In this monograph on the basis of materials obtained by the author and his colleagues in Arctic expeditions of 1991-2005 and of published data results of studies effect of aerosols on environmental conditions and marine sedimentation in the Arctic are summarizes. Processes of aeolian transport and transformation of sedimentary material from sources to places of its accumulation in bottom sediments are described. Results of this study can be used to assess current state of ecosystem of Arctic seas and as a background for evaluation of possible human impact on nature during exploration of mineral resources of the Arctic shelf.
For oceanographers, geochemists, geoecologists.
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Supplement to: Shevchenko, Vladimir P (2006): Vliyanie Aerozoley na Sredu i Morskoe Osadkonakoplenie v Arktike (Influence of Aerosols on Environment and Marine Sedimentation in the Arctic). Nauka Publ. (Moscow): in Russian, 226 pp
