BEHAVIOR OF THE LOWER PERMAFROST BOUNDARY AS ONE CRITERION IN STRUCTURAL PROSPECTING IN THE NORTHEAST OF THE WEST SIBERIAN PLAIN

• Main Authors: Ostrii,G. B., Cherkashin,A. F.
• Other Authors: DIRECTORATE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICES OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*PERMAFROST; USSR); GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS; DRILLING; THERMAL PROPERTIES; ANOMALIES; DEPOSITS; SAND; CLAY; LIMESTONE; GRAVEL; DETECTION; SIBERIA; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0668995; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0668995

Data from drilling operations in the northeast region of the West Siberian Plain are analysed. It is shown that the lower boundary of the permafrost as revealed in boreholes exhibits a regular relationship with the upvaultings or domes of tectonic structures: here the permafrost base markedly rises. It is recommended that this regular association be exploited in local structural exploration of areas in the Far North where there are petroleum prospects. (Author) Trans. of Geologiya i Geofizika (USSR) n10 p62-8 1960, by E. R. Hope. Presented at Conference of Young Scientists of the Siberian Division (no. 1), Academy of Sciences of the USSR.