Seismoacoustic research of lake bannoe bottom sediments (South Ural, Russia)

Abstract

© 2006-2020 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN). This paper concerns the application of seismoacoustic surveying in the study of bottom sediments of Lake Bannoe, one of the lakes investigated as a part of grant 18-17-00251 of Russian Science Foundation. High-resolution seismoacoustic profiling allows remote characterization of lake sediments stratigraphy due to the recordings of acoustic waves reflected from the lake bottom. The record from bottom sediments reveals thickness of more than 6 meters where bedrocks are not possible to determine as well. This could be a result of greater thickness of sediments containing gas bubbles. However, it is clearly seen an increase in depth and decrease in sediment thickness towards the southeast.