Sergey Chernomorets

Sergey Chernomorets currently works at the Laboiratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University. President of the Debris Flow Association. Took part in research of debris flows, glacial disasters, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the Caucasus (Russia and Georgia), Kamchatka (Russia), Cordillera Blanca (Peru), St. Elias Mountains (Canada), Central Asia (Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan). Investigated rock avalanches, debris flows and landslide dammed lakes in the areas of Wenchuan and Ludian earthquakes (China). Assessed debris flow hazard for planned and on-going hydropower construction, gold and coal mines, railways. E-mail: sc@geogr.msu.ru