Some peculiar morphodynamical features of submarine steep slopes

Abstract

Precise repeated soundings have been carried out around the Pitsunda peninsula. They revealed downslope ridges and furrows in-between the depth from 10-12 till 40 meters. The location and parameters of these relief forms change under influence of storms of different directions. It is supposed that the action of undertow, together with rip-currents, is the reason of such specifically forms development.