Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj最新文献

{"title":"FEATURES OF RELIEF OF THE BORZHAVA RIVER MIDDLE FLOW AREA AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH GEODYNAMICS AND SEISMOTECTONICS","authors":"Andriy Nazarevych, Galyna Bayrak, Lesya Nazarevych","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3949","url":null,"abstract":"With attraction of the newest (until 2010–2022 inclusive) geological-geophysical and geodetic data and geological-tectonic construction, the features of relief of the Borzhava River middle flow area (Ukrainian Transcarpathians) were analyzed, including peculiarities of the morphology of the river valley, their connection with the geodynamics and seismotectonics of the territory is traced. In the interval between Keretsky and Dovge villages the river flows in the valley of south – southeast direction between the southwestern slopes of the Folded Carpathians and northeastern slopes of Vygorlat-Guta volcanic ridge, tracing the near-surface localization of Transcarpathian deep fault zone geological structures (fault-suture, i.e. contact zones of the tectonic structures of the Transcarpathian depression and the Folded Carpathians). In the Dovge village river terns to the southwest and crosses the Vygorlat-Guta ridge in this direction in the interval to the Velyki Komyaty village, its valley here is associated with rupture discontinuities of the diagonal Borzhava fault zone. The place of terns of the Borzhava River in the Dovge village is connected with the area of junction of the structures of the Borzhava fault zone and the Transcarpathian fault-suture zone. The Onok height and the Velykyy Sholles volcanic ridge, which surround it from the southeast and east, are connected with influence of the diagonal Vynohradiv and meridional Oash faults. In the northeastern parth of studied area, under the mountain ranges of the Kuk – Palenyy Grun` ridges, a relatively deep (40–55 km) zone of seismic activity was discovered, it is related to the area of junction of the deep tectonic structures of the Transcarpathian and Oash fault zones, the first of which dips in the northeast direction under the Carpathians, and the second (its tilted subfault) dips in the eastern direction under the structures of the Solotvyno depression. Also regular, including the newest (2 perceptible earthquakes since the beginning of 2023) seismic activity (mainly at the depths of the pre-Neogene basement (2–6 km)) is demonstrated in the studied area (along with fault-block structures of the Transcarpathian trough and fold-thrust structures of the Folded Carpathians) by the structures Borzhava fault zone (orthogonal to the Carpathians, mini-graben in structure) and conjugated with it, the more submeridional Shalanky-Irshava (slightly sigmoid in plan) and Petrovo-Ardanovo faults. The genesis of the specified peculiarities of the relief and seismicity of the studied area is analyzed from the point of view of a combination of \"alpine\" (thrust-subduction of the crustal structures of the Transcarpathian depression and sedimentary strata of the modern Folded Carpathians to the northeast – the so-called multi-tiered \"crocodile\" tectonics), present \"terrain\" (shift to the east of the crustal structures of the Transcarpathian depression – northeastern end of the Alkapa terrane – superimposed, rela","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863613","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":"ON THE QUESTION OF USING GIS TOOLS IN THE STUDY OF PALEOVALLEY IN THE VERCHNY PRUT BASIN","authors":"Liudmyla Kosteniuk","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3948","url":null,"abstract":"This article is devoted to the complex issue of the use of GIS in the study of the stages of the formation of the water network of the rivers of the Ukrainian Carpathians, the identification and study of ancient flow valleys, morphogenesis and features of high terrace levels and paleovalleys in different periods of their formation. It is the use of new modern methods of digital mapping and geo-informational tools in research that allows us to look in a new way at the seemingly already known and defined problematic issues of the clarity of the stages of the origin and formation of the basins of the river systems of the Ukrainian Carpathians and their gradual stabilization within modern limits. It would seem that the position of leading specialists, Ukrainian geomorphologists (P. M. Tsis, K. I. Gerenchuk, M. S. Kozhurinoi, Y.S. Kravchuk, V. M. Klapchuk and others) has been clearly formulated for a long time thanks to the use of new geoinformation technologies and accessibility to modern software opens up new opportunities for its review and refinement. Currently, an important aspect of the study of basin systems of mountain regions, such as the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians, is the application of not just a cartographic research method, with the corresponding results of visualization, zoning or the creation of appropriate map schemes, but the use of system analysis, thanks to GIS applications (TIN interpolation qgis) and the creation of appropriate models, which allows us to reveal in more detail the complex issues of the transformation of ancient valleys and their modern reflection in the relief of this territory. It is the ambiguous conclusions and results of previous researchers that encourage the use of new, more progressive methods, which will make it possible to better substantiate and determine how the processes of restructuring of the river network of the southeastern macroslope of the Ukrainian Carpathians took place, as well as to reveal the reasons for these changes. It is especially important to take into account and rely on changes in the configuration of the Upper Prut river system network at various stages of its functioning and development. This complex and not fully resolved issue, the transformation of ancient flow valleys in the Pliocene–Pleistocene period, is extremely important for the understanding of modern channel processes on the rivers of the Upper Pruth basin, as it still has a significant impact on the perception of the modern view of the river network of the studied basin and the inherited nature of macroforms riverbed in its separate sections. Keywords: GIS; digital topographic base of the Earth: SRTM; paleogeomorphological analysis; paleovalley Chornyy Cheremosh river; paleovalley Chornа Tysa river; paleovalley of the Lyuchka and Oslava rivers.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863347","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":"GEOTOURISM ROUTES AND GEOTOURS IN THE WEST OF UKRAINE: STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS","authors":"Yuriy Zinko","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3959","url":null,"abstract":"The paper analyzes the current state of geotourism routes and geotours in the west of Ukraine from the point of view of experience and practice of European geotourism. Geotourism routes are considered as a kind of thematic tourist routes with educational specialization. On the territory under study, based on the territorial coverage, there are transboundary (\"Ukrainian-Polish Geo-Carpathians\" and \"Ignacy Lukasiewicz Oil Heritage\"), national (\"Amber Road\"), regional (\"Terra Podolica\", \"Beskydy Rock Formations\") and local (mainly in the protected areas) routes. According to the maintenance status, they are divided into three groups: 1) built and marked, 2) built and marked near the sites, 3) not built and not built. Basically, geotourism sites here include places with geological rock outcrops, interesting forms of relief and processes, mountain constructions. It can be argued that the diverse geotourism network is at the initial stage of its development in the region. Thanks to the activity of NGOs, the region is developing comprehensive geoproducts – geotours to gypsum caves of Podillia, mineral resources of Precarpathia, rock formations of Podillia and the Carpathians. Some geotourism sites are included in comprehensive (natural and cultural) tours of regional travel agencies. Eco-educational trails with detailed presentation of geoheritage sites are functioning in the national and landscape parks of the region. Based on the methodological foundations of the geotourism discipline and the European practice of planning and introducing geotourism products, a promising network of diverse geotourism routes and geotours has been developed for the western Ukraine. The trajectory and route of promising transboundary (in particular \"Geo-Roztochchia\"), national (\"Ukrainian Carpathian Geostrada\") and a number of regional and local geotourism routes have been proposed. Many proposed regional and local geological and geomorphologic routes can form the basis for the development of appropriate geotours by community-based and commercial structures. To implement the European experience of geotourism routes and geotours development for Ukrainian context, it is necessary to carry out a number of scientific, educational and organizational activities. They include a comprehensive inventory of geotourism sites, provision of informational and educational support for geotour visitors, training for geointerpreters for excursion support as well as strategic and operational management to serve tourists and the preservation and promotion of geoheritage sites. Keywords: geotourism; tourist routes; geotours; geostrada; western Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863612","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":"FEATURES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY STRUCTURE OF THE GNIVAN GRANITE QUARRY (VINNYTSIA REGION)","authors":"Anastasiia Pavelchuk","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3957","url":null,"abstract":"The Hnivan granite quarry is located in Vinnytsia district of Vinnytsia region. Geomorphologically, territory belongs to the western edge of the Dnieper Upland. Geostructurally, the quarry is located on the western edge of the Ukrainian shield, within the Podilsky megablock. Since the beginning of development, 7 rock horizons have been fully opened. As of today, the 8th horizon is being developed, and the development of the 9th horizon is planned in the future. The Hnivan quarry is a deep polygonal trapezoidal quarry in plan with many steps in profile. Morphometric characteristics of the Hnivan quarry and dump complex: the maximum length from north to south (including dumps of overburden strata) is 1 800 m; the maximum length of the quarry pit from north to south is 1 400 m, the maximum width from west to east is 900 m. The absolute heights within the mining are 230–255 m, the absolute height of the mine floor is 130 m. The depth of the quarry pit is currently about 105 m. The bottom is 97 meters below the level of the Southern Buh river. Quarry landforms are divided into produced relief forms, caused by anthropogenic denudation and bulked relief forms, created as a result of anthropogenic accumulation. The produced relief of the Hnivan quarry is represented by the bottom and walls. The bottom has a complex geometric shape of an elongated polygon from north to south. It consists of the bottom of the seventh developed horizon and the eighth horizon, where mining operations are carried out. Between these horizons, there is a step 15 m high. The surface of the bottom is flat, there are no internal dumps. The walls of the quarry are characterized by a multi-step shape in profile. They are approximately the same in height, steepness and nature of the processes. The structure of the walls in the upper parts, which are represented by ledges of overburden horizons, is different. The ancient steps of the mine walls are significantly disturbed by weathering, water erosion and gravitational processes. The produced relief forms of the quarry are represented by overburden dumps and processing plant dumps. All of them are located outside the quarry and are external dumps. Dumps of overburden strata are recultivated - stable and artificially forested. This example of carrying out reclamation works of a part of the quarry and dump complex can be a model for the improvement of anthropogenically disturbed territories. Key words: granite quarries; geomorphological structure; excavated relief; heaped relief; Hnivan.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863346","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":"IN MEMORIAM OF ACADEMICIAN PETRO GOZHYK – THE OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER OF THE QUATERNARY AND ORGANIZER OF SCIENCE","authors":"Andriy Bogucki, Zhanna Matviishyna, Olena Tomeniuk, Serhii Doroshkevych","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3945","url":null,"abstract":"Academician Petro Feodosiyovych Gozhyk is a prominent Ukrainian geologist, palaeontologist, palaeogeographer and researcher of the Quaternary. All his scientific activity was related to the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in which he worked his way up from graduate student to the director position. The scientific interests of the researcher cover a wide range of Earth sciences – from the study of molluscs to marine geology and Antarctic research. The publication presents the main milestones of Petro Gozhyk's life and scientific and organizational work. The article analyzes the scientist's contribution to the development of Antarctic research in Ukraine. In particular, it was noted that in 1993, on the initiative of P. Gozhyk, the Center for Antarctic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (now the National Antarctic Scientific Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) was established in Ukraine, which he headed. Thanks to the efforts of Petro Gozhyk and his like-minded people, in 1994, Ukraine was admitted to the International Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, and in 1995 Great Britain and Ukraine signed a Memorandum on the transfer of the British Faraday Antarctic Station to Ukraine. In 1996, the flag of Ukraine was raised at the station. It was named “Academician Vernadsky” and our country became one of the 30 Antarctic states of the world. Special attention is paid to P. Gozhyk's organizational skills. For a long time, he was the President of the Paleontological Society of Ukraine and devoted much time to organizing the society's congresses. It is worth noting the scientific and organizational activities of P. Gozhyk in the Department of Earth Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, under whose leadership targeted programs of applied research were carried out. The scientist also headed the National Stratigraphic Committee of Ukraine (in particular, its Cenozoic Commission and the Quaternary Subcommission) and rightfully held the position of a scientific leader in the study of Quaternary deposits. Petro Gozhyk played a significant role in organising and conducting Ukrainian-Polish field loess seminars. Joint research on the territory of Ukraine and Poland contributed to clarifying the stratigraphy and correlation of Quaternary deposits of neighbouring states. In general, P. Gozhyk put a lot of effort into establishing international cooperation among Ukrainian scientists, representing Ukraine in the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), and his works are widely known in Europe and the USA. Key words: international cooperation; marine geology; palaeontology; palaeogeography; Pleistocene; stratigraphy; Antarctica.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863476","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":"RELIEF OF QUARRIES OF DAVYDIV RIDGE (BASED ON VYNNYCHKY QUARRY)","authors":"Pavlo Horishnyy, Andriy Baitsar","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3956","url":null,"abstract":"Davydiv ridge constitutes a distinct geomorphological natural region situated within the marginal zone of the Podillia Upland, which forms part of the northern ledge of Podillia. The Davydiv ridge is also considered the eastern segment of the Lviv Plateau. This region comprises 19 quarries, the majority of which are no longer operational. Predominantly, these quarries extract sand, with a smaller proportion dedicated to limestone and loam excavation. In terms of topography, the quarries of Davydiv ridge are primarily sloping (9), while watershed and sloping watershed quarries are less common. The longest quarry, Davydiv-2, extends approximately 750 meters, while the shortest, known as Honchari, spans 160 meters. Quarry depths vary between 5 and 30 meters, with the most common range being 15 to 25 meters. A detailed examination of the relief features within the quarries of Davydiv ridge is illustrated using the Vynnychky sand quarry as a representative example. This particular quarry spans 570 meters in length and 420 meters in width, with a maximum depth of 30 meters. It exhibits a complex polygonal shape in a plan view, extending from north to south. The quarry is flanked by ledges to the north, west, and south, seamlessly transitioning into the natural terrain to the east. The geomorphological composition of the Vynnychky quarry encompasses denudational, denudational-accumulative, and accumulative relief elements and forms. Key components of the denudational relief include the overburden benches, operational mine walls, berms, anthropogenic buttes, and the mine floor. Operational mine walls range in height from 5 to 30 meters, while overburden benches reach heights of 7 to 10 meters. Berms are distributed locally across the northern and southern regions of the quarry and are genetically linked to the overburden benches. The mine floor is divided into two relatively distinct sections: northern and southern. Residual forms of natural relief, referred to as anthropogenic buttes, are located within the mine's floor. Denudational-accumulative relief encompasses denudational-accumulative slopes and surfaces in the northern portion of the quarry. Accumulative relief is further categorized into interior and exterior dumps. These dumps are classified by age: 1) up to 5 years; 2) 5-10 years; and 3) over 10 years. Interior dumps dominate the majority of the mine floor, exhibiting flat, hilly, and hilly-depression forms. Exterior dumps are situated beyond the quarry extraction area, featuring hilly and relatively flat formations of varying ages, as well as embankments. Key words: quarry; denudational relief; accumulative relief; Davydiv ridge.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863482","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":"PETRIFYING SPRINGS OF EASTERN VICINITY OF LVIV CITY AS VALUED OBJECTS OF LIVING AND INANIMATE NATURE","authors":"Oleg Orlov, Marina Ragulina, Roman Dmytruk, Ulyana Bornyak, Oksana Omelchuk","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3952","url":null,"abstract":"An assessment of the condition of the petrifying springs in the eastern vicinity of Lviv City as objects of living and non-living nature and their nature conservation value was carried out. The investigated travertine springs are confined to the sources of small rivers associated with water-erosive landscape complexes. Travertine deposits in the studied areas are mostly related to groundwater outputs in the sides of deep, branched V- or U-shaped, usually wooded ravines, which have the local name \"debra\". Springs are wedging out in sites of contact between Neogene limestones and waterproof Сretaceous marls and often produce powerful deposits of travertines (calcareous tufa). These sources are forming the headwaters of small rivers in the region. Considering the long period of management of the region and the high rate of urbanization, at the modern stage, the complex of natural factors is often joined by anthropogenic influence, which in one way or another affects the natural processes of tufa accumulation. As our research has shown, all the surveyed streams have been anthropogenically altered in one way or another. Obviously, the main reason for this is the location of the streams in the forest park zone of Lviv with intensive visits by vacationers and the close proximity to human habitation. Only 15 springs (27.8%) retain their natural character and the rest are significantly transformed. Among the last 20 sources (37.0%) suffer minor changes due to the expansion of sources and straightening or deepening of their channels; such ones can be defined as semi-natural. Today, more than a third of springs (19 / 35.2%) are intensively managed and have completely lost their natural features, mainly due to capping and the construction of reservoirs. Despite the significant transformation, many of such sources can have health (bathing), economic (alternative sources of water supply), sacred (\"holy water\"), historical (named after famous personalities), aesthetic (originally designed) and scientific and educational (limestone exposure and travertine) values. The most interesting and outstanding of them need to be given the conservation status of the Nature Reserve Fund. Key words: petrifying springs; travertine (calcareous tufa); rare habitats; natural monuments.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863342","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":"NON-KARSTIC SPELEOGENESIS IN SANDSTONE ROCKS OF UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS","authors":"Bogdan Ridush","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3958","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the limited distribution of karst rocks and, accordingly, the small number of karst caves in the Ukrainian Carpathians, the caves of non-karst (pseudokarst, clastokarst) genesis attract considerable attention from cave researchers. The latter most often develop in massive and coarse-grained sandstone strata, usually found as part of flysch strata. The caves of non-karstic genesis are widely spread in the Cretaceous and Paleogene sandstone formations of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Most of them are developed in the massive sandstone of the Yamna Formation of the Palaeocene. The primary information about all caves on the territory of Ukraine is collected by the Commission for Accounting and Documentation of Caves of the Ukrainian Speleological Association (UkrSA), and by local caving clubs and individual researchers. Currently, the number of discovered caves in the sandstone of the Ukrainian Carpathians exceeds the number of mapped caves, not to mention their detailed description. The minimal information about each cavity includes the name, entrance coordinates, total length, and depth (amplitude) resulting from the cave survey. The additional description could contain knowledge about the history of the cave discovery, origin, geological settings, microclimate, sediments, inhabitants, paleontological and archaeological remains, etc. At present, many caves have been discovered in a few microregions: Kliuch Ridge, near Skole; the tract Drybka, between Yaremche and Yamna; on Sokilsky Ridge, and its south-eastern orographic continuation at tracts Protiate Kaminnia and Lekeche; Polonyna Runna; Lubnia Village; and Chorna Gora Ridge. Few yet not mapped cavities are known in Bubnyshche, Synytsia Mt., and some other sites. Most caves belong to three genetic types: tectonic, gravitational, and selective corrosion. The largest among tectonic caves is Tectonic (Dovbush) cave near Yamna Village, which is 388 m long. The longest selective-corrosion cave is 92 m long. Some caves with fissure-like morphology could also be of cryogenic origin. We suggest that the caves with the fissure-like morphology are the forms of paleoseismic dislocations. Keywords: sandstone; pseudokarst; speleogenesis; selective corrosion; Ukrainian Carpathians.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863340","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":"ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF GEOTOURISTIC AREAS OF THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS’ BESKID MOUNTAINS","authors":"Galyna Bayrak, Larysa Teodorovych","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3953","url":null,"abstract":"For the purpose of organizing geotourism trips, geological and geomorphological objects of the Beskydy of the Ukrainian Carpathians were studied. Seven geotourism areas were identified, such as: Urytskyi, Yamelnytskyi, Syniovydnenskyi, Skole, Kliucha-Kamiankyi, Bubnyskyi and Rozgirche. Each of them characterizes morphological features of geomorphological objects, composition and structure of rocks, describes certain historical and cultural events related to them. To determine the tourist attractiveness of geological and geomorphological sites, an assessment methodology was developed based on the following indicators: the number of geological sites, their maximum heights, accessibility, picturesqueness (scenic beauty), visibility (sites as a vantage point of the area), scientific, educational, historical and cultural value, tourist infrastructure, popularity and tourist attendance. The analysis revealed that the most attractive tourist area within the study area is the Urytskyi tourist district, which, due to its picturesque cliffs with high historical and cultural value, has a significant number of tourists. In second place is the Bubnyskyi geotourism area, which has the largest number of the highest and most picturesque rocks. In third place is the Skole geotourism district, which has seven geo-attractions and is best equipped with tourist infrastructure facilities. The Kliucha-Kamianka area has an above-average attractiveness, with the largest number of different types of objects within its boundaries. It is the most popular and most visited by tourists. The tourist attractiveness of the Syniovydnianskyi geotourism area is somewhat less than the previous one, but there are outcrops among the geoattractions that have a high scientific and educational value. The Yamelnytskyi district has little attractiveness, it is little known, and the tourist infrastructure is poorly developed, but there are many rocks of different morphological types. Compared to other districts, the geotourism attractiveness of the Rozhirche district is low. The assessment of the attractiveness of the selected tourist areas showed that the highest scores were given to areas where geological and geomorphological objects are morphologically more diverse, with significant morphometric indicators, high landscape value, geological representation of the Carpathian structure, and various sedimentary and anthropogenic signs on the rock surface. Keywords: geological and geomorphological objects; geo-tourism; geo-attraction; tourist attractiveness; Ukrainian Carpathians’ Beskid Mountains.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863345","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":"FINDINGS OF THE PRE-DNIPRO FOSSIL MOLLUSCAN FAUNA IN WESTERN UKRAINE","authors":"Roman Dmytruk, Andrii Yatsyshyn","doi":"10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30970/gpc.2023.1.3951","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past two decades, we have been studying a wide range of Quaternary sediments in western Ukraine in close cooperation with Ukrainian and Polish scientists. The sediments often contain paleofaunal remains such as bones of large and small mammals, mollusk shells and ostracods. During the period of research, we have discovered and studied more than 30 locations of molluscan fauna. Most of them date back to the Upper Pleistocene. Contrarily, there are few sites that would represent the fauna that inhabited the study area before the Dnipro glaciation. The same can be noted by analyzing the results of research by predecessors, in particular M. Kunytsia and I. Melnychuk, authors of the Geological Atlas of Galicia. We found molluscan fauna in six points. Two of the identified locations, namely Kalynivka and Liuboml, are located within the Volyn Polissia and are confined to the sediments between the Tiligulian moraine and Dnipro glacial and water-glacial deposits. Three more sections are located in Podillia. These include the Medzhybizh section (located on the left bank of the Southern Bug River to the west of the village of the same name), the Skala Podilska (discovered within the Burdiakivskyi special quarry on the northern outskirts of the Mezhyhirtsi (an outcrop on the left bank of the Dniester downstream near the confluence of the Hnyla Lypa River). The last one is found the Halych section, which reveals the structure of the ancient (fifth) Dniester terrace near the confluence of the Lukva River. The issue of detailed stratification and correlation of the studied sections remains challenging. This is due to the long-time influence of denudation factors such as glacial exhumation, slope processes, etc., as well as the different history of development of the territory under study. Molluscan fauna represents both warm (interglacial) and cold (glacial) conditions. The oldest fauna was found in the sediments of the Shyrokyne climatolith (Skala Podilska section) and represents warm interglacial conditions. It was also possible to identify fauna from loess formations, which indicates the dominance of cold arctic-boreal-alpine conditions in the accumulation of loess material in the early Pleistocene (MIS 20). Keywords: malacofauna; Pleistocene; climatolith; loess; alluvium.","PeriodicalId":471026,"journal":{"name":"Problemi geomorfologìï ì paleogeografìï Ukraïnsʹkih Karpat ì prileglih teritorìj","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863477","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}