Space Geodesy Application for the Natural Hazards Monitoring of the Russian Far Eastern Territory

Abstract

This is a brief overview of the surveys aimed at the studies of the Russian Eastern Asian area, which has a complicate geological structure and tectonics, because of convergence of three tectonic plates (Eurasian-EUR, North American-NAM and Pacific-PAC). An existence of several independent microplates (Okhotsk-OKH, Amur-AMU and Bering-BER) is assumed to be there. A multinational Circum-Pacific geodetic network for monitoring the tectonic movements in the region is critical. From this point of view, new developed Russian fundamental geodetic network will be very effective.