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The formation of a groundwater aquifer in a unique territory disturbed by the quarrying of a phosphorite deposit in the southwest of the Leningrad region, built up with industrial facilities for ore processing, auxiliary production, and waste storage is considered. During the quarrying of the phosphorite layer, the hydrogeological section was disturbed, the filtration and capacitive properties of the soils of the aeration zone and water-bearing rocks changed. In the zone of active quarries, during dewatering, the ...

This work provides justification of the opinion that over the past historic periods natural resource management did not cause serious damage to the environment. The recent epoch differs from the previous ones in a large set of natural resource management types and inter se in the presence of environmental management systems to transform the landscape sphere. In particular, the article examines the mining complex impact on the structure of natural (landscape; hydro-geological; environmental) resources. The purpose ...

The level of geological competence of students studying in the areas of undergraduate studies ?Earth Sciences? and ?Pedagogical Education? (profiles Geography, Geography and Biology), determine not only the acquired theoretical knowledge and competencies, but also the ability to record and summarize field observations. The latter is formed in the process of a person's knowledge of the natural environment according to the didactic principle?- from the known to the unknown, from close to far. In Russia, it received ...