Carpathians

Carpathian tourist traffic has been developing in its various forms since the 1960's. At first it was unorganized, after the area of the Bieszczady Mountains became popular and the renewing of the interest in timber architectural monuments – it evolved from the setting up of boy and girl scout camps in the direction of qualified tourism. Cultural tourism became its final form.

Carpathian electrical conductivity anomaly (CEA) is traced by construction and analysis of induction vectors from which maximum possible depth (20-25 km) and integral conductance (about 108 Sm×m) were estimated. The true depth is determined by sounding methods: MTS over the axis of CEA was performed in only two areas in which properties of the AEC were different. Electric asthenosphere in Pannonian Basin begins at smaller depth (50-100 km) than on platforms (100-250 km), but results are not accurate, sometimes contradictory.

Data on the history of geological evolution of the south-eastern part of zone of junction of Volyn-Podolsk plate and Carpathian foredeep are generalized. The main structural and tectonic elements are describe which are formed at different stages of development of this area. Geodynamic factors of formation of hydrocarbon traps are analyzed and the main prospective areas are selected.

Methods and ways of digital terrain modeling are considered in the article. Vektor and raster digital terrain models for the resort Skhidnycya in the moutain region of Carpathians are built in the programs Surfer and GIS Panorama. There is also done comparative analysis of DTM and practical recommendations concerning its application are given.