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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2025, V. 22, No. 4, pp. 173-183

Geomorphometric features of karst process in plain forested territories (by the example of the Dvinsk-Mezen karst province)

E.V. Polyakova 1 , Yu.G. Kutinov 1 , A.L. Mineev 1 , Z.B. Chistova 1 
1 N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research UrB RAS, Arkhangelsk, Russia
Accepted: 04.07.2025
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2025-22-4-173-183
The article presents the characteristics of the Dvinsk-Mezen karst province, determines the degree of karstification of carbonate and sulfate rocks. Based on the geomorphometric analysis of the digital elevation model, the parameters are calculated and geomorphometric features of the karst process are identified. When mathematical (cluster) and substantive (subject) analyses are used together, it is possible to establish spatial relationships between relief characteristics and the degree of karstification of the territory. It has been established that the development of the karst process is manifested in high and average values of such relief parameters as the Slope, Index of Terrain Ruggedness and LS factor. Their maximum values are generally confined to the boundaries of relief elevations, and at a more detailed level to river valleys and reflect the manifestation of karst at the surface. Such calculated characteristics as the density of the channel network, the density of sinks in the digital elevation model and the density of distribution of swamps in the study area have an inverse relationship with the manifestation of the karst process — the lower their values, the more pronounced the process of karst formation and karst manifestation in the study area.
Keywords: Dvinsk-Mezen karst province, Belomorsko-Kuloiskoye plateau, digital elevation model, geomorphometric parameters, karst
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