FIELD OBSERVATIONS THE LOW-FREQUENCY DEFORMATIONS OF EARTH’S SURFACE IN THE GELENDZHIK SEGMENT OF BLACK SEA

Authors

  • I. S. Podymov Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • T. M. Podymova Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2026.54(2).4

Keywords:

Radon-222, earth’s surface, local deformations, Black Sea coast, geodynamic positioning, geophysical processes, radon volumetric activity

Abstract

The paper presents results of long-term continuous monitoring for radon fluctuations in the surface atmosphere. The data obtained has become an integral part of research focused to studying the region seismic stability, as well as the processes of current and long-time Earth’s surface deformations. Data from the points of satellite geodynamic positioning were used to assess the relationship the amplitude of Earth’s surface vertical deformations and radon volumetric activity variations. The results of materials analysis from long-term experiment made it possible to build a mathematical model linking these parameters. A special feature data capture is radon volumetric activity variation measuring spectrometry method. The hardware-software measuring complex for conducting these studies makes it possible to record radon variations in hourly, and amplitude of the Earth’s surface vertical deformations with an error of a millimeter fraction.

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Published

2026-06-30

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Oceanological Research

Section

Marine geology, geophysics and geochemistry

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