CONTRIBUTION OF YAKUTIAN RESEARCHERS TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOCRYOLOGY (ON THE 300th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES)
M.N. Zheleznyak, M.N. Grigoriev, A.N. Fedorov, V.V. Shepelev, R.V. Zhang, O.I. Alekseeva, V.V. Kunitsky
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia
Keywords: geocryology, permafrost, cold resources, Arctic shelf, geothermics, hydrogeology, permafrost geochemistry and ecology
Abstract
The main stages in the development of geocryology in the XX-XXI centuries are highlighted. The major research achievements are presented in the fields of permafrost science, permafrost engineering, historical geocryology and regional geocryology. The most important results of research at the Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are described.
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