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A complex of geological and geophysical work was carried out to study fracturing in the Jurassic-Neogene rocks of the Heraclea Plateau, which included a field study of the Georgievsky fault zone, structural and geomorphological analysis; the geophysical complex combined marine seismic and magnetometric studies in combination with ground-based studies using electrotomography, gravimetry and magnetometry. The main object of study was the zone of the deep Georgievsky fault and the feathering tectonic disturbances. As a result of complex studies, the main geological and geophysical criteria for the identification of dangerous fracturing sites have been established: the extremely heterogeneous structure of the upper part of the geoelectric section to depths of 30–40 m according to electrical survey data; seismic data indicate that Miocene limestones have extremely low strength properties in areas of increased fracturing; according to electrical survey data, the water content (humidity) of the upper part of the section changes sharply horizontally; in the karst areas at certain depths, there is a sharp variability in resistivity from the maximum values to the minimum; fracturing develops quite actively under the influence of landslide processes. Especially dangerous are the stretching cracks that occur in areas of positive relief of the base rocks, along which landslide bodies represented by limestones slide.

Based on the comparison of relief and geological data, the newest structural elements were identified, actively developing in the form of systems of uplifts and depressions, deciphered from satellite images and topographic maps in the form of lineaments predetermined by discontinuous disturbances. As a result of the research, neotectonic shear stress fields have been restored with orientations of the submeridional compression axes of tectonic stresses of the I rank, which is generally in agreement with the subhorizontal compression axes, mainly oriented submeridionally, established in almost all regions of Northern Eurasia.

The modern structure of the Zagros folding-thrust structure was formed under the influence of collision processes on the eastern flank of the collision zone of Eurasia and Arabia. Based on structural-geomorphological analysis and spatio-temporal features of the seismicity distribution, the article considers the features of the latest and modern geodynamic development of Zagros as a classical collision orogen. It is noted that the orogen is at the stage of erosion development, its seismic activation is associated to a greater extent with local deformations within individual blocks and is transformed under the influence of intense man-made impacts associated with the extraction of hydrocarbons within the Mesopotamian Lowland and the Persian Gulf.

The article presents the results of structural and geomorphological analysis of the Taimyr Peninsula North-Eastern part. The main neotectonic structures of the region are identified. It is shown that the intensity of neotectonic processes increases in the North-East direction, which is due to the approach to the spreading zone of the Gakkel ridge in the Arctic ocean. In the same direction, the tectonic fragmentation of Taimyr, the height of mountain structures, and seismic activity are increasing.

The Philippine lithospheric plate is located at the intersection of the zones of intense influence of geosystems responsible for the evolution of the Earth’s outer shells, and is one of the most dangerous regions of the globe. The study of temporal variations of natural disasters at the end of the 20th — beginning of the 21st century is based on lies the premise of the relationship of strong earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tropical atmospheric eddies in areas of complex high instability of geospheres.

Structural-geomorphological analysis of the modern relief allowed us to reveal Western Taimyr newest structure features and to show the significance of the structural forms shear horizontal displacements, as well as the manifestation of relief in some areas of previously formed thrusts. Since the Oligocene, neotectonic development of the Arctic was determined by Eurasian basin opening. This causes the activation of the North-Eastern faults in the region, which have the same stretch as the transform faults of Gakkel ridge spreading zone, which confirms the active development of this region at the present stage.

A comprehensive analysis was carried out for the Kerch Peninsula using morphostructural, structural and geomorphological methods as well as determining the fractal dimension D of the driangle system. It has been discovered that increased values of the field of fractal dimension D correlate well with the total uplift amplitude during the Pleistocene and Holocene, and worse with the latest structures formed during the conerosion stage of development. It can be concluded that the fractal approach for the quantitative analysis of the driangle system pattern gives good results in identifying the latest movements, and is less effective in identifying the latest structures. The further development of the fractal analysis method is promising, with the inclusion of other driangle system parameters widely used in structural-geomorphological analysis.

The article presents the results of the structural-geomorphological analysis of the Heraklion peninsula of the South-Western Crimea. The Western, Central and South-Eastern segments are distinguished, differing in density and direction of fracture zones, faults, the nature of the ravine-gulch net, and the structure of the coastal zone. It is shown that neotectonic movements in the upper structural floor are most intensively manifested over the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous collisional suture formed when the back-arc basin with the oceanic crust was closed.