Active Layer Dynamics in Tundra and Forest Tundra of Lower Ob Region (Dinamika Sezonnotaloga Sloya v Tundre i Lesotundre Nezhnego Priobya)

• Main Authors: Dyakonov,K. N., Reteyum,A. Yu.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*PERMAFROST; SOILS); (*SOILS; ARCTIC REGIONS); MELTING; FREEZING; RIVERS; SWAMPS; MOISTURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS(BOTANY); TEMPERATURE; INTERACTIONS; ICE; FORESTRY; USSR; FOREST LAND; *FREEZING; *SOILS; TRANSLATIONS; *TUNDRA; Arctic; Ice; ob river; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0753035; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0753035

The report is devoted to the study of the seasonal thawing os soil and its relationship with the temperature, soil moistness, and meteorological conditions. The territory under study comprises a plains sector in the interfluve of the Ob' River and its tributary, the Poly'ye, formed of sands and sandy-loamy fluvioglacial deposits. The texture of the latter is uniform. All of the natural territorial complexes in the interfluve are supported by frozen layers with a depth of 200-300 m. The observations were conducted in five different natural complexes geochemically interconnected and differing in altitude and moisture conditions. (Author) Draft trans. of Geograficheskie Soobshcheniya (USSR) n3 p59-62 1966.