Y. Belyaev, E. Eremenko, N. Lugovoy, T. Repkina, F. Romanenko, S. Kharchenko
{"title":"Stages of anthropogenic transformation of surface morphology in the Arctic zone of Russia","authors":"Y. Belyaev, E. Eremenko, N. Lugovoy, T. Repkina, F. Romanenko, S. Kharchenko","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2022.407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2022.407","url":null,"abstract":"Information about the occurrence and age of anthropogenic objects and accompanying surface morphology transformations in the Arctic zone of Russia was collected and systematized. 6 chronological stages of antropogenic surface transformations were distinguished: before 1918 a.d., 1919-1932 a.d., 1933-1963 a.d., 1964-1987 a.d., 1988-1998 a.d. and after 1999 a.d. The leading types of land-use on the territory of the Arctic zone of Russia for different time slices are identified, the areas affected by development are outlined, and the inherent types of anthropogenic transformation of landscapes are indicated. Rythms of economic development and antropogenic surface morphology transformation due to social-economic and political causes were established. Maximum of antropogenic transformation occurred during Soviet period in 1933-1963 and 1964-1987 a.d.. Periods between 1919-1932 a.d and 1988-1998 a.d. coinciding with collapse of Russian Empire and USSR respectively marked with significant decrease of antropogenic activity in Russian Arctic. Four types of territories differing with duration of antropogenic development, intensity and set of antropogenic objects and accompanying surface morphology transformations were revealed: 1) territories of old (before 1918 a.d) development with significant grade of antropogenic transformation (4,3% of Russian Arctic); 2) territories of Soviet (1918-1987) development with significant grade of antropogenic transformation (25,8% of Russian Arctic); 3) territories of Postsoviet (1988+) development with significant grade of antropogenic transformation (2,9% of Russian Arctic); 2) territories without significant amount of antropogenic objects and with well-preserved natural surface morphology (67% of Russian Arctic).","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76933438","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}
F. Maksimov, A. Petrov, V. Grigoriev, E. Konstantinov, V. Kuznetsov, K. Arslanov, S. Levchenko, N. Karpukhina, A. Starikova, N. Baranova
{"title":"230Th/U age and paleobotanic description of the organic-rich layer from the “Ilya Prorok” section on the Bolshaya Kosha River (Upper Volga basin)","authors":"F. Maksimov, A. Petrov, V. Grigoriev, E. Konstantinov, V. Kuznetsov, K. Arslanov, S. Levchenko, N. Karpukhina, A. Starikova, N. Baranova","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2022.203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2022.203","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents new data from geochronological study the lake-bog organic-rich layer from of the “Ilya Prorok” sequence (Upper Volga Basin, Tver Region) that is a one of the reference sections located on the Russian Plain. Ideas concerning the age and climatic conditions of these organic-mineral deposits formation changed significantly over the long history of their study. As a result, the viewpoint about the belonging of this layer to the Likhvin time began to prevail. However, it is still unclear with which marine isotope-oxygen stage (MIS) the Likhvin interglacial can be compared. According to the paleobotanical study of the lake-bog from the Ilya Prorok section, it was confirmed that the lower part of the lake-bog layer can be attributed to the warm phases of the Likhvin interglacial, while its upper half was deposited during the transition to cooling after the interglacial period. For the first time, the radioisotope age of the buried lake-bog deposits of the reference section “Ilya Prorok” have obtained. According to the data of direct 230Th/U dating, the formation of the sequence probably began no earlier than ~ 326–260 Kyr ago. The 230Th/U age of the buried peat bog from its upper half, according to the results of applying the isochronous approximation, can be correlated with the interval ~256–225 Kyr ago. According to these data, the Likhvin deposits were formed no earlier than MIS-9.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88076056","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}
V. Rasputina, D. Ganyushkin, Dmitrii V. Bantcev, G. Pryakhina, V. Vuglinsky, Stepan S. Svirepov, Nikolai A. Paniutin, D. D. Volkova, Mihail R. Nikolaev, Evgenii V. Siroezhko
{"title":"Outburst hazard of little-studied lakes assessment at the Mongun-Taiga massif","authors":"V. Rasputina, D. Ganyushkin, Dmitrii V. Bantcev, G. Pryakhina, V. Vuglinsky, Stepan S. Svirepov, Nikolai A. Paniutin, D. D. Volkova, Mihail R. Nikolaev, Evgenii V. Siroezhko","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.304","url":null,"abstract":"There is a reduction in the area of glaciation of mountain massifs as a result of climate warming, which leads to the formation of lake-glacial complexes in areas of glaciation degradation. These complexes are dynamic systems that are rapidly changing over time, therefore, unstable and potentially outburst. Moraine and periglacial lakes outbursts are dangerous hydrological phenomena. As a result of outbursts catastrophic floods and mudflows can form, causing serious damage to the infrastructure of settlements located downstream and often leading to human toll. Therefore, the study of outburst-hazardous lakes is necessary and is an important applied problem associated with forecasting natural hazards. In this paper an the outburst hazard of little-studied moraine and periglacial lakes at the Mongun-Taiga mountain massif (Tyva Republic, Russian Federation) assessment was carried out using the scoring method, supplemented taking into account regional characteristics, using data from remote sensing of the Earth. The performed assessment according to satellite images showed that most of the massif's lakes have a high outburst hazard. Based on the assessment results a group of lakes was selected located in the right branch upstream of the river “Tolaity” for the purpose of a more detailed field survey (hydrological and geophysical studies were carried out). Field work carried out on the selected group of lakes allowed us to correct the performed assessment. In paper the applicability of the method based on comparing field data and data obtained from satellite images was estimated.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85165880","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}
A. Mikhaylova, V. Gorochnaya, I. Gumenyuk, Angelina P. Plotnikova, Andrey Sergeevich Mikhaylov
{"title":"Does the coastal location of municipalities influence their innovation development?","authors":"A. Mikhaylova, V. Gorochnaya, I. Gumenyuk, Angelina P. Plotnikova, Andrey Sergeevich Mikhaylov","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.303","url":null,"abstract":"The coastal regions are increasingly in the focus of contemporary academic research as economically favorable territories with high innovative potential. The coastalization factor gets individual attention, the influence of which is registered in various countries of the world as a tendency of the population and economic activity to concentrate in the coastal zone. However, there is significant heterogeneity between the coastal areas, due to natural and climatic features and affecting their economic development. This paper focuses on assessing the differences in the readiness of the coastal regions of the European part of Russia to the innovation economy, taking into account their geographical location (northern, northwestern, southern). The study is conducted at the level of municipalities across 6 regions of Russia: Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Rostov regions, and Krasnodar Krai. The research methodology included an assessment of 4 most important components of an innovative economy: human capital, business environment, knowledge production, and technological equipment. The results of the study showed a high degree of spatial divergence in terms of the level of readiness for the development of an innovative economy both between the regions of the sample and within them in the inter-municipal context. It is revealed that the concentration of innovative potential within the coastal region is largely the result of the cross-influence of the agglomeration and the coastalization factors. In the case of their complementary influence on coastal municipalities, the latter are characterized by a relatively higher level of readiness for the development of an innovative economy than inland ones. This is true for both the northern, northwestern, and southern coastal regions of the European part of Russia.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"46 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72579998","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}
M. Rogov, Julia N. Savelieva, O. V. Shurekova, AO “Geologorazvedka”
{"title":"Biostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic of the Valy clay pit (Samarskaya Luka) by ammonites, ostracods and dinocysts","authors":"M. Rogov, Julia N. Savelieva, O. V. Shurekova, AO “Geologorazvedka”","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.305","url":null,"abstract":"The results of integrate biostratigraphic study of Upper Jurassic deposits of the clay pit near the village of Valy (Syzran district, Samara region) are presented. For the first time a bed-by-bed description was made and the subdivision of the section into zones, subzones and biohorizons by ammonites was established. Bauhini and Kitchini zones (Bayi subzone) are established in the Lower Kimeridgian, while Upper Kimmeridgian is represented by Autissiodorensis zone only. In the Lower Volgian Sokolovi and Pseudoscythica zones were recognized, while the Middle Volgian is represented by the Panderi zone. The age of the regionally developed unconformity at the base of the Trazovo Formation has been clarified. As in the sections located to the south from studied section, this unconformity is located in the base of the Autissiodorensis zone, overlying different Oxfordian and lower Kimmeridgian. For the first time for Kimmeridgian of Central Russia in the marlstone band of the Kitchini zone (bayi biohorizon) solitary corals conditionally attributed to the genus Trochocyathus were found. Along with corals other warm-water taxa (belemnites Hibolithes, rare ammonites Taramelliceras) were found in the same bed, suggesting deposition of this bed during the short-time warming event. 6 biostratigraphic units (zone and beds with fauna) were recognized by ostracods, along with 2 dinocyst-based units (assemblage and zone) which are compared with the stratigraphic subdivisions by these groups, previously proposed for the Kimeridgian and Volgian stages of the Russian Platform. The paleo-ecological analysis has allowed to assume, that sediments have accumulated in the conditions of warm shallow eutrophic basin with depth to 50 m, with gradual increase of eutrophy through time. At some levels, short-term episodes of severe shallowing or freshening are recorded by ostracods.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89758794","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":"New data concerning the age and composition of intrusion complexes of the northern part of Balygychan-Sugoi rift depression (North-Eastern Russia)","authors":"M. Petrova, S. Petrov, Mihail Iu. Kurapov","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.309","url":null,"abstract":"The Balagychan-Sugoi (Omsukchan) riftogeneous depression is described by different authors both as a part of Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic belt (OCVB) and as a separate structure. The unique Dukat gold and silver deposit and a lot of others ore deposits including rare-metal, such as Arylah, Lunnoe, Askold, Mechta, Tidid, Krasin, are associated with this structure. All mentioned objects are located in the south part of the depression and from this point of view are connected with OCVB structure. Evolution of the Balygychan-Sugoi depression is closely related to the stages of magmatic evolution of the region. In the article, these stages are characterized based on the data form intrusion bodies located in the northern part (Naygain depression). This part is the most outlying from the OCVB and less investigated. For the first time, the U-Pb zircon and baddeleyite dating and the description of petrographic and geochemical composition have been carried out for Mandychan gabbro-diorite and Nayahan gabbro leucogranite intrusion complexes from the northern part of the depression and for Omsukchan leucogranite complex. The Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous intrusions of the Mandychansk complex dated as 143-139 Ma mark the beginning of the rift depression formation. Intrusion of granitoids of the Nayahan and Omsukchan complexes dated as 84-85 Ma and 81-82 Ma correspondently is related with new stage of magmatic activity, synchronous to OCVB formation. The petrographic and geochemical compositions of these granitoids indicate their belonging to the I-type granites, which are typical for extension environments, whereas leucogranites of the Omsukchan complex have some features corresponding to the A-type granites.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72460799","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":"Paleomagnetism of the Sette-Daban Meso-Neoproterozoic magmatic complex of the southeastern margin of the Siberian platform","authors":"A. Savelev, Anna A. Pazukhina, A. Pasenko","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.401","url":null,"abstract":"The interval of ~ 1000 - ~ 900 Ma is one of the key ones in the history of the evolution of the Siberian Platform. At this time, the formation of the neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia took place, which undoubtedly found its reflection in the geological annals of Siberia. A reflection of the kinematics of the Siberian platform is its apparent pole wander path (APWP), the development of which will help to clarify the geodynamic in which the platform was at the beginning of the Neoproterozoic. However, not many objects of this age are known within the Siberian Platform, suitable for performing paleomagnetic determinations. The consequence of this is a very limited number of existing reliable poles, obtained either from sedimentary rocks with very imprecise age limits, or from rocks of the Yenisei Ridge and Taimyr with an ambiguous structural position. This paper presents the results of paleomagnetic studies of the Proterozoic igneous rocks of the Sette-Daban complex of the southern Verkhoyansk region, the formation of which took place ~ 1000-970 Ma ago. Detailed thermal magnetic cleaning made it possible to reveal the high-temperature (HT) characteristic component in a significant part of the samples. It has maximum unblocking temperatures of about 580 ° C, lying in the region of the Curie point of magnetite. The average direction of the characteristic component for the sills sampled in the valley of the Yudoma, coincides with the direction obtained earlier on the same bodies. The calculated paleomagnetic pole for the intrusive bodies of the Sette-Daban magmatic complex (Plat = 5.8 °, Plong = 182.9 °, dp / dm = 9.0 ° / 14.4 °) confirms and refines the previously obtained pole for the rocks of this complex, and also indicates that Siberia in the range of ~ 970-1000 Ma was located in the northern hemisphere in tropical latitudes (~ 26 ° N). The analysis of the available geochronological and geochemical data, coupled with new paleomagnetic data, made it possible to clarify the age of the Sette-Daban magmatic event and limit it within ~ 970-1000 Ma.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75747844","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}
S. Baltybaev, G. V. Ovchinnikova, A. Kuznetsov, I. Vasilieva, N. Rizvanova, I. Alekseev, P. A. Kirillova
{"title":"Two stage of gold-bearing sulfide ores of early Proterozoic gabbroids in the north Ladoga area","authors":"S. Baltybaev, G. V. Ovchinnikova, A. Kuznetsov, I. Vasilieva, N. Rizvanova, I. Alekseev, P. A. Kirillova","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.307","url":null,"abstract":"In a study based on Pb isotopes, it has been shown that the formation of gold-sulfide mineralization in the Early Proterozoic gabbros of the Northern Ladoga region is associated with different tectonic phases. This conclusion is based on a comparative study of isotopic data for feldspars and lead sulfides in two Early Proterozoic intrusions; Velimäki and Alattu-Päkylä. The investigated intrusions have similar geological settings at the junction of the Svecofennian accretionary complex and the Karelian craton. Both massifs are characterized by manifestations of noble metal sulfide mineralization associated with zones of local shear deformations. The formation of the studied ore massifs is attributed to the Svecofennian and Caledonian tectonic stages. Feldspars of Velimäki intrusion have parameters and model age of Pb significantly older than U-Pb age of zircon (1.9 Ga), although they correspond to the Svecofennian time of magmatic crystallization of gabbro and clinopyroxenites, while sulfide pyrite-pyrrhotite mineralization is associated with gold in these rocks with the Caledonian stage of fluid-thermal processing of the Early Proterozoic magmatic mineral paracenteses. Feldspars and sulfides of the Alattu-Päkylä intrusion have similar lead isotopic parameters and Pb model age (~ 2 Ga), also somewhat older than the U-Pb age of zircon, but at the same time indicating the formation of rock-forming and ore sulfide associations with gold during the Svecofennian (Early Proterozoic) plutonic and tectonic-thermal events. The source of lead sulfides of the Velimäki massif is characterized by the parameters of the upper crust with high µ2 = 238U / 204Pb, while the µ2 parameter of the minerals of the Alattu-Päkylä massif is slightly lower, which indicates the participation of the mantle-lower crustal reservoir material in the formation of magma.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89261389","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":"Storm surges in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea","authors":"E. Zakharchuk, V. N. Sukhachev, N. Tikhonova","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.408","url":null,"abstract":"The characteristics of storm surges in different regions of the Gulf of Finland in the second half of the XX and the beginning of the XXI centuries were investigated on the basis of tide gauge measurements of sea level, instrumental observations of the wind and data from the reanalysis of meteorological fields. A criterion for identifying storm surges, taking into account spatial changes in their intensity, is proposed. The results indicate that depending on the year and the location of the station, the number of storm surges varies in the Gulf of Finland in a wide range: from 0 - 1 to 16 - 52 cases per year. The average duration of storm surges varies from 6.7 to 9.0 hours, and the maximum reaches 26 to 96 hours. Shown that in recent decades, in most regions, there has been a tendency towards a decrease in the number of storm surges, their dispersion and sea level maximum. The distributions of the probabilities of wind and atmospheric pressure during storm surges are given. Estimates of two-dimensional probability densities indicate that during storm surges, winds blowing from the west and southwest with speeds of 4-13 m / s are most likely. At the northern coast and at the top of the bay, the most probable values of atmospheric pressure during storm surges are 995 hPa. On the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, atmospheric pressure values of 1005 - 1015 hPa are most likely. The results obtained indicate that the atmospheric pressure over the Gulf of Finland during storm surges is not very low. This is due to the fact that the trajectories of the centers of cyclones causing storm surges pass north of the Gulf of Finland. Analysis of meteorological information also showed the presence of significant negative trends in interannual variations in the dispersion of the horizontal atmospheric pressure gradient, average values and maximums of wind speed. It is concluded that the revealed changes in the characteristics of storm surges are associated with a decrease in the intensity of cyclogenesis in the atmosphere over the Baltic Sea in recent decades.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90925305","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}
Ba Dung Nguyen, Quynh Nga Nguyen, T. L. Pham, T. Le, Tuyet Minh Dang
{"title":"Evaluation and validation of flood hazard zoning using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS: A case study of Lam River basin (Vietnam)","authors":"Ba Dung Nguyen, Quynh Nga Nguyen, T. L. Pham, T. Le, Tuyet Minh Dang","doi":"10.21638/spbu07.2021.410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2021.410","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the Lam river basin had suffered various forms of natural disasters such as floods, inundations, windstorms, tornadoes, etc. Among all these, the flood has proved to be the greatest threat to the people and the socio-economic development in the basin. Moreover, it is very frequent as compared to other natural disasters. In view of the fact that such disastrous floods are still occurring in the basin, it becomes a necessity to determine the causes and analyze the components affecting flood. This is important in order to develop an early flood warning system and thus minimize the negative impact of flood in the Lam river basin on the people and the facilities. In this paper, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis method integrated with GIS technology is used to map flood risk zones in the Lam river basin. The parameters used for the analysis are the main causes affecting the floods. In addition to the 5 most commonly used factors such as slope, rainfall, land cover, soil, and drainage density, this study also includes a new factor - relative slope length to compute a more rigorous and reliable model. The results were compared with the two more methods of flood hazard zoning in the same study area: the method of the main flood caused factor analysis and the method of inheriting, data analyzing, and processing. The results were also validated by the historical flood data of three years 2010, 2013, and 2016.","PeriodicalId":41676,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Earth Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85493209","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}