Geologicheskii Vestnik

The city of Ufa is one of the cities in Russia suffering from recurrent karst sinkholes under buildings and structures or near them, which causes natural concern for residents and city authorities. On the territory of Ufa, karst is caused by the presence of soluble rocks in the geological and lithological section: gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, dolomite. The article provides some examples of the most resonant cases of karst sinkholes. Starting from the 60s of the XX century, after each case of a karst failure threatening the stability of a building or structure, it is natural for karst geologists and scientists to offer to the city administration: to create a city karst monitoring service. Until now, such a service has not been created. In this regard, the question arises: are there any documents in Russia and Bashkortostan that show the quantitative limit of the dangerous development of the karst process (and other dangerous geological processes), the number of deformations of buildings and structures, after which, of course, a republican or city karst monitoring service should be organized? This is not an idle question. In Russia it has been covered in scientific publications since the beginning of the 90s of the last century. A way out was found in the quantitative assessment and management of natural risks, including karst hazard.

karst, hazardous geological processes, map of manifestations of karst, deformation of buildings and structures, karst monitoring, geological risk assessment

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