Man-induced changes of the Tkibuli basin topography

Abstract

About 80% of the Tkibuli Basin area is subjected to direct or indirect influence of mining works. Many man-made landforms came into being, such as quarries, trenches, hollows, embankments, dumps and waste heaps. Band of deformed land surface coincides with southern slope of the Nakeral Ridge. Fissures formation at the slopes and the surface subsidence result in landsliding which is favored by cutting of clayey and sandy slopes by pits. The studies reveal close interrelation of natural and man-induced factors of the relief-formation within the Tkibuli Basin.