Department
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Organization
Russian Academy of Sciences
Email
baranov@chip.sio.rssi.ru

Location

Moscow
Russian Federation

Science Specialties

marine geology, marine geophysics, geodynamics

Current Research

Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea (Komandorsky Basin), Northern Atlantic (Knipovich Ridge). Mechanisms of the complex climate-controlling system “Okhotsk Sea” and its influence on chemical distribution, chemical cycles, water mass formation, circulation, and climate. Strata formation on Russian arctic continental margins (2001-2003). The creation of the preserved stratigraphic record, the bedform formation, and modification on Russian Arctic Continental shelves as the product of geologic, biologic, cryologic, and oceanographic processes with both spatial and temporal heterogeneities.