БІОГЕННА СЕДИМЕНТАЦІЯ В ЧОРНОМУ МОРІ: РАДІОТРАССЕРНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ
Journal: Морський екологічний журнал
Year: 2013

Method for differentiated assessment of the rate of biogenic and lithogenic sedimentation in the Black Sea using the naturally occurring radionuclide potassium-40 has been developed. This allows evaluation the contribution of biosedimentation to the total process of the sediment accumulation within the entire range of the Black Sea depths. Based upon this method, it was shown that near the estuarine zones of rivers entering the north-western Black Sea, down to 20 m of a water depth, the allochth