THICKNESS OF PERMAFROST BEDS AS AN INDEX OF TECTONIC STRUCTURE OF THE REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE NORTHERN PART OF WEST SIBERIA)

From studies of permafrost under various West Siberian tectonic conditions it is shown that in regions where the basement is at shallow depths the thickness of permafrost beds, other conditions being equal, is always less than in regions where the basement lies at greater depths. The permafrost thic...

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Main Author: Baulin,V. V.
Other Authors: DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICE OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*PERMAFROST
THICKNESS)
(*STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
*SIBERIA)
DRILLING
STRATIGRAPHY
ROCK
DEPOSITS
CLIMATE
TERRAIN
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING
USSR
CANADA
TECTONICS
TRANSLATIONS
Canada
Ice
permafrost
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0691891
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Summary:From studies of permafrost under various West Siberian tectonic conditions it is shown that in regions where the basement is at shallow depths the thickness of permafrost beds, other conditions being equal, is always less than in regions where the basement lies at greater depths. The permafrost thickness may show an especially sharp decrease over anticlinal uplifts of the higher orders of size. This phenomenon, in the author's opinion, is common to the whole territory of the West Siberian Plain. It is proposed that the distribution of permafrost thicknesses be used for the study of tectonism. (Author) Trans. of Geologiya i Geofizika (USSR) n1 p53-61 1966, by E. R. Hope. Also available as N67-10548.

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