Surveying White Sea Bottom Rocks And sediments with the use of seismoacoustic techniques

Geological, paleoclimatic and paleogeographic exploration in the Arctic Ocean usually encounters a number of natural constraints and difficulties. These are particularly awesome when close examination of glacial deposits is the task. Addressing this task invites techniques that work remotely. In the research below, the seafloor of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea is explored, employing the most promising of such techniques, seismoacoustics. Results: better knowledge of the geology of the study area; better knowledge of the seabed morphology of the study area; better knowledge of the structure and the surface relief of the crystalline foundation segment under the Velikaya Salma Strait; knowledge of dominant types of seismoacoustic response; knowledge of geological structures behind these types.