Studies of Particulate Matter Distribution by Aqua Modis Data and Simulation Results

Doklady Earth Sciences - Ways of combined usage of data obtained by the satellite sounding of the marine surface along with modeling approaches are considered. The technique of data application is...     

Main Sources of 134Cs in the Barents and Kara Seas (1960–2020)

Doklady Earth Sciences - The role of the short-lived 134Cs radionuclide in the formation of the radioecological background in the marine environment of the Arctic is studied. This paper analyzes...     

Cyclicity of Climate in the Sea of Azov Region: The Holocene and the Current Period (19th to 21st Centuries)

Doklady Earth Sciences - This work reports on the cyclicity of the climate in the Sea of Azov Region studied on the basis of paleogeographic methods. The results of drilling on Dolgaya Spit of the...     

Numerical study of the Azov Sea level seiche oscillations

Seiche oscillations of the Azov Sea level are studied on the basis of the developed two-dimensional numerical hydrodynamic model grounded on the shallow water theory and recent data on the morphometric characteristics of the Sea of Azov. Frequency and spatial characteristics of the first five modes corresponding to seiche oscillations of the Azov Sea level are computed. It is shown that the frequency and spatial characteristics of the first five modes obtained for the Sea of Azov level changes correspond to seiche oscillations. The calculated parameters are compared with the field observations, which show their realistic character.     

Paleoceanology of the Sea of Azov in the Holocene (Based on Geological Survey Data and Investigation of Malacofauna on the Dolgaya Spit)

Oceanology - The article presents the results of investigations conducted by members of SSC RAS on the Dolgaya Spit in 2019–2020. The following types of data are analyzed: satellite imagery,...     

Current Levels of Artificial Radioisotopes in Biota from the Arctic Continental Shelf (2013–2018)

Doklady Earth Sciences - This paper analyzes data on the concentration and dynamics of 137Cs and 90Sr in marine organisms on the Arctic shelf under modern conditions (2013–2018). It is shown...     

Comprehensive studies in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the Summer of 2012

The shelf zones of the Black Sea, Taman Bay, and the Sea of Azov are currently subjected to gross load related to the impact of invasive species, large-scale construction activities near the coast, intensive recreation activity, water pollution in large cities and ports, active navigation, unreasonable coastal arrangement, and dam construction. Another factor substantially affecting the composition of bottom sediments and, thus, the benthos environment is the terrigenous material carried by rivers in the course of catastrophic overflows. An example is the Kubansk flood in 2012, which significantly affected the sea coast near Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, and Divnomorsk. The intensive onshore dumping results in the delivery of abundant allochthonous material, bottom silting causing changes in the dominants in the benthos associations, a decrease in the photic layer and the death of the phytobenthos, and also debris formation at the bottom. Debris can play the role of artificial reefs contributory for the formation of periphytic biocoenoses.     

Current trends of ice coverage changes in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago area

Doklady Earth Sciences - The data on the ice distribution in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago area during the 2010/2011 and 2014/2015 ice seasons depending on climate oscillations are presented...     

A procedure for mapping vulnerability of sea-coastal zones to oil

An algorithm for mapping the vulnerability of sea-coastal zones is described. Normalization of the distribution densities of the biotic groups to the annual average abundance for presenting these data in identical measurement units is offered. Sensitivity of biota to oil should be normalized to the maximum permissible concentrations for the species inhabiting the water column and to the maximum permissible thickness of the film that has contacted with the water surface. All parameters should be estimated by the metric scale. The proposed algorithm makes it possible to calculate the vulnerability of a sea-coastal zone to oil pollution caused by oil spills.