ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF SOILS AT SHIPYARD CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE KURYK AREA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56525/gcp1ah90Keywords:
Caspian Sea, Kashagan, Mangistau, Kuryk, Azerbaijan, transport, oil, plant, shipbuilding, ship repair, desert, soil, vegetation, wormwood, communities, monitoring, heavy metals, oil productsAbstract
The purpose of the article – investigation of one of the most unusual coasts of the Caspian Sea in the Kazakhstan area, not only as the place chosen by JSC " KazMunayGas " for construction of a shipyard, but also as a territory on which land is suitable for the development of vegetable and melon crops growing. In this article, sites No. 1 and No. 2 are considered as the alternatives for the shipyard construction. For us, the most interesting area for investigation is site No. 2, where a large variety of edaphic types of desert communities predominates in comparison with the site No. 1, which is located near the salt valley Ashisor. The studies are made due to the poor knowledge of this part of the Mangistau region, and the wide spread of desert communities with the involvement of cereals (Agropyron fragile, S. oaapia, S. sareptana - the latter occurs in the middle desert).
Subject of research – assessment of the impact of the planned shipyard construction on soil condition of local vegetation. The increased content of some heavy metals (Cu, Cr, and Zn) in the soils of the chosen area is substantiated. The research was conducted in accordance with generally accepted methods, taking into account the experience of similar work carried out in 2012-2015 on the condition of some environmental components in the coastal zone of the Caspian Sea.
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