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An important indicator of the existing and possible pollution of any water area is the content of trace metals in bottom sediments that can characterize the level of anthropogenic load. Analysis of the content of metals in bottom sediments in different parts of the water area made it possible to establish the features of distribution of toxic metals in dependence on natural geochemical processes and to identify the areas that experience the most intensive anthropogenic load. In the paper, estimates of the spatial ...

Tsunami in the Black Sea is a relatively rare phenomenon. Because of its rare occurrence and small volume of full-scale data, tsunami hazard of the Black Sea region has not been sufficiently studied. However, the chance of tsunami waves is still on. In the XX century, four known tsunami phenomena were recorded by marigraphs. These include two events that occurred in 1927, events of 1939 and 1966. Vertical sea level fluctuations were recorded in several points on the Black Sea coast. However, true sea level heights...

The study of sediment transport in the coastal zone under the influence of waves and currents makes it possible to predict changes in the ecosystem of the coastal zone under various hydrometeorological conditions and anthropogenic influences. River runoff and abrasion processes are one of the main sources of solid matter entering the coastal zone, as well as one of the factors determining the changes in the granulometric composition of bottom sediments. Since the rivers of the Western Crimea are heavily regulated,...