Investigation of the landscape features of the shelf of the Black Sea by hydroacoustic means

Abstract

The possibility of using hydroacoustic techniques for solving the problems of paleogeography , geomorphology and cartography is considered in the article. The results of joint expeditions under the auspices of the Southern Federal University and the Russian Geographical Society in the area of Cape Panagia of the Taman Peninsula in 2015-2016 are considered. The methodology of the work and the geographical features of the study area are briefly described. The main technical characteristics of the hydroacoustic equipment used – a parametric profilograph and a side-scan sonar -are presented. The data of sonar profiling and panoramic survey of the seabed of the coastal zone of Cape Panagia are presented. A brief analysis of the geological and geological data obtained is presented. The urgency of studying the fine structure of the seabed with the help of a parametric profilograph for landscape-geomorphological reconstructions of sections of the Azov-Black Sea coast is shown.