Sergey Chernomorets- PhD
- Leading Researcher at Lomonosov Moscow State University
Sergey Chernomorets
- PhD
- Leading Researcher at Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Introduction
Sergey Chernomorets currently works at the Laboiratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
President of the Debris Flow Association.
Took part in research of debris flows, glacial disasters, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the Caucasus (Russia and Georgia), Kamchatka (Russia), Cordillera Blanca (Peru), St. Elias Mountains (Canada), Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan). Investigated rock avalanches, debris flows and landslide dammed lakes in the areas of Wenchuan and Ludian earthquakes (China). Assessed debris flow hazard for planned and on-going hydropower construction, gold and coal mines, railways.
E-mail: sc@geogr.msu.ru
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October 2005 - present
Education
January 2002 - November 2003
September 1983 - June 1988
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Publications (203)
Представлены результаты оценки последствий гипотетического прорывного паводка из озера Дашт (Республика Таджикистан, бассейн р. Шахдара). Расчеты были выполнены с использованием комплекса математических моделей, а именно FLO-2D и FLOVI. Оценка расхода прорывного паводка и селевого потока проводилась в программе FLOVI. В этой программе также оценива...
The Gerkhozhan-Su river valley is one of the most prone in terms of debris flow formation in the North Caucasus Mountains. This work aimed to apply a chain of mathematical models to estimate debris flow characteristics. The simulation was carried out along the river from the upper reaches to the top of the debris flow cone. The choice to apply one...
The study deals with the modeling of a possible outburst flood with the example of glacial lake Varshezkul Lower located in the Western Pamirs. From the formation of the lake in 1968 and until 2022, the lake increased by 8.3 times, its active growth was observed until 2000. According to the survey of the valley in 2018, the volume of the lake was 1...
The paper presents the reconstruction of the most catastrophic debris flows in the Gerkhozhan-Su river valley (North Caucasus, Russia) based on a chain of mathematical models. Transport-shift model was applied for 6 sections of debris flow formation or intense material increment, while for the rest the FLO-2D hydrodynamic model was used. A number o...
The valley of the Gerkhozhan-Su River (a tributary of the Baksan River) in the Norther Caucasus is one of the most debris flow-prone areas in Russia. Large-scale debris flows here have occurred in 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2017. The Tyrnyauz town is located in the impact zone of the debris flows. A significant impact on...
Актуальность - необходимость оценки максимальных масштабов селепроявлений в связи с развитием рекреации в горных районах и активизацией катастрофических процессов в нивально-гляциальной зоне, вызванной потеплением климата. Объект исследования - территория бассейна реки Черек Балкарский (Кабардино-Балкария, Центральный Кавказ). Цель работы - получит...
Three likely scenarios of debris flow development in the valley of the Gerkhozhan-Su river are discussed: (I) the passage of a debris flow comparable with that in 2017; (II) a shift of Buzulgan rockslide and the formation of a rock-dammed lake with a dam 20 m high; (III) a catastrophic shift with the formation of a lake with a dam 40 m high. The ch...
Рассмотрены три вероятных сценария развития селевого потока в долине р. Герхожан-Су: I – прохождение селевого потока, сопоставимого с селем 2017 г., II – подвижка оползня Бузулган и формирование завального озера с высотой плотины 20 м, III – катастрофическая подвижка и образование озера с плотиной в 40 м. Для расчета характеристик потока на участке...
Одна из крупнейших селевых катастроф недавнего времени произошла в Таджикистане в 2015 г. в
долине р. Барсемдара. Целью работы была оценка возможностей применения цепочки моделей для расчета характеристик селя 2015 г. Также данный подход был применен для оценки потенциальных зон затопления в случае последующих селей. Для расчета характеристик селя...
The modelling results of outburst floods and debris flows, which can possibly occurin the Daraisit River Valley, are presented in this paper. The modelling was carried outaccording to 2 scenarios: the outburst of Lake Sist, the formation of a debris flow on a largetributary of the Daraisist River. The FLO-2D hydrodynamic model and the modernizedtra...
The detachment of large parts of low-angle mountain glaciers resulting in massive ice–rock avalanches have so far been believed to be a unique type of event, made known to the global scientific community first for the 2002 Kolka Glacier detachment, Caucasus Mountains, and then for the 2016 collapses of two glaciers in the Aru range, Tibet. Since 20...
Glacial degradation of Pamir, growth of alpine lakes area, of stream discharges, frequency and risk of natural disasters are all results of increasing summer temperatures. The influence of climate change on the growth of the potential risk of outburst floods and debris flows in the Western Pamirs has been proved, using the example of a typical glac...
The detachment of large parts of low-angle mountain glaciers, resulting in massive ice-rock avalanches, have so far been believed to be a unique type of event, made known to the global scientific community first for the 2002 Kolka Glacier detachment, Caucasus Mountains, and then for the 2016 collapses of two glaciers in the Aru range, Tibet. Since...
On July 8, 1998, the deadliest glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Central Asia for at least the last 100 years occurred in the Shakhimardan catchment, Kyrgyzstan. Most of the >100 victims were, however, killed in the Uzbek enclave of Shakhimardan, i.e. in the downstream part of this transboundary catchment. No warnings were issued between the tw...
On the basis of the comparative interpretation of Sentinel 2A satellite images on April 23 and 25, 2019, the fact of a collapse from Mt. Bashkara (4162 m) located in the headwaters of the Adyl-Su River (the basin of the Baksan River, Central Caucasus) has been revealed. The initiation zone of the collapse is located on the border of Russia and Geor...
ExTENDED ABSTRACT nella città di tbilisi, capitale della Georgia, si è tenuta tra l'1 ed il 5 ottobre 2018 la 5 th Conference on Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection (v Conferenza su "le colate detritiche: disastri, rischio, previsione, protezione) promossa e presieduta dal prof. sergey Chernomorets dell'Università statale lomonosov...
we characterize specific features of formation and consequences of the debris flow disaster occurred on the Barsemdara River in the Gunt River valley (Barsem village, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan) on July 16–24, 2015. The paper presents the data on debris flow events with similar formation mechanism that took place in the followin...
The outburst of Bashkara Lake on September 1, 2017 reflects the current stage of glacier downwasting when the stable regime of lakes, debris complexes and glaciers is disturbed. We have estimated the parameters of the lake outburst as well as threshold and trigger conditions using ground-based and aerial observations, satellite imagery analysis, an...
Прорыв озера Башкара 1 сентября 2017 г. – отражение современного этапа деградации ледников, когда нарушается стабильный режим озёр, моренных массивов, ледников. Оценка параметров прорыва озера и условий его формирования проводилась в результате маршрутных наземных и аэровизуальных наблюдений, инструментальных измерений с применением различных техни...
A high-magnitude lahar was caused by ice and snow melting during the paroxysmal eruption of Klyuchevskoy volcano on the January 1 of 1945. The distribution of erupted masses within the glacier-covered zone, where the lahar water phase originated, has been mapped using our own field observations, with reference to published and archive data. Review...
We have analysed changes in the Kolka glacier cirque and in the Karmadon depression after the glacial disaster of September 20, 2002 in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russia). We have estimated the rates of Kolka glacier regeneration and the rates of the ice dam decay in the Karmadon depression, on the basis of the field observations of 2002...
Оледенение и снежный покров на вулканах относятся к числу главных источников водной составляющей лахаров. На основе анализа общедоступных баз данных по вулканизму, современному оледенению и снежному покрову выделено 144 вулкана с современным оледенением, 226 вулканов с устойчивым снежным покровом и 298 вулканов, на которых устойчивый снежный покров...
Glaciers and snow cover on volcanoes are among main sources of meltwater in lahars. Review of open databases on volcanoes, modern glaciers and snow cover allowed us to identify 144 glacier-clad volcanoes as well as 226 volcanoes with and 298 volcanoes without seasonal snow cover. We have compiled a sketch map which illustrates the global distributi...
The total area of debris flow territories of the Russian Federation accounts for about 10% of the area of the country. The highest debris flow activity areas located in Kamchatka-Kuril, North Caucasus and Baikal debris flow provinces. The largest debris flow events connected with volcano eruptions. Maximum volume of debris flow deposits per one eve...
One of the most far-reaching glacier-related hazards in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan is glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and related debris flows. An improved understanding of the formation and evolution of glacial lakes and debris flow susceptibility is therefore essential to assess and mitigate potential hazards and risks. Non-statio...
New data on continuing advance of the Kamchatka glaciers Erman, Vlodavets, Sopochny, Schmidt, and Bogdanovich were obtained as a result of analysis of aerospace information taken at different times. Glacier Erman advances during the past 70 years (1945–2016). Over the period from 1949 to 2016, its area increased by 4.7 km2 and the length – by 3.3 k...
This research is devoted to Tangjiashan Lake, a quake landslide-dammed lake, situated in Sichuan Province, China, which was formed by a landslide triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake on 12 May 2008. A STREAM_2D two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of Russia was applied to simulate the process of two flood scenarios: 1, lake dam outbreak, and 2, dam o...
Climate change has been shown to increase the number of mountain lakes across various mountain ranges in the World. In Central Asia, and in particular on the territory of Uzbekistan, a detailed assessment of glacier lakes and their evolution over time is, however lacking. For this reason we created the first detailed inventory of mountain lakes of...
Lahars are highly concentrated, water-saturated volcanic hyperconcentrated flows or debris flows containing pyroclastic material and are a characteristic mass movement process on volcanic slopes. On Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian Federation), lahars are widespread and may affect remote settlements. Historical records of past lahar occurrences are gen...
At 16:30 (Beijing time) on August 3rd, 2014, an Ms 6.5 earthquake occurred in Ludian County in Yunnan Province, China. The Ludian earthquake triggered a collapse in Chapingzi, right bank of the Niulanjiang River, and a landslide in Hongshiyan at the left bank on the same location. These events occurred 1.5 km
downstream of the Hongshiyan hydropower...
Glacier lakes pose threat to downstream settlements and infrastructure. In
recent decades the number and area of lakes have been growing at an accelerating rate due to worldwide glacier shrinkage. In the Russian Caucasus this process is understudied. We
present results obtained during a 12-year (1999–2010) continuous field monitoring of the Bashkar...
The importance of mountain lakes studies is related to the increasing
threat of natural disasters, associated with lake outbursts and debris
flows formation, because of population growth on exposed areas. The
outburst hazard has not been sufficiently researched, there is a lack of
data because of the lakes inaccessibility and remote sensing data is...
We have analyzed changes in the area of Genaldon glacial disaster on 20 September 2002 in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russia). Using results of annual fieldwork (2002-2010), topographic surveys in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2009, and interpretation of satellite imagery, we have determined the rate of glacier regeneration in the Kol ka cirque an...
Debris flow is a kind of geological hazard occurring in mountain areas. Its velocity is very important for debris flow dynamics research and designing debris flow control works. However, most of past researches focused on surface velocity and mean velocity of debris flow, while few researches involve its internal velocity because there is no availa...
Glacier lakes pose threat to downstream settlements and infrastructure. In recent decades the number and area of lakes have been growing at an accelerating rate due to worldwide glacier shrinkage. In the Russian Caucasus this process is understudied. We present results obtained during a 12-year (1999–2010) continuous field monitoring of the Bashkar...
Measuring the internal velocity of debris flows is very important for debris flow dynamics research and designing debris flow
control works. However, there is no appropriate method for measuring the internal velocity because of the destructive power
of debris flow process. In this paper, we address this problem by using the relationship between vel...
The Wenchuan (汶川) earthquake on 12 May 2008 induced a large number of landslides, collapses, and rockfalls along the Longmenshan
(龙门山) fault. The landslide in Niujuan (牛圈) Valley (named Niujuan landslide), close to the epicenter, is one that travelled
a long distance with damaging consequences. Using QuickBird satellite images and GIS tools, the se...
Numerous glacier lakes have formed in recent decades due to worldwide glacier retreat induced by climate change. These lakes, dammed by glaciers and moraine ridges, are hazardous because of potential glacial lake outburst flows (GLOF). The GLOF probability is increasing in the Russian Central Caucasus, like at the Bashkara glacier which has been ex...
We studied features of the formation of volcanic debris flows (lahars) on the basis of our field research in 2008, interpretation of satellite images, and analysis of literature on volcanic eruptions of Klyuchevskoy and Shiveluch volcanoes in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. In Part 1 we reconstructed the chronology of volcanoinduced debris flows at Kl...
