[Sapropels of the Belokurikhinskaya spa and resort area]

The deposits of therapeutic peloids in the Belokurikhinskaya spa and resort area are estimated at 120,000 cub.m. Bottom sediments in freshwater lakes of the region in the form of sapropels and low-mineralized peloids can be used for the "sparing" treatment of debilitated patients presenting with a variety of diseases associated with an impaired functional potential. It is emphasized that the development and application of the local sapropel and low-sulphide silt deposits for therapeutic purposes would be instrumental in the further extension of the remedial basis of the Belokurikhinskaya health resort.