Priority trends in the relief analysis in the context of ore deposits search and exploitation

Abstract

Methodical aspects are discussed which concern the geomorphological analysis application to search for ore deposits and their exploitation. A notion of «ideal ore-forming landscape» is developed on the basis of studies of sedimentary and telethermal ore deposits in various environments. Large possibilities are shown to apply morphostructural analysis to problems of ore and mining geomorphology. An essence of «optimum morphostructural-metallogenic environments», «morphogeodynamic regionalization», «morphodynamic typization of disjunctions» are discussed in details. The given materials form a basis for concept of applied geomorphological studies.