The Intensity of Landslide and Mudflow Processes in the Greater Sochi Area and Its Variation in the Early XXI Century

B. M. Krestin* and I. V. Mal’neva**
Translated by G. Krichevets

All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology (VSEGINGEO),

Zelenyi, Noginskii raion, Moscow oblast, 142452 Russia

Correspondence to: *E-mail: vsegingeo@rambler.ru **E-mail: irmaln@rambler.ru

Received 15 May, 2014

Abstract—Data on landslide and mudflow manifestations in the Greater Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana areas in recent years are analyzed. Changes in their activity under natural and technogenic effects during the preparation to the 2014 Winter Olympics are taken into account. The specific features of the intensification of these processes in 2012–2013 are identified.

Keywords: activity, mudflows, landslides, technogenic impact, geological environment, hazard

DOI: 10.1134/S0097807816070058