Mineral Composition of the Modern Bottom Sediments
of the White Sea

A. I. Gusakova

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: anastasia.gusakova@gmail.com

Received October 25, 2012; in final form, November 8, 2012

Abstract—The mineral composition of the modern bottom sediments were studied in the White Sea. The sin-
gle terrigenous-mineralogical province is defined; it is characterized by the mineral association of amphibole,
epidote, garnet, and pyroxene. Five regions are assigned in the White Sea in accordance with the mineral com-
position of the surface bottom sediments. We argue that the granite-metamorphic rock complexes of the Baltic
Shield are the main source of the modern sediments in the White Sea, while the East European Craton (Russian
Platform) plays a secondary role.

DOI: 10.1134/S0001437013020045

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