Yu. N. Goryachkin, K. I. Gurov
Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia
Abstract
According to the results of the expeditions of 2007 and 2016, the features of the mechanical composition of the Bakal spit beach sediments and their changes were investigated. It is shown that the deposits of the western part of the spit are composed of both coarse-grained gravel material and medium and fine-grained sand. The material in the eastern part of the spit is formed mainly by sandy fractions of different sizes. The maximum accumulation of large fractions is noted on the eastern side of the head of the spit. After separation of the distal part of the spit, the mechanical composition is still represented by coarse and medium-non-grained sands, but the share of large fractions has sharply decreased.
Keywords
the Crimea, the Bakal spit, mechanical composition, beach sediment