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The province of Santiago de Cuba now a day have a different hazard, vulnerability and risks conditions in front of the impact of geological processes and phenomena that influence on its social and economic development. This time is been made a review about the main topics of this issue from an actualized perspective, taking in consideration the recent research results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water erosion is the geodynamic phenomenon that most affects the city of Brazzaville (Congo). A geological engineering mapping of the city was carried out with the objective of generating a map of water erosion hazard that facilitates the territorial ordering. The methodology focused on the processing and interpretation of Landsat and Radar SRTM images. From the geological engineering survey of the city it was made the types of water erosion Map for the diagnosis of the area. Thematic maps and the total hazard map were generated through a GIS. It is concluded that the districts located to the north, northeast and northwest of the city present the highest hazard level to water erosion, associated mainly with a low vegetation cover, sandy soil poor in clay and very erodible and the mountainous relief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Landslides and rock sliding occur very frequently in the mining area of Catoca, located in Angola. Therefore, a physical/mechanical and geotechnical characterization of the massif and the rock matrix was carried out adopting the landslide classifications as proposed by Hutchinson and Varnes. The safety factor was applied based on the structural weakness coefficient (λ); resulting in 0.70 in surface rocks, sandstones and intraformational sands; 0.58 in oversaturated eluvial gneiss; 0.50 in cracked gneiss and 0.47 in the ore compound of weathered, moist kimberlitic porphyric and weathered porphyric kimberlite. These results indicate the low strength of the massif and the need to reformulate the activities in the mine and the construction of more stable slopes. It could also be observed that deformation of rocks in the slopes and the cuts in the Catoca mine is conditioned by the movement of underground water within the rock massif itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The investigation was guided to establish a geologic zonación engineer of danger and risks for inundation in the territory of Sagua of Tánamo, by means of the analysis and interpretation of the main conditions and conditioning causes of the physical means that propitiate the development of this phenomenon, with the employment of the techniques of digital cartography and SIG. The adopted method, contrary to the methods of traditional works of cartography engineer - geologic and the making of projects SIG, outlines the solution of the problem starting from the conjugation of both, considering among the methods and technical of digital cartographic representation the informatización starting from the work with maps bases and overlapping of its layers. The inundation risk map of Sagua de Tánamo is shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper has as main objective to establish a classification of the different types of movements of masses in slopes developed in the territory of Moa. The typology classification is based on the documentation of the movements found in the area, as well as characterization of all the geometric, structural elements and compositional of the material in which it has been developed; besides keeping in mind the classifications more accepted at international level. As a results a proposal is made of classification and description of the movements of masses containing the mechanisms of the slips in three main groups: mechanisms related with fall free of the rock, mechanisms of slips through a defined failure surface and mechanism of movements of masses in a disorganized way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper represents a hydrogeologic regionalization of Pinar del Río province in GIS platform. The principles of elaboration of this map propose the division of the territory starting from the automatic integration of a group of such natural variables as: physical-geographical characteristics, hydrology, geomorphology, hydrogeology and structure particularities. It is recognized the regional regularities and the common features of each hydrogeologic structure, such as: the sources of the underground waters, the recharge conditions, circulation and discharges of the horizons and aquifer complexes, hydrochemical and hydrodynamic zoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present time almost any information, mainly graphic, is susceptible of being transmitted through a GIS, that reduces the time of transference of the information besides providing greater functionality. The article describes the generation, by means of technology GIS, of morphostructural map of Pinar del Río Province. Proposed is a methodology in four stages that make possible to divide the territory, according to the altitude position and relief genesis, in twelve basic morphostructural regions: abrasivemarine plain, accumulative marine plain, erosive marine plain, flu-vial-marine plain, fluvial plain, marshy plain, small heights, medium heights, high heights, sub mountains and small mountains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several methods for seismic risk calculation were analyzed in order to obtain the more adequate one in relation with real data and conditions, available for seismic risk determination in Bayamo city. The seismotectonic risk, which expresses the periodicity of occurrence in determined zone, is analyzed using the computer techniques and systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]