Sedimentation Processes in the White Sea: The White Sea Environment Part II

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This book presents a new perspective on the sedimentation processes in the White Sea, based on a multidisciplinary research study conducted between 2001 and 2016. It provides a comprehensive review and discusses the latest research findings on the ecosystem of this sub-arctic zone. The topics addressed include suspended particulate matter as a main source and proxy of the sedimentation processes in the White Sea; vertical fluxes of dispersed sedimentary matter and absolute masses in the White Sea; and the development history and quaternary deposits of the modern White Sea basin. The authors closely examine the abundance and species composition of microalgae associations and the environmental conditions in the bottom sediments of the White Sea, namely, heavy metal accumulation and aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The book ends contain a summary of the key conclusions and recommendations. Together with the companion volume Biogeochemistry of the Atmosphere, Ice and Water of the White Sea: The White Sea Environment Part I, it offers an essential source of information for postgraduate students, researchers, and stakeholders alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction (Alexander P. Lisitsyn, Liudmila L. Demina)....Pages 1-11 Suspended Particulate Matter as a Main Source and Proxy of the Sedimentation Processes (Marina D. Kravchishina, Alexander P. Lisitsyn, Alexey A. Klyuvitkin, Alexander N. Novigatsky, Nadezhda V. Politova, Vladimir P. Shevchenko)....Pages 13-48 Vertical Fluxes of Dispersed Sedimentary Matter, Absolute Masses of the Bottom Sediments, and Rates of Modern Sedimentation (Alexander N. Novigatsky, Alexey A. Klyuvitkin, Alexander P. Lisitsyn)....Pages 49-66 Diatoms and Aquatic Palynomorphs in the White Sea Sediments as Indicators of Sedimentation Processes and Paleoceanography (Yelena I. Polyakova, Yekaterina A. Novichkova)....Pages 67-104 Mineral Composition of Pelitic Fraction of Dispersed and Consolidated Sedimentary Matter in the White Sea (Olga M. Dara)....Pages 105-133 Development History and Quaternary Deposits of the White Sea Basin (Aleksander E. Rybalko, Vitaliy A. Zhuravlyov, Lyudmila R. Semyonova, Mikhail Yu. Tokarev)....Pages 135-163 Processes of Early Diagenesis in the Arctic Seas (on the Example of the White Sea) (Alla Yu. Lein, Alexander P. Lisitsyn)....Pages 165-206 Mercury Distribution in Bottom Sediments of the White Sea and the Rivers of Its Basin (Yury A. Fedorov, Asya E. Ovsepyan, Alina A. Zimovets, Vyacheslav A. Savitskiy, Alexander P. Lisitsyn, Vladimir P. Shevchenko et al.)....Pages 207-240 Occurrence Forms of Heavy Metals in the Bottom Sediments of the White Sea (Liudmila L. Demina, Dmitry F. Budko, Alexander N. Novigatsky, Tatiana N. Alexсeeva, Anastasia I. Kochenkova)....Pages 241-270 Oil Compounds in the Bottom Sediments of the White Sea (Inna A. Nemirovskaya)....Pages 271-294 Conclusions (Liudmila L. Demina, Alexander P. Lisitsyn)....Pages 295-305 Back Matter ....Pages 307-311