The sedimentary cover structure of the Kandalaksha gulf of the White Sea) according to continuous seismic profiling data
The geological structure of the water area adjacent to the White Sea biological research station of the Moscow State University (the Rugoserskaya bay and the Great Salma strait, the Kandalaksha gulf of the White Sea) was examined for the first time basing on seismoacoustic data. The morphology of top of the Archaean basement, the structure of the Quaternary sedi- mentary cover and the bottom topography were studied. A sequence of glacial deposits dating back to the last glaciation and a compound sequence of glaciolacustrine, glacial-marine and marine sediments were delineated. Spatial configuration and thickness behavior were examined. It was demonstrated that the recent bottom topography is controlled by the faults, characterized predominantly by north-western and the north-eastern strike, and affecting the entire sedimentary cover including the Holocene sediments.