Morphometric characteristics and ruggedness of the bottom topography in the north part of the Black Sea |
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Authors: | A I Avdeev V N Belokopytov |
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Institution: | 1.Marine Hydrophysical Institute,Ukrainian Academy of Sciences,Sevastopol,Ukraine |
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Abstract: | On the basis of the data array of detailed echosounding surveys carried out from the research vessels of the Marine Hydrophysical
Institute of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences and other institutions and the corresponding cartographic materials,
we perform the numerical analyses of the morphometric characteristics of the bottom topography of the northwest shelf of the
Black Sea and the underwater margin of the Crimea. We reveal the specific features of the main types of morphological structures
and analyze the values of the bottom slopes and the vertical and horizontal ruggednesses of the bottom. The ruggedness of
the bottom has a low-frequency character reflecting a noticeable smoothness of the topography. The large regional structures
of the surrounding land represented by the East-European platform and the Crimean-Caucasian orogen directly affect the formation
of topography in the analyzed region. The agreement between the contemporary digital data arrays on the bottom topography
and the data of echosounding surveys in the Black Sea is estimated. |
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