В статье и приведенных в ней таблицах предпринята попытка систематизировать характерные черты природных процессов рельефо- и осадкообразования на шельфах Мирового океана, зависящих от зональных климатических и азональных факторов. Выделение новейших активных и пассивных факторов морф литогенеза и учет палеогеографических условий (четвертичного оледенения, гляциоэвстатических колебаний уровня океана, изостазии) позволили охарактеризовать рельеф и осадки основных морфолитогенетических типов континентальных и островных шельфов Мирового океана.

Анализируется связь между формами рельефа, созданными постоянными водными потоками - реками (долины, поймы, формы русла, грядовые формы руслового рельефа), и факторами руслового процесса. Устанавливается их последовательность, и выявляются условия развития русловых форм второго порядка. Показана роль руслоформирующих расходов и устойчивости русла в образовании иерархии русловых форм и степени сложности рисунка русла.

Морфоструктурный анализ рельефа Туранской равнины позволил выявить высотные уровни, которые формируют Внутреннюю относительно сниженную область и Внешний относительно повышенный пояс Турана. В пределах последнего выделено несколько морфоструктурных районов, отличающихся по рельефу и по простиранию основных структурно-обусловленных элементов.

Within the Voronezh Region the soil wash rate at arable 'slopes varies from 0.14 to 1.7 mm per year, The map in the paper gives soil erosion value (tons/ha) for,geomorphological regions as well as for administrative units, a sequence of erosion-preventive measures is suggested for each region.

The author subdivides the Norfolk sand ridges of the North Sea into three morphological assemblages. Dynamics of these macro- and mesoforms is considered using the comparison of maps of the same scale dated from 1956 to 1980. The dynamics within the scope of the time interval is of pulsation type, the processes being mostly reversible: shortening gives place to lengthening, dissection into separate links follows coalescence into horseshoe landforms, erosion follows the mesoforms growth and migration. The tidal current regime is proved -to be steady through years, only systems of non-periodical (remanent) components of total currents being changed. Zones of hydrodynamical activity correspond to morphological complexes, the former being under control of maximum speed of currents and pattern of the tidal current vectors roses.

Paleo-topography of the east slope of the Tungusian syneclise having been reconstructed permits to trace placers-forming processes. Most favourable conditions for diamond placers formation existed at uplands' slopes dated from Middle Carboniferous, as well as at islands, Placers remote from the source areas could be formed in the zones of contact between uplands and lowlands and also in the coastal zones of seas and large lakes. These pale-landforms are recommended for search of diamond placers.

Previously known from North Okhotsk region so-called «wrinkled» slopes are reported for the first time within North-West Okhotsk. Some results are given of the slopes analysis in Urak, Okhota, Kukhtui, Ulbea drainage basins. Large scale aerial photoes and field observations data were analysed. Aerial photographs were studied using a special device («interpretoscope») Wrinkled slopes were presumably formed under conditions of more humid climate as a result of macrosolifluctiion process.

The deepest karst chasm of the Earth is Jean-Bernard in the Savoy Alps (France), 1490 meters deep. 20 caves and chasms are deeper than 950 m, including three at the USSR territory- Snezhnaya (1335 in) and Napra (970 m) at the Bzyb Ridge, Caucasus; and Kievskaya (950 in) at the Zeravshan Ridge, Central Asia; they rank 3rd, 18th and 20th according to their depth. The longest (considering total length) karst cave is the Flint - Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA-34l,l km. 14 caves are longer than 40 km, including 3 at the USSR territory- Optimisticheskaya (147 km) and Ozernaya (l04,5 km) at Podolia and Zolushka in Bukovina (76 km) which rank 2nd, 4th and 6th according to the length. The paper gives revised and completed data on karst caves dimensions as compared with those published in the «Karst» by the same author («Nature of the Earth» series, Moscow, 1981).

A special type of river valleys is described at the Ukrainian shield-inherited ones; their locations coincide with ancient valleys eroded in the Pre-Cambrian basement surface, the latter being tens times wider. They are especially widespread at the Azov massif and Ovruch Highland which are continuously uprising. At the rest of the shield the inherited valleys are characteristic of few rivers or rather their segments.

Geologic-geomorphic and climatic control of the karst erosion rate is considered. The maximum mean index of general karst erosion (205.9 mm per 1000 v.) is defined at Ara bica-Bzyb massif at the southern slope, the mean value for the whole West Caucasus being about 125.5 mm per 1000 y. The rate of karst erosion at the southern slope is proved to exceed this of the northern slope by factor of 2.5, mostly due to hydrothermal regime differences. At both slopes the erosion rate is noted to increase from low mountains towards middle mountains and the lower part of alpine belt, which is accounted for by the increase in humidity and 'relief's energy. Surficial to deep karstic erosion ratio is mostly about 0.7. The ratio is about 1 at massif Fisht-Oshten, Lagonaki Plateau and Ahtsu-Alek which depends directly on the naked karst widespread over the areas.

Geomorphological indications of plastic ruptures in lithosphere are discussed. The ruptures formation is supposed to proceed similar to the theoretical scheme «neck in two-dimensional band»; they determine the developm.ent of some oceanic and continental zones of riftogenesis. The identification of the plastic ruptures in lithosphere is suggested using geometric criterion: general strike of the morphostructures within the rupture zone forms the angle about 550 with the tension direction, and the angle between conjugate plastic ruptures is about 1 100. Some cases are discussed and geomorphological consequences are considered of certain deviation from the theoretical scheme of two-dimensional plastic deformation.

A distinct zonality of topography and glacial deposits has been established at NW of the area covered with Dnieper tongue of the ice sheet, the zonal pattern being formed by four bands of marginal glacial formations (MGP). As f ar as the geomorphology of MGF is concerned, they consist of glaciomorphic sectors, which in turn include marginal zones, the latter consisting of elementary forms.

Some features of the Dnieper tongue dynamics and geological activity during deglaciation are inferred from data on the MGF geology and geomorphology, as well as from the glacial deposits occurence and lithology. The ice sheet recession at the right bank of the middle Dnieper and within the Pripyat drainage basin took place by means of areal deglaciation, with pronounced sectoral-zonal pattern.

A relation between equilibrium shoreline parameters and hydrodynamics on small storage basins has been inferred from field observations. Bearing and built-up promontories length is a function of wave acceleration distance (D) and of angle (α) of wave approach: y=kDsinα, where k is proportionality factor depending on order and deflection of the equilibrium shoreline festons. For outside shore festons (arcs) y=CR where y is length of bearing promontories, R - the arcs' radius, C - deflection value. Theoretical assumptions of B.A. Popov on the wave refraction and their impact on the shore have been confirmed by data on coasts formation at small water storage basins.

Трехмерное картографирование и возможности его применения в геоморфологии: монография Смирнова Л. Е. "Трехмерное картографирование" (Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1982, 104 с.).

Новая книга о древних пенепленах: Наумов А. Д. "Пенеплены" (Саратов: Изд-во СГУ, 1981. 404 с.)

Новый журнал - Тихоокеанская геология, № 1-3, 1982. Академия наук СССР, Дальневосточный научный центр. Выходит 6 раз в год.

Фактор времени и развитие рельефа: книга Timescales in geomorphology / Eds. Culling ford R. A., Davidson D. A., Lewin J. Chichester - N. Y.: Wiley, 1980.IX+360 p.