The processes of river runoff formation in the permafrost zone permafrost under mining activity in river valleys (on the example of gold mining in the Susuman river basin, the Magadan region)
Authors
- Polina A. Nikitina St. Petersburg State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-2291
- Andrey N. Shikhov Perm State National Research University
- Olga M. Makarieva St. Petersburg University; North-Eastern State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2532-4306
- Anastasiia A. Zemlianskova St. Petersburg University; North-Eastern State University
- Nataliia V. Nesterova St. Petersburg State University
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https://doi.org/10.34753/HS.2023.5.3.244+ Keywords
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Gold mining in placer deposits in Eastern Siberia and the Far East plays an important role in the economy of these regions. The Magadan region ranks first in Russia, in this industry. However, an increase in production volumes is accompanied by negative impact onthe natural environment, including changes in riverbeds, destruction of vegetation, the increased water turbidity, etc. These changes can become a source of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena such as floods. This study is devoted to assessing the impact of climate change and technogenic factors on the formation of river flow in the Susuman district, one of the gold mining centers in the Magadan region, using the Hydrograph mathematical model. The object of study was the Susuman River basin, where gold mining and hydrometeorological observations began in the 30s of the last century. According to Sentinel-2 satellite data, the proportion of mining-impacted lands in the Susuman river basin (up to the village of Tongora) is estimated at 8.8 % of the total area of the basin, including 3 % completely devoid of vegetation. At the first stage of research, modeling of runoff formation processes in the Susuman river basin was carried out for the period 1966-1987 without taking into account mining-impacted areas. The average Nash-Sutcliffe criterion for the modeling period was 0.59 of the annual runoff layer is 12 mm or 4 %. Modeling results are highly dependent on the quality and representativeness of the input meteorological precipitation data. The next stage will be the development of parameters of mining-impacted landscapes and numerical experiments to verify them based on a hydrological model.
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Master of the Institute of Earth Sciences, laboratory researcher, St. Petersburg State University ORCID: 0000-0003-2439-2291, SPIN:6952-0133, AuthorID: 1160057 Doctor of geographical sciences associate professor, Perm State National Research University ORCID: 0000-0003-2489-8436, SPIN-код: 7964-0040, AuthorID: 707520 candidate of technical sciences head of Laboratory of Monitoring and Forecasting Climate Change and the Environment, North-Eastern State University, Magadan, Russia leading researcher of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg ORCID: 0000-0002-2532-4306, SPIN 3413-0603, AuthorID: 432778 laboratory assistant of Laboratory of Monitoring and Forecasting Climate Change and the Environment, North-Eastern State University, Magadan, Russia junior researcher and postgraduate student of the Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg ORCID: 0000-0002-2249-5708, SPIN-код: 2695-3858, AuthorID: 1167536 Candidate of Technical Sciences Senior Lecturer at the Department of Land Hydrology at the Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University ORCID: 0000-0003-0677-4982, SPIN-код: 3899-6527, AuthorID: 917656
Polina A. Nikitina, St. Petersburg State University
Andrey N. Shikhov, Perm State National Research University
Olga M. Makarieva, St. Petersburg University; North-Eastern State University
Anastasiia A. Zemlianskova, St. Petersburg University; North-Eastern State University
Nataliia V. Nesterova, St. Petersburg State University
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