First results of permafrost monitoring on the cryospheric site of Russian scientifi c center on Spitsbergen (RSCS)

• Main Authors: N. E. Demidov, S. R. Verkulich, E. S. Karaevskaya, A. L. Nikulina, L. M. Savatyugin, Н. Э. Демидов, Е. С. Караевская, С. Р. Веркулич, А. Л. Никулина, Л. М. Саватюгин
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Арктический и антарктический научно-исследовательский институт 2016
• Subjects: сезонно-талый слой; Spitsbergen; active layer; вечная мерзлота; Barentsburg; Arctic; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://www.aaresearch.science/jour/article/view/82

The system of long-term permafrost observations was organised on the cryospheric site of Russian Scientifi c Center on Spitsbergen in summer 2016. The monitoring site is established in the vicinity of mining settlement Barentsburg on a sequence of Holocene marine terraces. The core drilling showed th...