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Composition of the suspended particulate matter at the Severnaya Dvina River mouth (White Sea) during the spring flood period

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The grain-size and mineral composition of the suspended particulate matter (SPM) of the Severnaya Dvina River mouth is studied, as well as the content of several lithogenic elements in the SPM during the spring flood in May 2004. The data published on the composition of the riverine SPM in the White Sea basin are very poor. The spring flood period when more than half of the annual runoff is supplied from the river to the sea in a short time is understood more poorly. The report considers the comparison results for the grain-size compositions of the SPM and the bottom sediments. The data of laser and hydraulic techniques of the grain-size analysis are compared. The short-period variations of the SPM concentration and composition representing two diurnal peaks of the tide level are studied. It is found that the SPM is mainly transferred during the spring flood as mineral aggregates up to 40 μm diameter. The sandysilty fraction of the riverine SPM settles in the delta branches and channels, and the bulk of the fine pelitic matter is supplied to the sea. The mineral and chemical composition of the Severnaya Dvina River SPM is determined by the supply of substances from the drainage basin. This substance is subjected to intense mechanic separation during the transfer to the sea. The key regularities of the formation of the mineral composition of the SPM during the flood time are revealed. The effect of the grain-size composition of the SPM on the distribution of the minerals and elements studied in the dynamic system of the river mouth are characterized.

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    M. D. Kravchishina, V. P. Shevchenko, A. S. Filippov, A. N. Novigatskii, O. M. Dara & T. N. Alekseeva

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Original Russian Text © M.D. Kravchishina, V.P. Shevchenko, A.S. Filippov, A.N. Novigatskii, O.M. Dara, T.N. Alekseeva, V.A. Bobrov, 2010, published in Okeanologiya, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 396–416.

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Kravchishina, M.D., Shevchenko, V.P., Filippov, A.S. et al. Composition of the suspended particulate matter at the Severnaya Dvina River mouth (White Sea) during the spring flood period. Oceanology 50, 365–385 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437010030070

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