Fate and transport of floating debris on the Southern Caspian Sea

Shabani, Titinaz; Abessi, Ozeair; Baali, Meysam

doi:10.22034/ijcoe.2024.458142.1082

Fate and transport of floating debris on the Southern Caspian Sea

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Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Titinaz shabani

ozeair abessi

meysam baali

Shariati St, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, School of Civil Eng

10.22034/ijcoe.2024.458142.1082

Abstract

Over the last few decades, excessive production of municipal wastes and inattention to waste management in the coastal countries of the Caspian Sea has led to the disposal of large amounts of waste into this closed basin. So , the global problem of marine debris is becoming a major challenge there too. Floating debris transports along the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea are investigated by developing a hydrodynamic model . The direct impacts of the wind and waves on the floating debris were ignored and only wind and wave-driven currents in the coastal zone were considered. The results show that floating debris entering the sea at the mouth of the Babolrood River tends to move eastward towards the Gorgan Bay. However, after a year , our results show that litters reach the northern part of the southern basin and trap in the gyres of the middle Caspian Sea .

Keywords

Marine debris

Tracking

MIKE model

Caspian Sea

Simulation

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