О МЕТОДОЛОГИИ ПРИКЛАДНОЙ СТРУКТУРНОЙ ГЕОМОРФОЛОГИИ

Abstract

A critical analysis of the methodology in the geomorphological interdisciplinary direction, located at the connection of applied and structural geomorphology, has been carried out. It is proposed to use the term «applied structural geomorphology» to denote this direction. Further development of the methodological basis for this discipline will allow solving a number of important applied problems — forecasting, prospecting and exploration of solid, liquid and gaseous minerals, energy resources, environmental geology, ecology, nature management, and ensuring sustainable development of specially protected natural areas. One of the most important tasks is the development of the theory and structural-geomorphological substantiation of regulations and regulatory framework for engineering geology, geophysics and ecology surveys, as well as tasks of urban geosystem studies and assessment of spatial constraints in urban planning. Further development of the discipline will be based on the synthesis of traditional areas of study of the Earth’ surface relief (morphostructural, morphological, morphodynamic, linement analysis) involving quantitative and experimental methods based on algorithms and technologies of artificial intelligence and BigData.