Hazards of Activation of Cryogenic Processes in the Arctic Community: A Geopenetrating Radar Study in Lorino, Chukotka, Russia

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Oleg Tregubov, Gleb Kraev, Aleksey Maslakov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: geohazards; georadar; near-surface; frost heaving; thermokarst; permafrost degradation; environmental change; GPR survey; geological and geophysical etalons; active layer; Arctic community; Arctic; Lorino; Active layer thickness; Chukotka; Climate change; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020057

The subsurface structure of permafrost is of high significance to forecast landscape dynamics and the engineering stability of infrastructure under human impacts and climate warming, which is a modern challenge for Arctic communities. Application of the non-destructive method of geo-penetrating rada...