Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

ABOUT SOME HYDRODYNAMIC FEATURES OF THE ОKHOTSK COAST OF KAMCHATKA

2019. №3, pp. 37-46

Kungurova Valentina Ye. - Research Geotechnological Center Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, kunwe@yandex.ru

Gazzaeva Elena M. - Leading Engineer, postgraduate student, Research Geotechnological Center Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, kunwe@yandex.ru

The high hydrodynamic background of the wave field of the Okhotsk Sea has an active effect on the relief elements of the coastal strip. The western coast of Kamchatka is characterized by favorable hydrodynamic conditions for the manifestation of placer-forming processes during the erosion and redeposition of formations containing valuable components. There is a natural laboratory that carries out their concentration. Hydrodynamic, geomorphological, lithological features influencing on the placers formation are considered like an example of a separate section of the coastal strip of the beach from Levashov Cape in the south (the Bystraya river) to the Utka river in the north.

Key words: lowland marine plain, incomplete and full-profile beaches, abrasive and accumulative coasts, hydrodynamic regime, placer formation, низменная приморская равнина, пляжи неполного и полного профиля, абразионные и аккумулятивные берега, гидродинамический реж

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