A map of large-scale (detail) engineering geological zoning of Moscow territory

• Published in: Water resources Vol. 39; no. 7; pp. 737 - 746
• Main Authors: Osipov, V. I., Burova, V. N., Zaikanov, V. G., Molodykh, I. I., Pyrchenko, V. A., Savis’ko, I. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01-12-2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Experience in the Implementation of the Program “On the Creation of Large-Scale Thematic Geological Maps”; Geoengineering; Geological structures; Geology; Geomorphology; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Mapping; Taxonomy; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Zoning; Moscow Russia; Russia; Russia, Moscow; engineering geological zoning; complexity category; macromassifs; engineering geological massifs; megamassifs; mesomassifs
• ISSN: 0097-8078; 1608-344X
• DOI: 10.1134/S0097807812070093

The results of a large-scale engineering geological zoning of Moscow territory are given. The work was carried out according to the order of the Moscow Government “On the Compilation of Thematic Geological Large-Scale Maps of Moscow Territory.” The map of engineering geological zoning is based on the integration of data on the structural-geodynamic, geomorphologic, and geological structure, hydrogeological conditions, and the occurrence of hazardous natural and human-induced processes and phenomena. The basic principle of map compilation was the successive typological division of the territory into four taxonomic levels with the use of an index method of denotation of taxa with different ranks.