Active faults and intensity of exogenous processes on the East-European Plain

Abstract

Correlation between active faults and exogeodynamic processes at the East-European Plain are analysed. The intensity of karst, landslides and erosoinal dissection appear to be almost independent of fault's density - the impact of the active faults in the variability of the processes doesn't exceed several percents. More distinct correspondence may be seen when analysing the strikes of the faults and configuration of different intensity regions. Their boundaries are to some extent controlled by active faults. The influence of active faults' density on the exogeodynamics, though valuable in several local regions of the Plain, is small on the whole in comparison to other tectonic and climatic factors.