The landscapes genesis of carbonate rocks of the upper cretaceous deposits of the Voronezh anteclise

Abstract

The role of carbonate rocks of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Voronezh anteclise in the formation of landscapes is considered. The differences of lithological landscape genesis, geological and ge-omorphological features of the lithogenic basis of Cretaceous landscapes was based on the analysis of research materials, the physicomechanical and chemical properties of Cretaceous rocks. The data on the features of karst denudation are given. The rate of underground karst denudation in the Cretaceous rocks of the Central Russian Upland is established. The typology of the cretaceous landscapes is created. The natural features of the cretaceous landscapes (exposed, veiled, covered and underground) are shown. On the base of the landscape mapping, analysis of archive materials and literature, the distribution of the main morphological and genetic types of landscapes, formed by carbonate rocks of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Voronezh anteclise, is considered. The possibilities of using the data of lithogenic landscape genesis, for the optimization the landscape-ecological situation of the Central Black Soil Region are shown.