Hydrolithodynamic Conditions of Sediment Movement through the Strait of Baltiysk (Vistula Lagoon, Baltic Sea)

R. B. Zakirov*, B. V. Chubarenko, V. A. Chechko

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

* e-mail: kotruslan2@gmai.com

Abstract

In the area of the strait connecting the Vistula Lagoon with the Baltic Sea, the work was carried out to refine the bottom topography, collect bottom sediments, measure currents in different seasons, and install a set of sediment traps at 4 levels in the 2-meter bottom layer. The sediment accumulation zones were identified on the basis of the bathymetric data according to geomorphological features. On the basis of in situ data, we studied the hydrolithodynamic conditions of suspended sediment movement through the strait and the general nature of sediment exchange. The suspended material moves through the strait both during inflows and outflows, while silt and fine sand are mainly transported from the lagoon into the sea, while fine, medium and coarse sands, on the contrary, are brought into the lagoon and feed the surge delta (a shallow area at the lagoonic end of the strait). Surge delta sediments mainly consist of fine and medium sand. It was assumed that the flow of sediments of sandy grain sizes does not reach the surge delta (the final deposition zone) in full, the part of the volume entering the strait is removed during regular maintaining dredging in the strait. Consequently, the surge delta develops more slowly than it could do naturally.

Keywords

strait, estuary, surge delta, lagoons, bottom sediments, suspended sediments, currents, sampling, field measurements

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to colleagues V.T. Paka, A.O. Korzh, A.A. Kondrashov for instrumentation support of current measurements, to A.N. Babakov for advice and partial preparation of sediment collection instruments, to V.S. Pinchuk and volunteer colleagues for participation in the expedition works. The fieldwork was carried out under cooperation agreement no. 4/2019 (1358) as of 3.07.2019 between Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS (Atlantic Branch) and Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and funded under RFBR project 19-35-90069 support, the interpretation of results is funded under state assignment of IO RAS (topic no. FMWE-2021-0016).

For citation

Zakirov, R.B., Chubarenko, B.V. and Chechko, V.A., 2022. Hydrolithodynamic Conditions of Sediment Movement through the Strait of Baltiysk (Vistula Lagoon, Baltic Sea). Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea, (4), pp. 52–68. doi:10.22449/2413-5577-2022-4-52-68

DOI

10.22449/2413-5577-2022-4-52-68

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