Near Surface Geophysical Methods Applying in Arctic Shelf

The shelf of the Barents Sea is one of the most extensively studied with high resolution acoustic methods because of large-scale engineering and geological problems solved in process of its industrial development. Mainly, it is related to exploring and development of oil and gas fields, oil terminals and submarine pipelines construction and building up the whole infrastructure for their exploitation. A considerable attention is paid for research with seismic acoustic methods of the modern sedimentation of the Barents Sea region which is important for development of reliable criteria for the sea bed stability.