The Structure of Permafrost in Northern West Siberia: Geophysical Evidence

• Published in: Energies
• Main Authors: Natalya Misyurkeeva, Igor Buddo, Ivan Shelokhov, Alexander Smirnov, Alexey Nezhdanov, Yury Agafonov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: shallow transient electromagnetic (sTEM) soundings; resistivity; permafrost; fuels; gas hydrates; talik; frost mound; fluid dynamics; northern West Siberia; Arctic; cryopeg; electromagnetic surveys; Talik; Yamal Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082847

The permafrost of Arctic West Siberia stores extremely rich resources of hydrocarbon fuels that remain a key energy source and an important element of the global economy. A large amount of natural gas in permafrost is bound in gas hydrates which may become an alternative fuel of the future. Shallow...