have not lost their relevance to this day. We can distinguish the following major points among the main findings of S. Rudnitsky's research of morphogenesis and the evolution of the Podilsky Dniester basin relief: (1) Geomorphological division of the Galician Podillya with districts allocation: Roztochya, Vereshchytsky-Shchyrets lowland, Mykolayiv-Bobretskyi “horbovyna” (land surface with hills) (Pidopillya), Opilsky “horbovyna”, Podnistriya, Podillya and Gogoloro-Kremenetsk Ridge; (2) Clarification of the history of individual regions development: the erratic Scandinavian material in Roztochya is mixed (Scandinavian-Carpathian); it is deposited by fluvia-glacial flows and represented up to altitudes of 380 m; (3) In the periglacial Pleistocene period, almost all the sands of the main areas had eolian processes; (4) Confirmation of the Podillya geological division into western and eastern with five morphological bands, proposed by W. Teisseyre; (5) Justification of the morphotectonic scheme of Podillya development, connected with tectonic elevations of the Hologoro-Kremenets Ridge, which caused the current inclination of the Podolsk hills to Southeast-East; (6) Statement that the tectonic lines of Berdo-Nârul and Kovalivka-Smykivtsi characterize the Paleozoic Platform of Podillya as a typical tectonic horst; (7) Detailed description of the Dniester “rinyshcha” (alluvial deposits) with the Carpathian material present in Podniester, Opil and Podillya itself, which are present as a strip at a distance of 14-20 km from the modern Dniester river bed; (8) Based on literary sources and his own research, the scientist came to the conclusion that there is “eolian” loess in the “rinyshcha”, sands and alluvial clay; (9) It is argued that the old Nadnistryan rivers cannot be older than the planation surfaces of the Carpathians and Pre-Carpathians; (10) Formation of the Dniester valley pattern in Pliocene and Pleistocene, which determined the direction of the flows ","PeriodicalId":374629,"journal":{"name":"PROBLEMS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UKRANIAN CARPATHIANS AND ADJACENT AREAS","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131093217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MORPHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE BESKIDS ROCKS \u0000IN THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS","authors":"G. Bayrak","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2019.1.2806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2019.1.2806","url":null,"abstract":"The article deals with morphological classification of the sandstone rocks in the Ukrainian Carpathians Beskids. By the methods of field measurements and mathematical computations the rock peaks heights, their shape, basement lengths and strata thickness have been calculated. The highest rock peaks in the Beskids amounts 32–37 m. The classification from the morphological point of view on the base of rock forms studying has been done. All rocks are divided in two classes: the rocks-outliers and the rocks-outcrops. Among the rocks-outliers 4 types are defined: spire-shaped, chain-shaped, arc-shaped and combined. Spire-shaped rocks are divided into subtypes: tower, spoke and needle. Among the chain-shaped rocks 3 subtypes are defined: wall, bloc and slab. The rocks of combined form are divided into subtypes: 1) with defined form – those of the rocks which are similar to certain objects and 2) undefined forms (cliffs). Among the rocks-outcrops three types are defined: cliff-shaped, canyon-shaped and angular ones. The class of rocks-outliers occurs most often. Among the types the rocks-towers occur most often. They dominate in the rock formations of Urych, Yamelnytsia and Bubnyshche. Many bloc-shaped and plate-shaped rocks are located on the Kliuch Ridge, in Bubnys’ki Rocks, Yamelnytsia. There are rocks-walls of 50–60 m in Urych and Yamelnytsia. The longest rock-wall in Danylov tract near Yamelnytsia has been investigated. Its length is 150 m and height is 17 m. Some needle and spoke rocks are situated in Bubnys’ki Rocks (Odinets’ Rock, Golets’ Rock) and Urych (Hostryi Kamin’ (Sharp Stone) Rock. Unique types are very rare. For instance: Bronenosets’ Rock in Bubnys’ki Rocks (this rock has shape of sail), Sokil (Falcon) Rock in the Kliuch Ridge, mushroom-shaped rock in Yamelnytsia. There is also unique arc-rock in the Kliuch Ridge. In the class of rocks-outcrops the types of cliff and canyon occur equally. The angular-shaped rocks are rarer. The cliff-shaped rocks are situated near Sokolova Mountain, Pozhernytsia Mountain and Kniazhi (Princes) Rocks near Tyshivnytsia. Unique rocks-canyons, the effects of tectonic breaking and gravity-erosion processes, occur on the Kliuch Ridge. The worked out morphological classification of rocks can be used by ascertaining features of rock morphogenesis with education and scientific purposes as well as by assessment of safety level and protection possibilities. Morphological types of the rocks can be considered as valuable objects of geomorphologic heritage and attractions for geo-tourism. \u0000Key words: rocks; morphology type of the rock; rock shape; Beskids of Ukrainian Carpathians.","PeriodicalId":374629,"journal":{"name":"PROBLEMS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UKRANIAN CARPATHIANS AND ADJACENT AREAS","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121781381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}