Modern hydroacoustic methods for studying the bottom relief and bottom sediments of the Dnieper River: ways of using it in the exploration and development of river sand deposits

The difficult state of the economy of the state entailed a practical lack of funding for geological survey, prospecting work, a comprehensive geological study of the territory of Ukraine, natural and anthropogenic changes in the geological environment in the mode of its constant monitoring; the rates and volumes of reproduction of its own mineral resource base do not meet the needs of the country. Reforming the geological industry to ensure the effective functioning of institutions in the field of subsoil use and environmental protection is an extremely important task; proper provision of state control over subsoil use processes. The development of modern hydroacoustic methods for studying the bottom topography and bottom sediments of the Azov-Black Sea basin in order to search and assess the state of deposits of nonmetallic minerals, protect the environment will improve a specialized hydroacoustic complex (hydroacoustic tools, algorithms and software) for performing survey work, allowing the collection of ground maps and sections of bottom soil without taking samples, and to detect objects in the bottom layer of the water column.