Open AccessIce-Jam Floods in the Irkutsk Region and Possibility of Their Elimination by Combined Methods
Author(s) -
Тимофеева,
Svetlana S. Timofeeva,
Морозова,
О. В. Морозова
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bezopasnostʹ v tehnosfere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-071X
DOI - 10.12737/8228
Subject(s) - water ice , geology , physical geography , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , meteorology , geography , geotechnical engineering , physics , astrobiology
A retrospective analysis of floods in the Irkutsk region territory caused by ice-jam phenomena has been performed. The
region’s most dangerous sites and areas have been revealed. Prediction estimates for a possible number of the floods
caused by ice-jam formation in the Irkutsk region territory have been carried out based on statistical information analysis
for the last 20 years. Methods of fight against ice-jams have been considered, and a combined technology of ice weakening
has been offered. Field trial results have been presented. It has been recommended to apply an entering of brine from
Znamensky industrial water field into ice kerfs or ice’s blackened surface irrigation.