12081597 Norstrom, Sara H. (Mid Sweden University, Department of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics, Sundsvall, Sweden); Bylund, Dan; Vestin, Jenny L. K. and Lundstrom, Ulla S. Initial effects of wood ash application to soil and soil solution chemistry in a small, boreal catchment: Geoderma, 187-188, p. 85-93, illus. incl. 5 tables, sketch map, 34 ref., October 2012.

With the conception that whole tree harvesting leads to an impoverishment of forest soils wood ash application is recommended, with the foremost benefits being increased pH in soil and subsequent surface waters, and recycling of nutrients from the wood ash. In this investigation a small boreal catchment in central Sweden was studied for 2 years before and 2 years after treatment with the maximum recommended dose, 3 tonnes/ha, of crushed, self-hardened wood ash. The sampling area was situated in a slope towards a stream, to include the effect on both recharge- and discharge areas with different soil constitutions. The soil solution chemistry, exchangeable pool of cations and potential heavy metal accumulation in berries were studied. Temporary increases in soil solution concentration were found for K in the recharge area and Ca and SO₄ in the discharge area when comparing ashed and control areas. No change in exchangeable cations was observed during the study period, and no increase of heavy metals in bilberries did occur. These small changes in the constitution of the soil solution do not suggest wood ash application as a method to improve soil quality in an initial phase.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.04.011

12081594 Reynolds, W. Daniel (Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre, Harrow, ON, Canada) and Lewis, Jeffrey K. A drive point application of the Guelph permeameter method for coarse-textured soils: Geoderma, 187-188, p. 59-66, illus. incl. 4 tables, 33 ref., October 2012.

The Guelph Permeameter (GP) is a widely used well/auger-hole method for in-situ determination of field-saturated hydraulic conductivity (K_fs) and sorptive number (a*) in the vadose or unsaturated zone. Its application can be difficult, however, in gravelly materials which are problematic to auger, and in un-cohesive sandy materials which collapse during the augering process or upon wetting of the unlined well. We circumvented these issues, by replacing the GP well with a conically tipped well screen or "drive point" which is pushed, driven, rotated or vibrated to the desired depth. We also developed a steady flow analysis to account for the fact that water discharge through the drive point screen is solely radial, rather than both radial and vertical as in the original GP method. The HYDRUS-2D numerical simulation model was used to determine appropriate shape values (C_DP) for the drive point analysis; and an empirical regression equation was developed to convert the discrete C_DP values into continuous shape functions for porous materials with negligible-moderate, strong and very strong capillarity. In a well-sorted medium-coarse sand, the drive point method produced K_fs and a* values which were plausible and consistent with other data from the field site. The original GP method, on the other hand, under-estimated the drive point results by factors of 2.1-3.1, which may have been caused by progressive collapse of the unlined GP well, and/or gradual sinking of the GP outflow tip into the unprotected well base. It was concluded that the drive point GP method can provide convenient and accurate estimates of K_fs and a* in materials where hydraulic properties are not substantially altered by the disturbance of drive point installation.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.04.004

12079939 Darrow, Margaret M. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK); Bray, Matthew T. and Huang, Scott L. Analysis of a deep-seated landslide in permafrost, Richardson Highway, south-central Alaska: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 18(3), p. 261-280, illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch map, 26 ref., August 2012.

A portion of the Richardson Highway near Glennallen, Alaska, is threatened by slope movement in an area where the highway travels along a bluff overlooking the Copper River. Analysis of aerial photographs indicates that portions of the bluff have experienced an average of 1.5 m of retreat per year since 1979, and gully erosion has completely obliterated portions of the pre-1965 highway alignment. The subsurface consists of a 1.5-m-thick surficial silt layer underlain by frozen, ice-rich clayey soils with an average annual temperature of -0.56°C. At 16 m below the ground surface, the soils become ice-poor and coarser grained. In situ measurements, soil creep tests, and slope stability analysis indicate that the ice-rich clayey soils are experiencing movement, with creep velocities of up to 2.5 cm per year. This deep-seated creep results in fracturing of the near-surface soil layer that is manifested at the surface by cracks, scarps, and back-tilted blocks. Groundwater perched above the permafrost table and seeping toward the bluff face facilitates the rapid retreat of the bluff edge through the formation of gullies.

DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.18.3.261

12081480 Palviainen, Marjo (University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki, Finland); Starr, Mike and Westman, Carl Johan. The effect of site fertility and climate on current weathering in Finnish forest soils; results of a 10-16 year study using buried crushed test-rock material: Geoderma, 183-184, p. 58-66, illus. incl. 5 tables, 40 ref., August 2012.

Knowledge of the weathering rates in forest soils is needed when nutrient balances and the sustainability of silvicultural practices are estimated. The effects of site fertility and climate on weathering rates were studied in boreal coniferous forest soils in Finland by following transformations in crushed rock (Spectrolite, a dark, anorthosite feldspar dominated gabbro) confined in porous bags inserted into E-, B- and C-horizons along fertility and climate gradients, and left to weather for 10, 11 or 16 years. Organic carbon (OC) was accumulated in E-horizon incubated crushed test-rock material and it was more acidified and weathered than that deeper in the soil. There was a tendency for faster weathering of the C-horizon bags in the fertile sites than in the poor sites. Multivariate analyses indicated that more OC was accumulated in the bags in fertile sites than in poor sites, and that the crushed rock was more weathered in north than in south Finland although temperature sum and precipitation decreased northwards. The results suggest that humidity is an important climatic factor determining weathering rates and that fertile sites have greater potential to release base cations through weathering and sequester C to mineral surfaces than do poor sites.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.03.018

12078672 Carrera-Hernández, J. J. (Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Geociencias Aplicadas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico); Smerdon, B. D. and Mendoza, C. A. Estimating ground water recharge through unsaturated flow modelling; sensitivity to boundary conditions and vertical discretization: Journal of Hydrology, 452-453, p. 90-101, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 40 ref., July 25, 2012.

Unsaturated flow modelling is increasingly being used to estimate potential groundwater recharge. A review of previous studies found that unit-gradient and fixed water table lower boundary conditions have been applied to models of both constant and variable vertical grid spacing (discretization). In order to provide a general guidance, this work studies the effect of both discretization and boundary conditions on simulation times and estimated fluxes at the water table, using one-dimensional models of 2, 4, 6, and 12 m comprised of sand, sandy loam, loamy sand, and loam. The study uses climatological data from the Boreal Plain of northern Alberta, Canada. Because of the long-term average water deficit and the thick unconsolidated glacial deposits, unsaturated flow is expected to be vertical, both downward and upward, and inter-annual changes in water storage will be important. Long-term simulations (1919-2007) that comprised both wet and dry cycles, reveal that when a variable vertical discretization at both the top and bottom of the columns (varying from 0.1 to 10 cm) is utilized, a balance between simulation accuracy and running time can be achieved. It is also found that whenever the unsaturated flow modelling approach is used to estimate potential groundwater recharge, a fixed-head lower boundary condition should be selected because it also allows upward flux from the water table during dry periods, a situation that prevails on both sub-humid and semi-arid areas, where accurate groundwater recharge estimates are needed the most. However, it should be kept in mind that the use of a fixed water table is a simple representation of the regional water table, which in reality interacts with the regional groundwater flow and surface water bodies (e.g., lakes and wetlands).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.039

12082031 Conway, Susan J. (Université de Nantes, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes, France); Hovius, Niels; Barnie, Talfan; Besserer, Jonathan; Le Moúelic, Stéphane; Orosei, Roberto and Read, Natalie Anne. Climate-driven depositon of water ice and the formation of mounds in craters in Mars' north polar region: Icarus, 220(1), p. 174-193, illus. incl. sect., 1 table, geol. sketch maps, 90 ref., July 2012. Supplementary data available in online version.

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.021

12078669 Roldin, Maria (Technical University of Denmark, Department of Environmental Engineering, Lyngby, Denmark); Fryd, Ole; Jeppesen, Jan; Mark, Ole; Binning, P. J.; Mikkelsen, P. S. and Jensen, M. B. Modelling the impact of soakaway retrofits on combined sewage overflows in a 3 km² urban catchment in Copenhagen, Denmark: Journal of Hydrology, 452-453, p. 64-75, illus. incl. sketch maps, 47 ref., July 25, 2012.

Stormwater infiltration measures such as soakaways are expected to be part of future urban drainage systems. However, few studies exist on the effect of extensive stormwater infiltration through soakaways on the overall urban water system, including sewers and groundwater, at city catchment scale. In particular such estimates have not been made in real urban settings with multiple physical and structural constraints. This paper presents a methodology for conducting such an analysis, and provides quantitative estimates of the effects on the urban water flows. Using an interdisciplinary, three-step approach that employed GIS analyses and physically distributed, dynamic pipe flow modelling in an iterative manner, this study estimates the impact of infiltration on combined sewage overflows (CSOs) in a 3 km² urban catchment in Copenhagen. The first step was the creation of a baseline scenario. The second step led to a potential infiltration scenario where 65% of the total impervious area was connected to soakaways, and resulted in an estimated reduction in annual sewage overflow volume of 68%. This scenario was then further developed in the third step by adding groundwater constraints, which formed a more realistic scenario where only 8% of the impervious area was connected to soakaways and the reduction in CSO volume was 24%. The potential and realistic scenarios were modelled both with hydraulic coupling between soakaway and sewer, and as fully disconnected. Results show that infiltration is constrained mainly by the quality of the stormwater runoff from roads and limited land availability in the potential infiltration scenario, and by low-permeable soils and a problematically high groundwater level in the realistic infiltration scenario. The hydraulically coupled model gives higher CSO volume than the fully disconnected model for the potential infiltration scenario, whereas no difference is seen between these two models in the realistic infiltration scenario. The effect of infiltration on combined sewer overflows is thus expected to be limited in the case study area. General conclusions are that groundwater constraints are important to consider when evaluating the potential of infiltration-based stormwater management, and that it is important to include the hydraulic coupling between soakaways and sewers in models if soakaways are expected to give overflow to the sewers.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.027

12076915 Tye, Andrew M. (British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom); Kemp, Simon J.; Lark, R. Murray and Milodowski, Antoni E. The role of peri-glacial active layer development in determining soil-regolith thickness across a Triassic sandstone outcrop in the UK: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(9), p. 971-983, illus. incl. 6 tables, 57 ref., July 2012.

This paper examines the weathering processes that have combined to produce the distribution of soil-regolith (SR) thickness across the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group outcrop (750 km²) in Nottinghamshire, UK. Archive borehole logs (n = 282) taken across the outcrop showed that SR thickness had mean and median depths of »1·8 and 1·5 m, respectively. Cores were taken from a forested site to depths »3 m for geochemical analysis. At this site the SR thickness was »1·7 m. Analysis of the loss of elements, compared to bedrock using mass balance calculations (t) showed that all the calcite and gypsum cement had been removed to depths of >3 m. Thus the major difference between the SR and the underlying saprolite was that the former exists as loose sand as opposed to a semi-durable rock. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of core samples suggested that the non-durable rock or saprolite had greater cementation of clay particles. We propose that the mechanism through which the clay cement (and other interlocking grain bonds) was eased apart was through freeze-thaw processes associated with the summer 'active layer development (ALD)' during the last glacial activity in the UK. We tested this theory by developing a Monte Carlo simulation based on a simplified version of the Stefan equation. Current Arctic datasets of air and ground temperatures were obtained to provide reasonable starting conditions for input variables. These were combined with known data for thermal conductivity, bulk density and moisture content of the Sherwood Sandstone regolith. Model predictions (n = 1000) of the distribution of SR thickness accurately reflect the observed distribution thickness from the borehole logs. This is strong evidence that freeze-thaw and 'ALD' processes are major factors in determining the thickness of SR across this outcrop. Abstract Copyright NERC 2012.

DOI: 10.1002/esp.3216

12077160 Anthony, Katey M. Walter (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, AK); Anthony, Peter; Grosse, Guido and Chanton, Jeffrey. Geologic methane seeps along boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers: Nature Geoscience, 5(6), p. 419-426, illus. incl. geol. sketch maps, 49 ref., June 2012. Supplemental information/data is available in the online version of this article; related article by Etiope, G., on p. 373-374.

DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1480

12076818 Correia, A. (Universidade de Evora, Centro de Geofisica, Evora, Portugal); Vieira, Goncalo and Ramos, M. Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of cores from a 26 meter deep borehole drilled in Livingston Island, maritime Antarctic: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 7-11, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 27 ref., June 15, 2012.

During the month of January of 2008 a borehole (Permamodel-Gulbenkian 1 - PG1) 26 m deep was drilled on the top of Mount Reina Sofia (275 m a.s.l.) near the Spanish Antarctic Station of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Cores from 1.5 m to about 26 m deep were collected for measuring several physical properties. The objective of the present work is to report the values of the thermal conductivity and the thermal diffusivity that were measured in the cores from the borehole and the heat production that was estimated for the geological formations intercepted by it. Seven cores were selected to measure the thermal conductivity and the thermal diffusivity. The measured values for the thermal conductivity vary from 2.6 W/mK to 3.3 W/mK while the measured values for the thermal diffusivity vary from 1.1´10^-6m²/s to 1.6´10^-6m²/s. Both thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, on average, show a slight increase with depth. Average heat production was also estimated for two portions of the borehole: one from 2 to 12 m and the other from 12 to 25 m. A gamma-ray spectrometer was used to estimate the concentrations of uranium, thorium, and potassium of the cores, from which the heat production per unit volume was calculated. The estimated heat production for the first half of the borehole is 2.218 mW/m³ while for the second half it is 2.173 mW/m³; these heat production values are compatible with acidic rock types. Porosity and density were also estimated for the same cores.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.012

12076823 de Souza, Jose Joao L. L. (Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Departamento de Solos, Vicosa, Brazil); Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G. R.; Abrahao, Walter Antonio P.; de Mello, Jaime Wilson V.; Simas, Felipe N. B.; da Silva, Juscimar and Francelino, Marcio R. Hydrogeochemistry of sulfate-affected landscapes in Keller Peninsula, maritime Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 55-61, illus. incl. 5 tables, sketch map, 28 ref., June 15, 2012.

Keller Peninsula, located in King George Island, has a typical Maritime Antarctica climatic regime, with higher temperatures and rainfall than other areas in Continental Antarctica. The main outcropping rocks are pyritized andesites, volcaniclastics and basalts. Recent pedological investigation indicated that the presence of sulfides in Keller Peninsula accelerates the weathering process. The aim of this work was the determination of the geochemical background in water channels following geomorphological gradients in Keller Peninsula, Maritime Antarctica. We delimited and mapped all catchments in Keller Peninsula using GIS techniques and field observations. Water samples were analyzed for twenty-nine elements by ICP-OES and IEC, after the proper treatments. Eight catchments were identified as sulfide-affected, although water pH was nearly neutral. The ionic concentration in solution was high, both in non-affected and sulfide-affected catchments, with a trend of greater values in the latter, and changing downslope. Concentration values are above the range of other hydrogeochemical studies from elsewhere in Antarctica. The values of molar ratio HCO₃^-:(Ca+Mg)²⁺ and Na⁺:Cl^- indicated the absence of carbonate-bearing rocks. Local precipitation of evaporites, as gypsum and epsomite was confirmed by the Ca²⁺:SO₄^2- and Mg²⁺:SO₄^2- molar ratios. The high ionic concentration in sulfide-affected areas illustrates the role of sulfate soil formation in this part of Antarctica.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.017

12076816 Guglielmin, Mauro (Insubria University, Varese, Italy) and Harvey, A., editors. Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica: Geomorphology, 155-156, 111 p., illus., June 15, 2012. Individual papers are cited separately.

DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(12)00166-3

12076820 Guglielmin, Mauro (Insubria University, Sciences, Information and Communication, Varese, Italy); Worland, Michael Roger and Cannone, Nicoletta. Spatial and temporal variability of ground-surface temperature and active layer thickness at the margin of maritime Antarctica, Signy Island: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 20-33, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 56 ref., June 15, 2012.

A CALM grid with a data logger system to monitor the active layer thermal regime was established on Signy Island (60°43'S, 45°38'W at 80 m a.s.l.) in December 2005. The active layer at each of the 36 nodes of the grid was monitored measuring the ground temperature at least at 4 different depths between 0.02 and 0.4 m at the end of the summer season. In addition, within the grid, we selected four sites closely spaced (in a ray of 25 m) three of which with the same topographical characteristics (north facing aspect) but different vegetation coverage (one bare ground, BG1 and two sites with different vegetation: Andreaea sp. and Sanionia uncinata) and the fourth (BG2) it is as BG1 a bare ground but with south facing aspect. In particular, 4 thermistors were located at depths of 0.02, 0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 m at BG2 and at the Andreaea sp site, 9 thermistors at 0.02, 0.3, 0.6, 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 2, and 2.5 m at BG1 and at 0.02 and 0.6 m of depth at Sanionia site. Generally, with the same aspect, a thick vegetation cover (as in Sanionia site) provides a greater insulative effect than a thinner vegetation cover (as in Andreaea site) or bare ground (BG1) because vegetation both shades and insulates the ground resulting in a reduction in summer heat flux. Ground Surface Temperature (GST) was colder and more buffered in spring and summer under the vegetated ground than in BG1, although the coldest GST and lowest Thawing Degree Days (TDD) were recorded at BG2 and related to its southern aspect. Our data confirm that air temperature is the main driver of GST, as already reported both in the Arctic and Antarctic. We also found that the effect of air temperature changes seasonally, being drastically reduced in winter and, to a lesser extent, in fall and spring, when there is generally thin snow cover (<30 cm). During the summer, when snow cover is usually absent, the air temperature is the dominant driver, although incoming radiation also had an effect on the northern exposed bare ground and to a lesser extent on the vegetated and southerly exposed bare ground. The active layer ranges between 81 and 185 cm on the 4 continuously monitored sites and, considering the sites with the same aspect, it is thicker under bare ground (between 10% up to more than 100%) than under vegetated ground, confirming previous observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. However at our sites, climate forcing has no effect on the active layer thickness, enhancing the role of soil properties including the periods of high moisture content and lateral flow of water. The lack of a statistically significant regressions between GST and active layer thickness could be due to the limited study period (four years) and/or to the variation with time of changes in soil characteristics such as soil moisture, and the possible occurrence of non-conductive heat transfer processes including the lateral flow of water. Further data are required to understand the role of moisture and possible ground water circulation within the active layer to explain the unexpected strong dichotomy between the GST regime and active layer thickness.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.016

12076821 Guglielmin, Mauro (Insurbia University, Sciences, Information and Communication, Varese, Italy); Worland, Michael Roger; Convey, P. and Cannone, Nicoletta. Schmidt Hammer studies in the maritime Antarctic; application to dating Holocene deglaciation and estimating the effects of macro-lichens on rock weathering: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 34-44, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch maps, 68 ref., June 15, 2012.

In order to contribute to the reconstruction of the deglaciation history of the Marguerite Bay area (~68°S, Maritime Antarctic) and to estimate the rock weathering rate in this Antarctic sector, 28 sites (7 on Rothera Point and 21 on Anchorage Island) were characterised using Schmidt Hammer values. The weathering effect of two of the most widespread species of macrolichens in this area (Usnea sphacelata and Umbilicaria decussata) was tested at 5 different sites on Rothera Point. Schmidt Hammer data, in conjunction with recent ¹⁴C age, suggest a deglaciation age for the Marguerite Bay area of around 12 ka, and an average uplift rate of 5.4 mm year^-1 on Anchorage Island for the period between 3.3 and 5.2 ka. The weathering rates are extremely slow (e.g. three times slower than reported in Norway). Our data confirm that lichens exert a strong impact on weathering, decreasing the Schmidt Hammer R-values on lichenised surfaces by a factor of 3-4 compared to bare rock surfaces. The effect of lichens on weathering is mainly due to edaphic conditions and the type of the lichen involved rather the period of exposure.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.015

12076817 Guglielmin, Mauro (Insurbia University, Sciences, Information and Communication, Varese, Italy). Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica; a review: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 1-6, 90 ref., June 15, 2012.

Recently the research on permafrost, periglacial morphology and processes had a great stimulus especially from the International Polar Year. Permafrost areas of continental Antarctica with its extreme dry and cold environment can be considered an analog of extraterrestrial landscapes like those on Mars, but also preserve much paleoclimatic information of this crucial part of the global climatic system. On the other hand, maritime Antarctica is one of the areas of the world currently affected by the greatest air warming and provides a unique opportunity to understand the impacts of climate change on permafrost and its related ecosystems. Despite the significant recent progress, some gaps on permafrost distribution still remain as the network for permafrost and active layer monitoring needs further enlargement and better standardization. Ground ice, its age and stability over time need further investigation, as well as the role of living organisms on the weathering processes within the cryotic rocks, the landscape evolution of continental Antarctica could be improved providing potential implications also for a better understanding and modeling of life and landscape evolution of other planets.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.008

12078447 Kristmannsdottir, H. (University of Akureyi, Akureyi, Iceland) and Sveinbjoernsdottir, A. E. An anomalous thermal water from Hofsstadir western Iceland; evidence for past CO₂ flushing: Applied Geochemistry, 27(6), p. 1146-1152, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch maps, 43 ref., June 2012.

The geothermal field at Hofsstadir northern Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland produces low-temperature geothermal water with about 5.4 ppm salinity. The fluid temperature is 87°C, near the reservoir temperature of 90°C as assessed from mineral solution/equilibrium conditions. The stable isotopic ratios d²H and d¹⁸O show that the water is significantly lighter than present day precipitation anywhere on the Snaefellsnes peninsula. It is offset from the meteoric water line towards isotopically depleted ¹⁸O values, most likely due to CO_2(g) - H₂O exchange at earlier times during evolution of the system. Such a concentration of stable isotopes is unique for Icelandic groundwaters and has not been encountered anywhere else in Iceland. The water may either have its origin far north of the Bay of Breidafjorthur in the highland of the western fjordlands or dating back to a Pre-Holocene age when local precipitation was considerably lighter due to the cold climate at that time. The water is highly concentrated in Ca in comparison with seawater and also compared to that of geothermal saline water elsewhere, which indicates intensive and prolonged water-rock interaction. The ¹⁴C concentration is low, about 7.4 pMC (percent modern C), compared to the cold local groundwater of about 74.6 pMC. d¹³C for the thermal and cold waters is -4.9 ppm and -2.3 ppm, respectively. The geothermal water is used for heating the small town of Stykkisholmur through a central heat exchanger plant due to the high salinity of the water. The outbuilding of a health resort has been planned and the water has been used successfully for the treatment of psoriasis and is claimed to have beneficial effects in bathing therapy for rheumatism as well as for drinking cures.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.030

12076824 López-Martínez, Jeronimo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Madrid, Spain); Serrano, Enrique; Schmid, Thomas; Mink, Sandra and Linés, Clara. Periglacial processes and landforms in the South Shetland Islands (northern Antarctic Peninsula region): in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 62-79, illus. incl. 4 tables, geol. sketch maps, 87 ref., June 15, 2012.

Periglacial processes and landforms together with the presence of permafrost are among the most relevant geomorphological elements in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region. Their distribution affects the hydrology and has consequences for the ecosystems of the ice-free areas. In this paper a compilation of the different types of periglacial landforms and processes occurring in the South Shetland Islands is carried out and their spatial distribution is analysed. Furthermore, the relationships of the periglacial landforms with local conditions and permafrost distribution have been taken into account. A total of thirty three types of periglacial landforms were identified and considered in this work. Patterned ground and stone fields are the most common periglacial landforms, which are located within a wide altitudinal range and mainly on platforms. Field studies, aerial photograph and satellite imagery interpretation were implemented to produce detailed maps from ten areas with different geological, geomorphological and relief characteristics, including the largest and most relevant ice-free areas within the archipelago, showing the presence and spatial distribution of periglacial landforms. This work shows that the periglacial environment, primarily conditioned by the regional climatic conditions, has a great diversity in the studied region and that the distribution of the periglacial landforms is also related to local relief and geomorphological characteristics, lithology, hydrogeology, and presence of permafrost where altitude plays an important role. Periglacial phenomena are widespread above 10 m a.s.l. and are especially active on slopes and platforms between 30 and 100 m a.s.l. The spatial distribution of periglacial landforms helps to identify the presence of permafrost that is dominant above 25-30 m a.s.l. and more than 70% of the surface is occupied by active layer-related landforms.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.018

12076826 Melo, Raquel (Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Geografia e Planejamento Territorial, Lisbon, Portugal); Vieira, Goncalo; Caselli, Alberto and Ramos, Miguel. Susceptibility modelling of hummocky terrain distribution using the information value method (Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula): in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 88-95, illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch maps, 32 ref., June 15, 2012.

The hummocky terrains of Deception Island (Antarctic Peninsula) are continuous surfaces with decimetre to metre wide and decimetre depth bumps located mainly in the lower section of sloping lapilli and scoria terrains. A detailed study site between Cerro Caliente and Crater Lake was selected for the detailed mapping of hummocky terrains and for modelling their spatial distribution according to controlling geographical factors. A model of the susceptibility of occurrence of the hummocky terrains was created using the information value method, together with five independent variables: elevation, slope, global summer radiation, total curvature and lithology. Success and prediction rate curves were used for model validation and the Area Under the Curve index was used to quantify the levels of performance and prediction. The results were of high quality with a success rate of 88% and a prediction rate of 78%. The classes of the independent variables with more relevance in the occurrence of hummocky terrains were: elevation between 20-30 m and 60-70 m; concave or rectilinear/flat areas; slopes between 8 and 12°; tuff cones and maar deposits and global summer radiation between 1.8 and 2.0 TJm^-2. The good quality of the modelling results supports its use for assessing the future potential for formation of new hummocky terrain areas, or even to estimate the spatial distribution of buried ice within the permafrost environment of Deception Island.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.027

12076819 Michel, Roberto F. M. (Fundacao Estadual do Meio Ambiente, Cidade Administrativa do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G. R.; Poelking, Everton L.; Simas, Felipe N. B.; Fernandes Filho, Elpido I. and Bockheim, James G. Active layer temperature in two Cryosols from King George Island, maritime Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 12-19, illus. incl. 7 tables, sketch map, 33 ref., June 15, 2012.

This study presents soil temperature and moisture regimes from March 2008 to January 2009 for two active layer monitoring (CALM-S) sites at King George Island, Maritime Antarctica. The monitoring sites were installed during the summer of 2008 and consist of thermistors (accuracy of ±0.2°C), arranged vertically with probes at different depths and one soil moisture probe placed at the bottommost layer at each site (accuracy of ±2.5%), recording data at hourly intervals in a high capacity datalogger. The active layer thermal regime in the studied period for both soils was typical of periglacial environments, with extreme variation in surface temperature during summer resulting in frequent freeze and thaw cycles. The great majority of the soil temperature readings during the eleven month period was close to 0°C, resulting in low values of freezing and thawing degree days. Both soils have poor thermal apparent diffusivity but values were higher for the soil from Fildes Peninsula. The different moisture regimes for the studied soils were attributed to soil texture, with the coarser soil presenting much lower water content during all seasons. Differences in water and ice contents may explain the contrasting patterns of freezing of the studied soils, being two-sided for the coarser soil and one-sided for the loamy soil. The temperature profile of the studied soils during the eleven month period indicates that the active layer reached a maximum depth of approximately 92 cm at Potter and 89 cm at Fildes. Longer data sets are needed for more conclusive analysis on active layer behaviour in this part of Antarctica.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.013

12076822 Moura, Pedro Adnet (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Florestas, Seropedica, Brazil); Francelino, Marcio R.; Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G. R.; Simas, Felipe N. B. and de Mendonca, Bruno A. F. Distribution and characterization of soils and landform relationships in Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 45-54, illus. incl. 3 tables, geol. sketch map, 41 ref., June 15, 2012.

This paper presents the spatial distribution of soils from the northern part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, which is the largest ice-free area of the South Shetlands archipelago, Maritime Antarctica. Physical and chemical characteristics are presented for 23 soil profiles. Soil parent materials vary from marine sedimentary to volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks, intruded by igneous bodies. To assess soil-landscape relationships, twenty-three soil profiles were described and sampled. Soil samples of selected horizons were submitted to chemical, physical and mineralogical analyses. Soil mapping was based on the soil profiles, integrated with the existent topographic map (1:25.000 scale), a digital elevation model, the geological map and a satellite image. Twenty different soil units were identified and mapped. According to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) system, soils were classified as Fluvisols, Regosols, Leptosols or Cryosols, which correspond mostly to Fluvents, Orthents/Psamments, Inceptsols and Gelisols, respectively, according to the Soil Taxonomy. Soils from northern Byers Peninsula are generally shallow and coarse textured, with low organic matter content. Three soils from the rocky platforms of the northern coastal region possess ornithogenic character, with lower pH, higher P, Al³⁺ and organic C values when compared to soils not influenced by sea birds. In non-ornithogenic soils, the presence of easily weatherable minerals in the clay fraction indicates that physical weathering occurs with limited chemical alteration of primary minerals. The influence of penguin and other birds on coastal soils alters clay mineralogy, with formation of poorly crystalline P-rich phases. A better understanding of the depth of the permafrost table and the spatial distribution of permafrost is necessary for a more conclusive classification of Cryosols or Gelisols.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.011

12076825 Putkonen, Jaakko (University of North Dakota, Department Geology and Geological Engineering, Grand Forks, ND); Morgan, Daniel J. and Balco, Greg. Regolith transport quantified by braking block, McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 80-87, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 41 ref., June 15, 2012.

The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are today a hyper-arid, polar desert. Prior work has identified several in situ volcanic ashes (6-11 Myr old) resting on the surface regolith that suggests the persistent stability of the regolith surfaces and climate. However, our field observations of characteristic regolith bulges above and cavities below boulders that are lodged in the hillslope (braking blocks) contradict the apparent preservation of the regolith surfaces. To quantify the regolith mobility we modeled the downslope regolith transport around large boulders in the Dry Valleys using a finite difference regolith-transport model. To guide our modeling effort, we surveyed the detailed topography around one large boulder in the field. Model results fit the observed topography well and allow for the calculation of the minimum volume of regolith per unit width of slope that was mobilized (>4 m³/1 m width). To assess the general applicability of the braking block analysis on random boulders on hillslope we surveyed the topographic characteristics adjacent to 997 boulders on 10 separate hillslopes. The bulge-cavity development appears to be sensitive to: 1) the adjacent obstructions that restrict the free movement of the regolith around the given boulder, and 2) the inherent surface roughness. Even though, theoretically boulders of all sizes should have a cavity-bulge pair surrounding them, the signal to noise ratio prevented us from extracting such measurements reliably on boulders whose diameter was smaller than about 1 m, on boulders that sat on bedrock covered by a thin veneer of regolith, and on boulders that were part of an actively aggrading talus. The limiting minimum topographic diffusivity was found to be 10^-6m²/yr. Over time periods of millions of years this is enough to rework the surfaces and highlights the intriguing contradiction between the preserved ashes and the observed regolith transport.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.010

12076828 Sabacka, Marie (Montana State University, Department Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT); Priscu, John C.; Basagic, Hassan J.; Fountain, Andrew G.; Wall, Diana H.; Virginia, Ross A. and Greenwood, Mark C. Aeolian flux of biotic and abiotic material in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 102-111, illus. incl. 5 tables, sketch map, 37 ref., June 15, 2012.

We studied patterns and mechanisms controlling wind-driven flux of soils and associated organic matter in Taylor Valley, Antarctica over a 10-year period using passive aeolian traps and dynamic mass erosion particle counters. Deployment of the particle counters near meteorological stations allowed us to compare the magnitude of soil flux with data on prevailing wind. Particulate organic C, N and P measurements on transported sediment allowed us to examine connectivity of wind dispersed organic matter among landscape units. Most sediment entrainment occurred within 20 cm of the soil surface during "saltation bursts" that occupied <3% of the total time within a year. These bursts corresponded to periods of strong fohn winds where wind velocities were>&eq;20 m s^-1. Sediment movement was highest in the up-valley reaches of Taylor Valley and transport was down-valley towards McMurdo Sound. The general paucity of biological organic matter production throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys, in concert with low fluvial transport, makes aeolian distribution or organic C, N and P an important factor in the distribution of organic matter throughout this polar desert ecosystem and increases connectivity among the ecosystem components.

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.009

12076827 Vieira, Rosemary (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratorio de Processos Sedimentares e Ambientais, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil); Hinata, Sumire; da Rosa, Katia Kellem; Zilberstein, Sergio and Simoes, Jefferson Cardia. Periglacial features in Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica: in Advances in permafrost and periglacial research in Antarctica (Guglielmin, Mauro, editor; et al.), Geomorphology, 155-156, p. 96-101, illus. incl. sketch maps, 30 ref., June 15, 2012.

This work describes periglacial features identified at Patriot Hills, at the southernmost part of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, during the 2008/2009 Brazilian Antarctic Expedition, and discusses their morphogenetic environment. Identified periglacial features were classified into: (a) rock glacier-like landform; (b) slightly creeping debris-mantled slopes; (c) steep debris-mantled slopes; and (d) rock falls. Results obtained from sediment sample analysis suggest activity and passive movement of a rock glacier-like landform, albeit minimal. Wind seems to play an important role in Patriot Hills local geomorphology. Periglacial features such as slightly creeping debris-mantled slope appear to have preferred slope orientation. They are commonly found onto slopes where the katabatic wind flows down. Slopewash and groundwater movement processes may be limited or non-existent since most snow disappears through sublimation

DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.014

12076705 Garrido, Estrella (Universidad Austral de Chile, Escuela de Graduados, Chile) and Matus, Francisco. Are organo-mineral complexes and allophane content determinant factors for the carbon level in Chilean volcanic soils?: Catena (Giessen), 92, p. 106-112, illus. incl. 2 tables, 29 ref., May 2012.

The existing information on soil carbon (C) stabilization in allophanic soils is conflicting because active Al³⁺ and sesquioxides (i.e., the oxides/hydroxides of Al and Fe) as a stabilizing agent of soil C are emphasized in opposition to allophane and imogolite type materials. Two hypotheses were tested in this study: 1) Al (and Fe) complexed with soil C and allophane content are the key variables to explain the soil C level in Chilean allophanic soils, and 2) the existing metal-SOM complex and short-range ordered aluminosilicate minerals in allophanic soils mainly result from soil pH variation and competition between Al (and Fe) for SOM and allophane formation. This study established the relationship among different soil properties such Al-, Fe-complexes and allophane content on soil C levels in Chilean volcanic soils as well as the effect of soil pH on metal-OM complexes. A total of 45 soil samples from 15 soil pedons were sampled at 0-0.1, 0.1-0.2 and 0-2-0.4m. The soil samples were analyzed for the content of soil organic C, allophane, clay, silt and Na-pyrophosphate extraction (Al_p, Fe_p, C_p) and soil pH (water). We examined the relationship between the soil C content and soil properties using simple and multiple linear regressions. The silt and clay contents explained little, while the allophane, soil pH and Al_p explained most of the soil C variation. We found an inverse relationship between soil pH and Al_p (and Fe_p), indicating that the soil pH was significantly correlated with Al_p and Fe_p, while the allophane content was positively related with soil pH. The results also showed a higher atomic ratio (Al+Fe)_p:C_p in deep (0.2-0.4m) horizons; the opposite was true in the top soil horizon (0-0.1m), supporting the idea that SOM in deep soils is saturated with Al and Fe, leaving extra metal to react with silica for allophane formation.

DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.12.003

12076995 Tsuji, Takeshi (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto, Japan); Johansen, Tor Arne; Ruud, Bent Ole; Ikeda, Tatsunori and Matsuoka, Toshifumi. Surface-wave analysis for identifying unfrozen zones in subglacial sediments: Geophysics, 77(3), p. EN17-EN27, illus. incl. 1 table, 34 ref., May 1, 2012. Includes appendices.

To reveal the extent of freezing in subglacial sediments, we estimated S-wave velocity along a glacier using surface-wave analysis. Because the S-wave velocity varies significantly with the degree of freezing of the pore fluid in the sediments, this information is useful for identifying unfrozen zones within subglacial sediments, which again is important for glacier dynamics. We used active-source multichannel seismic data originally acquired for reflection analysis along a glacier at Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic and proposed an effective approach of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) in a glacier environment. Common-midpoint crosscorrelation gathers were used for the MASW to improve lateral resolution because the glacier bed has a rough topology. We used multimode analysis with a genetic algorithm inversion to estimate the S-wave velocity due to the potential existence of a low-velocity layer beneath the glacier ice and the observation of higher modes in the dispersion curves. In the inversion, we included information of ice thickness derived from high-resolution ground-penetrating radar data because a simulation study demonstrated that the ice thickness was necessary to estimate accurate S-wave velocity distribution of deep subglacial sediment. The estimated S-wave velocity distribution along the seismic line indicated that low velocities occurred below the glacier, especially beneath thick ice (~1300 m for ice thicknesses larger than 50 m). Because this velocity was much lower than the velocity in pure ice (~1800 m/s), the pore fluid was partially melted at the ice-sediment interface. At the shallower subglacial sediments (ice thickness less than 50 m), the S-wave velocity was similar to that of the pure ice, suggesting that shallow subglacial sediments are more frozen than sediments beneath thick ice.

DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0222.1

12081490 Wang Chengjie (Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Huhhot, China); Tang Shiming; Wilkes, Andreas; Jiang Yuanyuan; Han Guodong and Huang Ding. Effect of stocking rate on soil-atmosphere CH₄ flux during spring freeze-thaw cycles in a northern desert steppe, China: PloS One, 2012(E36794), illus. incl. 4 tables, 26 ref., May 8, 2012.

Methane (CH4) uptake by steppe soils is affected by a range of specific factors and is a complex process. Increased stocking rate promotes steppe degradation, with unclear consequences for gas exchanges. To assess the effects of grazing management on CH4 uptake in desert steppes, we investigated soil-atmosphere CH4 exchange during the winter-spring transition period. The experiment was conducted at twelve grazing plots denoting four treatments defined along a grazing gradient with three replications: non-grazing (0 sheep/ha, NG), light grazing (0.75 sheep/ha, LG), moderate grazing (1.50 sheep/ha, MG) and heavy grazing (2.25 sheep/ha, HG). Using an automatic cavity ring-down spectrophotometer, we measured CH4 fluxes from March 1 to April 29 in 2010 and March 2 to April 27 in 2011. According to the status of soil freeze-thaw cycles (positive and negative soil temperatures occurred in alternation), the experiment was divided into periods I and II. Results indicate that mean CH4 uptake in period I (7.51 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1) was significantly lower than uptake in period II (83.07 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1). Averaged over 2 years, CH4 fluxes during the freeze-thaw period were -84.76 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1 (NG), -88.76 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1 (LG), -64.77 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1 (MG) and -28.80 mg CH4-C m^-2 h^-1 (HG). CH4 uptake activity is affected by freeze-thaw cycles and stocking rates. CH4 uptake is correlated with the moisture content and temperature of soil. MG and HG decreases CH4 uptake while LG exerts a considerable positive impact on CH4 uptake during spring freeze-thaw cycles in the northern desert steppe in China.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036794

12080579 Brushkov, A. V. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Mel'nikov, V. P.; Shchelchkova, M. V.; Grina, G. I.; Repin, V. E.; Brenner, E. V. and Tanaka, M. Biogeokhimiya merzlykh porod tsentral'noy Yakutii [Biogeochemistry of frozen grounds in central Yakutia]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 90-100, illus. incl. 7 tables, 16 ref., December 2011.

Culture of Bacillus sp. was distinguished in frozen Neogene deposits of Mamontovaya Mountain, Central Yakutia, and its succession 16S r DNA was identified. A large group of microorganisms, including fungi, was revealed in ice complex permafrost. Invertase, urease and catalase, as well as dehydrogenase were found in frozen deposits of the region.

12080560 Fotiyev, S. M. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Geokriologicheskiye letopisi Rossii [Geocryological record in Russia]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 9-14, illus., 16 ref., December 2011.

Baikalian climatic annals compiled by a large group of scientists are analyzed on the basis of geocryological interpretation, with allowance for the revealed dependence of the percentage content of diatom algae valves and biogenic silica in bottom sediments of Lake Baikal on the severity of natural conditions. For the first time the author compiles two geocryological annals: a simplified version for the late Cenozoic (last 3.5 mln years) and a more detailed one for the Neopleistocene (Brunes epoch, last 800 thousand years).

12080569 Gorelik, Ya. B. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Obobshchennaya teoreticheskaya model' dlya rascheta l'donakopleniya i deformatsiy pri promerzanii gruntov [General theoretical model for calculation of ice accumulation and deformation of frozen ground]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 46-51, illus., 17 ref., December 2011.

For segregation and injection processes of water transfer a unique equation system is suggested, allowing calculation of characteristics of ice accumulation and freezing layer deformation. The system includes balance relations for heat and mass of water and frame on the freezing front. Moisture flows are determined for every mechanism with the use of additional relations. For a segregation mechanism of ice accumulation, the model suggested allows one to predict regularities of surface foundation deformations. For the injection mechanism, the share of mineral component content in forming freezing structures is calculated. It is shown that for this mechanism there is the critical value of moisture flow the exceeding of which results in pure ice formation.

12080561 Konishchev, V. N. (Moskovskiy Gosudarstvennyy Universitet, Moscow, Russian Federation). Reaktsiya merzloty na potepleniye klimata [Reaction of permafrost on climate warming]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 15-18, sketch map, 19 ref., December 2011.

The reaction of an ice complex on large-scale warming in the late Pleistocene-Holocene interval is considered. It is shown that erosion-thermokarst dismembering of an ice complex is determined by the totality of properties of the landscape and its components change after climate warming. On the background of degradation tendencies in definite conditions (ice complex outliers) there are phenomena of the stabilized aggradational type--formation of a protective layer.

12080563 Korobova, E. M. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Ukraintseva, N. G.; Surkov, V. V. and Dombrovskaya, E. A. Landshaftno-geokhimicheskiye indikatory zagryazneniya ekosistemy v del'takh severnykh rek [Landscape-geochemical indicators of ecosystem pollution in northern river deltas]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 25-29, illus. incl. table, 9 ref., December 2011.

Studies of anthropogenic pollution of geosystems in the Yenisei and Pechora River deltas from global and regional sources are presented. The level of pollution by radionuclides and heavy metal of plants, soils and natural waters is evaluated by the method of landscape-geochemical profiling of delta island and coastal sectors at different distances from the sea water area. Local contamination of flood plains on account of river transportation of cesium radioisotope from the Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Enterprise is confirmed for the Yenisei River. On terraces and interfluves of the Yenisei's lower reaches the tendency for an increase of copper and nickel concentration in mosses and willow leaves when approaching the Norilsk plant is revealed. For Pechora River's lower reaches atmospheric contamination by Cs-137 on a global level is revealed. In 3 km lower than Naryan-Mar City in Pechora waters increased content of copper and zinc is found.

12080565 Malkova, G. V. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Pavlov, A. V. and Skachkov, Yu. B. Otsenka ustoychivosti merzlykh tolshch pri sovremennykh izmeneniyakh klimata [Assessment of frozen ground stability under modern climate change]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 33-36, sketch maps, 12 ref., December 2011.

Evaluation and cartography of current climatic changes in the Russian cryolithozone territory is carried out on the basis of summarizing the meteorological data from 1965 to 2010 period. The causes of a gap in the trends of annual average temperature of permafrost upper layers from trends of annual average temperature of air are considered. A small-scale map of thermal stability of frozen formations under current climate changes is developed.

12080559 Mel'nikov, V. P. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Gennadinik, V. B. Kriosofiya; sistema predstavleniy o kholodnom mire [Cryosophy; a system of concepts concerning cold]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 3-8, illus., 13 ref., December 2011.

Cryosophy is a new philosophic lead in understanding the cryosphere's essence by the scientific community. The main point of cryosophy is in the comprehension of the role of cold matter in a constantly changing universe and the study of fundamental properties and manifestations of the cryosphere. The necessity for construction of new ontological approaches is illustrated by a series of actual but previously poorly discussed manifestations of the cryosphere--from the first stages of the universe's development to the origin and evolution of life on Earth.

12080578 Mel'nikov, V. P. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Tyumenskiy Nauchnyy Tsentr, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Rogov, V. V.; Kurchatova, A. N.; Brushkov, A. V. and Grina, G. I. Raspredeleniye mikroorganizmov v merzlykh gruntakh [Distribution of microorganisms in frozen grounds]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 86-90, illus., 15 ref., December 2011.

Using the methods of light and electron microscopy, different forms of microorganisms are found in situ in ice interlayers of frozen loam soils. Conditions of preservation of their viable state and connection with processes of segregation ice formation are considered. It is shown that ice inclusions in frozen soils are the most comfortable media for conservation and existence of various forms of microorganisms.

12080564 Moskovchenko, D. V. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Problem Osvoyeniya Severa, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Biogeokhimicheskaya struktura kriogennykh landshaftov Zapadnoy Sibiri kak indikator ikh ekologicheskogo sostoyaniya i ustoychvosti [Biogeochemical structure of West Siberian cryogenic landscapes as indicator of their ecological state and stability]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 29-32, 2 tables, 16 ref., December 2011.

The biogeochemical structure of Yamal Peninsula landscapes is analyzed. The microelement composition of various-type soils is determined. Concentration of elements necessary for plant feeding is evaluated. The influence of two factors--geochemical activity of phytobiota and concentration of biogenic elements--on cryogenic landscapes stability is concluded. The first factor stabilizes material composition of landscape and manifests mostly in zonal geosystems. The velocity of vegetation regeneration after technogenic disturbances depends on the second factor, and azonal soils are most provided by elements of mineral feeding.

12080573 Rekant, P. V. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Vasil'yev, A. A. Rasprostraneniye subakval'nykh mnogoletnemerzlykh porod na shel'fe Karskogo morya [Distribution of submarine permafrost on the Kara Sea shelf]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 69-72, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., December 2011.

Problems of identification of subaqueous permafrost on the Kara Sea shelf are considered on the basis of identification of seismoacoustic markers in the seismoacoustic section. The presence of subaqueous permafrost is established in the southeastern Kara Sea and Yamal Shelf up to 120 m depth. The presence of frozen deposits at great depths is most likely exclusion and can be explained by descending neotectonic movements. A map of the Kara Sea subaqueous permafrost occurrence is compiled and a corresponding database on conditions of their location is developed. It is established that the cover of subaqueous permafrost lay at the depth 5-60 m lower than the sea floor surface. The maximal of occurrence is at the depth of cover lying 10-20 m from the bottom surface. A suggestion on the paragenetic relation between structures of gas seepage and subaquatic permafrost is stated.

12080583 Sheynkman, V. S. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Mel'nikov, V. P. Novyy podkhod k datirovaniyu merzlykh tolshch; ispol'zovaniye tekhnologii termostimulirovannoy lyuminestsentsii poslednego pokoleniya [New approach to frozen ground dating; application of modern thermally stimulated luminescence]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 114-119, illus., 14 ref., December 2011.

Traditionally used methods of absolute dating are useless for age diagnostics of most parts of frozen formations. A method of thermal stimulated luminescence of the last generation is declared the most promising for absolute dating of frozen rocks. The advantages of the new approach and data on its testing are considered.

12080582 Skvortsov, A. G. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Tsarev, A. M. and Sadurtdinov, M. R. Metodicheskiye osobennosti izucheniya seysmogeokriologicheskogo razreza [Principles of seismocryological studies]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 110-113, illus., 15 ref., December 2011.

Peculiarities of application of seismic methods for studying a seismogeocryological section are considered. These features are determined by specific features of a wave seismic field in frozen rock mass. The conclusion on the effectiveness of using a transverse wave of horizontal polarization for studying the superfrozen taliks and features of frozen rock structure is made. For estimation of properties and state of permafrost it is necessary to use information on velocity of propagation of longitudinal and transverse waves.

12080572 Slagoda, E. A. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Mel'nikov, V. P.; Garkusha, Yu. N. and Opokina, O. L. Kriogennyye yavleniya v kurganakh Altaya v Mongolii [Cryogenic phenomena in the Mongolian Altai mounds]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 64-68, illus., 6 ref., December 2011.

Mound congelation in the mountains of Altai, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China is a known phenomenon. In the regions with seasonal and long-term cryogenesis the artificial constructions with geometric forms cannot always be distinguished from natural formations. Increased ice content of rocks, vertical orientation of blocks, distinctions of color and structure of deposits which are characteristic for filling burial hollows and chambers are revealed under the mounds in northwestern Mongolia. It is established that anthropogenically undisturbed rocks under a mound lost natural color and structure due to cryogenic blowing up and weathering. High ice content of permafrost cryogenic eluvium of rocks, intense cryogenic fragmentation and sorting of large conglomerates are the result of local watering of seasonally thawed layer under the mound and occurred 3 thousand years after its construction.

12080562 Spektor, V. B. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Merzlotovedeniya, Yakutsk, Russian Federation); Spektor, V. V. and Bakulina, N. T. Pogrebennyye snezhniki na Leno-Amginskoy ravnine [Buried snow fields in the Lena-Amga Plain]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 18-24, illus. incl. table, sketch map, 10 ref., December 2011.

New, previously not noted forms of layered buried ices were opened on the high Lena-Amga Plain during drilling in some points on watershed sites (absolute marks 220-250 m), which belong to a traditionally identified ice complex. Three isolated intervals of the presence of firn snow with different crystallization degree were revealed here under repeated-vein ice occurring in 2.5-5.0 m range: the upper one (12.0-17.0 m), middle (23.3-24.5 m), and lower (33.6-39.0 m). Between the firn horizons the formation of syngenetically frozen alluvium represented by uliginous and sandy aleurites is found.

12080566 Ukraintseva, N. G. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Drozdov, D. S.; Popov, K. A.; Gravis, A. G. and Matyshak, G. V. Landshaftnaya indikatsiya lokal'noy izmenchivosti svoystv mnogoletnemerzlykh porod (Urengoyskoye mestorozhdeniye, Zapadnaya Sibir') [Landscape indicators of permafrost properties variations (Urengoy Field, West Siberia)]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 37-40, illus., 9 ref., December 2011.

On regime testing grounds in southern forest-tundra and southern tundra (Urengoy Field region) the complex monitoring of natural-technogenic geosystems is carried out. It combines distant methods with ground route and instrumental (automated) observations and geoinformation cartography. Series of cartographic models is created, demonstrating the clear relation of local level geosystems with peat thickness and thawing depth. New indicators of temperature regime of permafrost are obtained.

12080574 Vasil'yev, A. A. (Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye, Institut Kriosfery Zemli, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Shirokov, R. S.; Oblogov, G. E. and Streletskaya, I. D. Dinamika morskikh beregov Zapadnogo Yamala [Dynamics of the western Yamal sea shore]: Kriosfera Zemli, 15(4), p. 72-75, illus. incl. table, 9 ref., December 2011.

The results of long-term monitoring of western Yamal seashore dynamics are presented: average multi-annual rate of shore recession in the Marre-Sale region is about 1.7 m/year (maximal is 3.3 m/year, and minimal 0.5 m/year). It is established that deformation of beach and underwater shore slope on the sections of thermoerosion shores development reaches 0.7 m and may have diverse signs. First quantitative evaluations of maximal deformations of marine accumulating surfaces are obtained. They are about 0.3 m.

12076584 Prokushkin, A. S. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, V. Sukachev Institute of the Forests, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation); Pokrovsky, O. S.; Shirokova, L. S.; Korets, M. A.; Viers, J. and McDowell, W. H. Export of dissolved carbon from watersheds of the central Siberian Plateau: Doklady Earth Sciences, 441(1), p. 1568-1571, illus. incl. 2 tables, 15 ref., November 2011.

The influence of climatic and forest conditions on space and time variations in the concentrations and export of two forms of dissolved carbon (DOC) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in rivers of the Central Siberian cryolithic zone (Yenisei River basin) draining territory characterized by relatively homogeneous composition of parent rocks was analyzed. Rivers of the northern (Tembenchi and Kochechum rivers), central (Nidym River), and southern parts (Lower Tunguska and Podkamennaya Tunguska rivers) of the Central Siberian Plateau traps were selected as objects of investigation. Along with growth of the water flow rate, increase in the productivity and reserves of carbon in the biogeocenosis of the cryolithic zone leads to significant (more than twice) increase in export of terrigenous DOC and DIC to the hydrographic network. Copyright 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.

DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X11110195

12076286 Froberg, Mats (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment, Uppsala, Sweden); Tipping, Edward; Stendahl, Johan; Clarke, Nicholas and Bryant, Charlotte. Mean residence time of O horizon carbon along a climatic gradient in Scandinavia estimated by ¹⁴C measurements of archived soils: Biogeochemistry (Dordrecht), 104(1-3), p. 227-236, 2 tables, sketch map, 31 ref., July 2011.

We used two datasets of ¹⁴C analyses of archived soil samples to study carbon turnover in O horizons from spruce dominated old-growth stands on well-drained podzols in Scandinavia. The main data set was obtained from archived samples from the National Forest Soil Inventory in Sweden and represents a climatic gradient in temperature. Composite samples from 1966, 1972, 1983 and 2000 from four different regions in a latitude gradient ranging from 57 to 67°N were analysed for ¹⁴C content. Along this gradient the C stock in the O horizon ranges from 2.1 kg m^-2 in the north to 3.7 kg m^-2 in the southwest. The other data set contains ¹⁴C analyses from 1986, 1987, 1991, 1996 and 2004 from the O horizons in Birkenes, Norway. Mean residence times (MRT) were calculated using a two compartment model, with a litter decomposition compartment using mass loss data from the literature for the three-first years of decomposition and a humus decomposition compartment with a fitted constant turnover rate. We hypothesized that the climatic gradient would result in different C turnover in different parts of the country between northern and southern Sweden. The use of archived soil samples was very valuable for constraining the MRT calculations, which showed that there were differences between the regions. Longest MRT was found in the northernmost region (41 years), with decreasing residence times through the middle (36 years) and central Sweden (28 years), then again increasing in the southwestern region (40 years). The size of the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool in the O horizon was mainly related to differences in litter input and to a lesser degree to MRT. Because N deposition leads both to larger litter input and to longer MRT, we suggest that N deposition contributes significantly to the latitudinal SOC gradient in Scandinavia, with approximately twice as much SOC in the O horizon in the south compared to the north. The data from Birkenes was in good agreement with the Swedish dataset with MRT estimated to 34 years. Copyright 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9497-3

12079644 Kanevskiy, M. (University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK); Shur, Y.; Fortier, D.; Jorgenson, M. T. and Stephani, E. Cryostratigraphy of late Pleistocene syngenetic permafrost (yedoma) in northern Alaska, Itkillik River exposure: Quaternary Research, 75(3), p. 584-596, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 114 ref., May 2011.

Extremely ice-rich syngenetic permafrost, or yedoma, developed extensively under the cold climate of the Pleistocene in unglaciated regions of Eurasia and North America. In Alaska, yedoma occurs in the Arctic Foothills, the northern part of the Seward Peninsula, and in interior Alaska. A remarkable 33-m-high exposure along the lower Itkillik River in northern Alaska opened an opportunity to study the unmodified yedoma, including stratigraphy, particle-size distribution, soil carbon contents, morphology and quantity of segregated, wedge, and thermokarst-cave ice. The exposed permafrost sequence comprised seven cryostratigraphic units, which formed over a period from >48,000 to 5,000 ¹⁴C yr BP, including: 1) active layer; 2) intermediate layer of the upper permafrost; 3-4) two yedoma silt units with different thicknesses of syngenetic ice wedges; 5) buried peat layer; 6) buried intermediate layer beneath the peat; and 7) silt layer with short ice wedges. This exposure is comparable to the well known Mus-Khaya and Duvanny Yar yedoma exposures in Russia. Based on our field observations, literature sources, and interpretation of satellite images and aerial photography, we have developed a preliminary map of yedoma distribution in Alaska.

DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.003

12079636 Salonen, J. Sakari (University of Helsinki, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki, Finland); Seppa, Heikki; Valiranta, Minna; Jones, Vivienne J.; Self, Angela; Heikkila, Maija; Kultti, Seija and Yang, Handong. The Holocene thermal maximum and late-Holocene cooling in the tundra of NE European Russia: Quaternary Research, 75(3), p. 501-511, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 94 ref., May 2011.

To investigate the Holocene climate and treeline dynamics in the European Russian Arctic, we analysed sediment pollen, conifer stomata, and plant macrofossils from Lake Kharinei, a tundra lake near the treeline in the Pechora area. We present quantitative summer temperature reconstructions from Lake Kharinei and Lake Tumbulovaty, a previously studied lake in the same region, using a pollen-climate transfer function based on a new calibration set from northern European Russia. Our records suggest that the early-Holocene summer temperatures from 11,500 cal yr BP onwards were already slightly higher than at present, followed by a stable Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM) at 8000-3500 cal yr BP when summer temperatures in the tundra were ca. 3°C above present-day values. A Picea forest surrounded Lake Kharinei during the HTM, reaching 150 km north of the present taiga limit. The HTM ended with a temperature drop at 3500-2500 cal yr BP associated with permafrost initiation in the region. Mixed spruce forest began to disappear around Lake Kharinei at ca. 3500 cal yr BP, with the last tree macrofossils recorded at ca. 2500 cal yr BP, suggesting that the present wide tundra zone in the Pechora region formed during the last ca. 3500 yr.

DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.01.007

12076229 Allen, Simon K. (University of Canterbury, Department of Geography, Christchurch, New Zealand); Cox, Simon C. and Owens, Ian F. Rock avalanches and other landslides in the central Southern Alps of New Zealand; a regional study considering possible climate change impacts: Landslides, 8(1), p. 33-48, illus. incl. 3 tables, geol. sketch map, 86 ref., March 2011.

Slope instabilities in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand, are assessed in relation to their geological and topographic distribution, with emphasis given to the spatial distribution of the most recent failures relative to zones of possible permafrost degradation and glacial recession. Five hundred nine mostly late-Pleistocene- to Holocene-aged landslides have been identified, affecting 2% of the study area. Rock avalanches were distinguished in the dataset, being the dominant failure type from Alpine slopes about and east of the Main Divide of the Alps, while other landslide types occur more frequently at lower elevations and from schist slopes closer to the Alpine Fault. The pre-1950 landslide record is incomplete, but mapped failures have prevailed from slopes facing west-northwest, suggesting a structural control on slope failure distribution. Twenty rock avalanches and large rockfalls are known to have fallen since 1950, predominating from extremely steep east-southeast facing slopes, mostly from the hanging wall of the Main Divide Fault Zone. Nineteen occurred within 300 vertical metres above or below glacial ice; 13 have source areas within 300 vertical metres of the estimated lower permafrost boundary, where degrading permafrost is expected. The prevalence of recent failures occurring from glacier-proximal slopes and from slopes near the lower permafrost limit is demonstrably higher than from other slopes about the Main Divide. Many recent failures have been smaller than those recorded pre-1950, and the influence of warming may be ephemeral and difficult to demonstrate relative to simultaneous effects of weather, erosion, seismicity, and uplift along an active plate margin. Copyright 2010 Springer-Verlag

DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0222-z

12081154 Koch, J. C. (University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO); McKnight, D. M. and Neupauer, R. M. Simulating unsteady flow, anabranching, and hyporheic dynamics in a glacial meltwater stream using a coupled surface water routing and groundwater flow model: Water Resources Research, 47(5), Citation W05530, illus. incl. 3 tables, 48 ref., 2011.

Flooding affects ecosystems by transporting water and solutes across aquatic-terrestrial interfaces, removing nutrient and organic substrate limitations, and spurring biogeochemical activity. Few studies have considered the influence of flooding on surface water-groundwater interactions. This research examines the temporally variable water storage and exchange in a stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of Antarctica, where diel flood pulses occur due to glacial melt. Several MDV streams display truncated discharge peaks, suggesting water storage between the source glacier and the gauging station. We tested the hypothesis that stream braids and subsurface water storage contribute to the difference between glacial melt and stream outflow hydrographs by constructing a coupled surface water routing and subsurface water flow model. This model routes water into stream braids at high flows and allows this water to infiltrate and return to the stream via subsurface flow paths as flows recede. Our simulation demonstrates the importance of surface-subsurface water interactions in controlling the hydrograph shape. Maximum simulated discharge was sensitive to storage parameters including aquifer depth and the flooding threshold, while minimum discharge was sensitive to hydraulic conductivity. Subsurface storage volume varied by 38% over a diel cycle and stream-subsurface exchange rates varied from 0 to 0.19 m³ h^-1 m^-1, with exchange from the stream to the subsurface during high flows, and vice versa at low flows. These results underscore how unsteady flow can increase hyporheic interactions and ecosystem productivity, and provide support for maintaining natural stream morphology and flow regimes.

DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009508

12081258 Reba, Michele L. (Agricultural Research Service, Northwest Watershed Research Center, Boise, ID); Marks, Danny; Seyfried, Mark; Winstral, Adam; Kumar, Mukesh and Flerchinger, Gerald. A long-term data set for hydrologic modeling in a snow-dominated mountain catchment: Water Resources Research, 47(7), Citation W07702, illus. incl. 2 tables, 25 ref., 2011.

A modeling data set (meteorological forcing data, geographic information system data, and validation data) is presented for water years 1984 through 2008 for a snow-dominated mountain catchment. The forcing data include hourly precipitation, wind speed and direction, air and soil temperature, relative humidity, dew point temperature, and incoming solar and thermal radiation from two sites. Validation data include stream discharge, snow water equivalent, snow depth, soil moisture, and groundwater elevation. These data will improve the development, testing, and application of the next generation of hydrologic models.

DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010030

12077725 Resurreccion, Augustus C. (University of the Philippines Diliman, Institute of Civil Engineering, Quezon City, Philippines); Moldrup, Per; Tuller, Markus; Ferré, T. P. A.; Kawamoto, Ken; Komatsu, Toshiko and de Jonge, Lis Wollesen. Relationship between specific surface area and the dry end of the water retention curve for soils with varying clay and organic carbon contents: Water Resources Research, 47(6), Citation W06522, illus. incl. 2 tables, 46 ref., 2011.

Accurate description of the soil water retention curve (SWRC) at low water contents is important for simulating water dynamics and biochemical vadose zone processes in arid environments. Soil water retention data corresponding to matric potentials of less than -10 MPa, where adsorptive forces dominate over capillary forces, have also been used to estimate soil specific surface area (SA). In the present study, the dry end of the SWRC was measured with a chilled-mirror dew point psychrometer for 41 Danish soils covering a wide range of clay (CL) and organic carbon (OC) contents. The 41 soils were classified into four groups on the basis of the Dexter number (n = CL/OC), and the Tuller-Or (TO) general scaling model describing water film thickness at a given matric potential (<-10 MPa) was evaluated. The SA estimated from the dry end of the SWRC (SA_SWRC) was in good agreement with the SA measured with ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (SA_EGME) only for organic soils with n > 10. A strong correlation between the ratio of the two surface area estimates and the Dexter number was observed and applied as an additional scaling function in the TO model to rescale the soil water retention curve at low water contents. However, the TO model still overestimated water film thickness at potentials approaching ovendry condition (about -800 MPa). The semi-log linear Campbell-Shiozawa-Rossi-Nimmo (CSRN) model showed better fits for all investigated soils from -10 to -800 MPa and yielded high correlations with CL and SA. It is therefore recommended to apply the empirical CSRN model for predicting the dry part of the water retention curve (-10 to -800 MPa) from measured soil texture or surface area. Further research should aim to modify the more physically based TO model to obtain better descriptions of the SWRC in the very dry range (-300 to -800 MPa).

DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010229

12077621 Sierra, Carlos A. (Oregon State University, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, OR); Harmon, Mark E.; Thomann, Enrique; Perakis, Stevan S. and Loescher, Henry W. Amplification and dampening of soil respiration by changes in temperature variability: Biogeosciences, 8(4), p. 951-961, illus. incl. 1 table, 35 ref., 2011. Includes appendix; part of special issue no. 83, Biotic interactions and biogeochemical processes in the soil environment, edited by Subke, J. A., URL: http://www.biogeosciences.net/special_issue83.html; published in Biogeosciences Discussion: 10 December 2010, URL: http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/7/8979/2010/bgd-7-8979-2010.html; accessed in May, 2012.

Accelerated release of carbon from soils is one of the most important feedbacks related to anthropogenically induced climate change. Studies addressing the mechanisms for soil carbon release through organic matter decomposition have focused on the effect of changes in the average temperature, with little attention to changes in temperature variability. Anthropogenic activities are likely to modify both the average state and the variability of the climatic system; therefore, the effects of future warming on decomposition should not only focus on trends in the average temperature, but also variability expressed as a change of the probability distribution of temperature. Using analytical and numerical analyses we tested common relationships between temperature and respiration and found that the variability of temperature plays an important role determining respiration rates of soil organic matter. Changes in temperature variability, without changes in the average temperature, can affect the amount of carbon released through respiration over the long-term. Furthermore, simultaneous changes in the average and variance of temperature can either amplify or dampen the release of carbon through soil respiration as climate regimes change. These effects depend on the degree of convexity of the relationship between temperature and respiration and the magnitude of the change in temperature variance. A potential consequence of this effect of variability would be higher respiration in regions where both the mean and variance of temperature are expected to increase, such as in some low latitude regions; and lower amounts of respiration where the average temperature is expected to increase and the variance to decrease, such as in northern high latitudes.

URL: http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/951/2011/bg-8-951-2011.pdf

12081169 Zhang, Yinsuo (Carleton University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Ottawa, ON, Canada); Treberg, Michael and Carey, Sean K. Evaluation of the heat pulse probe method for determining frozen soil moisture content: Water Resources Research, 47(5), Citation W05544, illus. incl. 1 table, 47 ref., 2011.

Heat pulse probes (HPP) have been widely utilized to determine soil thermal properties and water content in unfrozen soils; however, their applications in frozen soils are largely restricted by phase change and the presence of unfrozen water. This study explores the possibility of using HPP to determine total water content of frozen soils by (1) establishing the optimum heat applications to limit melting, (2) improving the mathematical representations for frozen conditions, and (3) evaluating the applicability of HPP methods under various temperature and moisture conditions. A custom-built HPP was tested at total moisture levels that varied from full saturation to oven dry and initial soil temperatures from 20°C to -11°C. The applied heat pulse durations varied from 8 to 60 s, with total heat strength varying from 100 to 2000 J m^-1. Comparison of mathematical methods involved two analytical solutions and a one-dimensional finite difference numerical model. While both analytical methods assumed no phase change, the numerical model considered ice melting and unfrozen water. Conclusions include the following: (1) the numerical model with phase change is the only appropriate method to represent the temperature change curve once melting occurs; (2) below -4°C, ice melting could be limited, and measurement errors of total moisture content were within ±0.05 m³ m^-3; (3) application of HPP between -2°C and 0°C is difficult because of the retarded response of probe temperature to changing moisture contents and heat applications; and (4) probe spacing is a sensitive parameter requiring calibration once reinstallation of the probe or the thawing and freezing process occurs.

DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010085

12076035 Ravanel, Ludovic (Université de Savoie, Laboratoire Etude des Environnements de Montagne, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France); Allignol, Françoise; Deline, Philip; Gruber, Stephan and Ravello, Mario. Rock falls in the Mont Blanc Massif in 2007 and 2008: Landslides, 7(4), p. 493-501, illus. incl. 2 tables, geol. sketch maps, 18 ref., December 2010.

Due to a lack of systematic observations, the intensity and volume of rock falls and rock avalanches in high mountain areas are still poorly known. Nevertheless, these phenomena could have burly consequences. To document present rock falls, a network of observers (guides, mountaineers, and hut wardens) was initiated in the Mont Blanc Massif in 2005 and became fully operational in 2007. This article presents data on the 66 rock falls (100 m³ ≤&eq; V ≤&eq; 50,000 m³) documented in 2007 (n = 41) and 2008 (n = 25). Most of the starting zones are located in warm permafrost areas, which are most sensitive to warming, and only four rock falls are clearly out of permafrost area. Different elements support permafrost degradation as one of the main triggering factors of present rock falls in high mountain areas. Copyright 2010 Springer-Verlag

DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0206-z

12079450 Dolukhanov, P. M. (Newcastle University, School of Historical Studies, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Subetto, D. A.; Arslanov, Kh. A.; Davydova, N. N.; Zaitseva, G. I.; Kuznetsov, D. D.; Ludikova, A. V.; Sapelko, T. V. and Savelieva, L. A. Holocene oscillations of the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga levels and early human movements: in Climate dynamics and prehistoric occupation; Eurasian perspectives on environmental archaeology (Chlachula, Jiri, editor; et al.), Quaternary International, 220(1-2), p. 102-111, illus. incl. strat. cols., sketch maps, 35 ref., June 15, 2010.

Multidisciplinary studies conducted in Russian Karelia substantiated the existence of a major Baltic-Ladoga waterway in the Karelian Isthmus that emerged ca. 9500 cal BCE, and remained in action for ca. 7000 years. The predominant location of prehistoric sites in the catchment area indicates that this waterway effectively controlled the movements of hunter-gatherer groups during the greater part of the Holocene. A general increase of population density and sedentary behaviour, signalled by the beginning of intensive pottery-making at ca. 5560-5250 cal BCE, occurred in an environment of increased biodiversity and the establishment of mixed boreal - broad-leaved forests observable in the pollen records. The transgression of Lake Ladoga reached its peak between 1500 and 1000 BCE, resulting in the breakthrough of the Neva River and a general fall in the water level of the Ladoga-Volkhov-Ilmen hydrological system. The availability of low-lying fertile soils stimulated the rapid expansion of agriculture, recognized by the occurrence farming-related pollen and changes in the sedimentation, resulting in the rapid spread of farming communities.

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.022

12079453 Hjelle, Kari Loe (University of Bergen, Natural History Collections, Bergen, Norway); Halvorsen, Lene S. and Overland, Anette. Heathland development and relationship between humans and environment along the coast of western Norway through time: in Climate dynamics and prehistoric occupation; Eurasian perspectives on environmental archaeology (Chlachula, Jiri, editor; et al.), Quaternary International, 220(1-2), p. 133-146, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 54 ref., June 15, 2010.

The coastal area of western Norway is characterized by heathlands of Calluna vulgaris, developed and maintained through grazing by domestic animals and burning. Pollen diagrams from five sites (Vingen, Skatestraumen, Selja, Osneset, Gossen) are presented and the heathland development discussed. Soil, topography and cultural history differ between the sites, whereas the climate is relatively similar along the coast. The investigation shows presence of Calluna in forest openings from the Mesolithic, but cultural activity including grazing did not result in heathland development before 1300 cal. BC. The oldest heathland is found in an area of moraine and marine sand well suited for agricultural activity where heathlands developed as part of the farming economy. At sites with poorer soil, heathland development took place in the Iron Age and medieval time, as outfield pastures for farms located in some distance to the sites. By the medieval monastery at Selja, heathlands existed from the Late Iron Age and expanded into grasslands and cereal fields when the monastery was abandoned. The investigation illustrates the variation that exists in heathland development and the different factors that may cause the development. Until 1000 years ago, the coastal landscape probably held a mosaic of vegetation types; heathlands, grasslands, cultivated fields and forests.

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.023

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12081779 Gustin, Andrew R. (Indiana Geological Survey, Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, Bloomington, IN); Naylor, Shawn and Ellett, Kevin. Indiana Shallow Geothermal Monitoring Network; a test bed for optimizing ground-source heat pumps in the glaciated Midwest [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 44(5), p. 25, April 2012. Meeting: Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, April 23-24, 2012, Dayton, OH.

Ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) represent an important technology that can be further developed by collecting data sets related to shallow thermal regimes. Computer programs that calculate the required lengths and configurations of GSHP systems use specific input parameters related to the soil properties to enhance the accuracy of models and produce efficient system designs. The thermal conductivity of sediments varies significantly depending on texture, bulk density, and moisture content, and it is therefore necessary to characterize various unconsolidated materials under a wide range of moisture conditions. Regolith texture data are collected during some installations to estimate thermal properties, but soil moisture and temperature gradients within the vadose zone are rarely considered due to the difficulty of collecting sufficient amounts of data. Six monitoring locations were chosen in Indiana to represent unique hydrogeological settings and glacial sediments. Trenches were excavated to a depth of 2 meters (a typical depth for horizontal GSHP installations) and sediment samples were collected at 0.3-meter intervals for a laboratory analysis of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, bulk density, and moisture content. Temperature sensors and water-content reflectometers were installed in 0.3-meter increments to monitor changes in temperature and soil moisture with depth. In-situ thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity were measured at 1.5-meters using a sensor that detects radial differential temperature around a heating wire. Micrometeorological data were also collected to determine the surface conditions and water budgets that drive fluxes of energy and moisture in the shallow subsurface. Preliminary results indicate that increases in water content can increase thermal conductivity by as much as 30% during wetting front propagation. Although there is a change in temperature associated with the infiltration of wetting fronts, thermal conductivity appears to be independent of soil temperature. By establishing continuous data sets, fluctuations in seasonal energy budgets and unsaturated zone soil moisture can be determined. This information can then be used to establish accurate end members for thermal properties and improve the efficiency of geothermal systems.

12081787 Kincare, K. A. (U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA) and Schaetzl, Randall J. The significance of glaciodeltaic deposits along the crest of the Lake Border Moraine, northwestern lower Michigan [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 44(5), p. 26, April 2012. Meeting: Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, April 23-24, 2012, Dayton, OH.

The map of moraines in Michigan has changed little since Leverett and Taylor's (1915) seminal publication. We report on the Port Huron and Lake Border moraines in northwestern lower Michigan and show evidence for significant changes to their originally mapped locations. The Port Huron moraine is a large accumulation of mostly sand and gravel that reaches altitudes over 320 m, 80 m above the adjacent valley to the west. As currently mapped however, the Port Huron moraine abruptly ends on the north side of the Manistee River valley. Older maps suggest that it continues to the southwest through series of small hills to Lake Michigan at Ludington. To the east, the older Lake Border moraine, much of which exceeds 400 m altitude, is mapped in contact with the Valparaiso/Charlotte interlobate moraine at the latter's northwest corner near Harrietta. It then curves southwest in a large reentrant that returns to the interlobate moraine 67 km to the south in Newaygo County. Recent mapping of deposits indicates that the existing ice-margins represented by these moraines are likely incorrect. Much of the Lake Border and interlobate moraines are glaciodeltaic sediment. At the maximum extent of the Lake Border glacier, a high level lake was bounded by older interlobate deposits to the south and the Saginaw lobe to the east. As the Lake Border glacier retreated, large deltas formed west of the Lake Border moraine, but were supplied by water and sediment from Saginaw lobe. The Port Huron moraine did not dam a similarly high level proglacial lake and is predominantly composed of glaciofluvial deposits. We present a more accurate position of the Port Huron moraine extending due south across the Manistee River where the Lake Border moraine is traditionally drawn. The Port Huron moraine then arcs to Lake Michigan in Oceana County where uplands are also composed of glaciofluvial deposits. The adjusted position of the Lake Border moraine is still in contact with the western edge of the interlobate moraine until the Lake-Newaygo County line where uplands composed of glaciodeltaic deposits are mapped. These reinterpreted positions also eliminate soil type disparities that cross the traditional moraine boundaries.

12081637 Lemke, Lawrence D. (Wayne State University, Department of Geology, Detroit, MI); Frahm, Andrew L. and Pappas, Lena K. Groundwater contamination beneath Ann Arbor, Michigan; applying hybrid groundwater models to manage a complex glacial aquifer system [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 44(5), p. 3, April 2012. Meeting: Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 46th annual meeting, April 23-24, 2012, Dayton, OH.

Glacial aquifer systems in the Midwestern Basin and Arches Region provide an abundant source of fresh water that is increasingly threatened by activities associated with industry, agriculture, urbanization, and growing populations. Sophisticated hydrogeologic models are needed to address complexity in the three-dimensional aquifer properties variability and contaminant plume morphology to effectively contain or remediate groundwater pollutants in these glacial aquifer systems. This presentation describes the use of hybrid models incorporating stochastic variability within a deterministic allostratigraphic framework to model spatial variability of physical hydrogeologic properties in a glacial aquifer system. The approach is illustrated with an example from the Pall Life Sciences (formerly Gelman Sciences) groundwater contamination site in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the Pall Life Sciences site, wastewater containing 1,4-dioxane was discharged into unlined seepage lagoons and spray irrigated across a 15 acre field from 1967 to 1985. Plumes of 1,4-dioxane-contaminated groundwater have migrated several kilometers from the site in different directions through 80 m of underlying glacial drift. Because 1,4-dioxane is readily soluble in water and does not easily degrade or adsorb to soil particles, it provides a tracer-like record of solute transport. More than 130 monitoring wells and 20 extraction wells have been drilled to investigate and remediate 1,4-dioxane in the area. Today, remedial activities initiated more than 25 years ago continue along with efforts to characterize and model the aquifer system as the deepest known plume advances toward the Huron River through a groundwater Prohibition Zone established in 2005.

12082142 Abaturova, I. V. (Ural State Mining University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation) and Yemelyanova, I. A. Assessment and prediction of the change of geotechnical conditions for the purpose of ensuring stability of buildings and structures in Nadym [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 1-2, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082143 Abbott, B. W. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Department of Biology and Wildlife, Fairbanks, AK); Jones, J. B., Jr.; Larouche, J. R. and Bowden, W. B. Hydrologic and gaseous export of carbon and nitrogen from upland thermokarst features on the North Slope of Alaska [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 3-4, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077052 Abraham, Jared D. (U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO); Minsley, Burke J.; Smith, Bruce D.; Ball, Lyndsay B.; Anderson, Lesleigh; Walvoord, Michelle A.; Cannia, James C.; Voss, Clifford I. and Wylie, Bruce K. Airborne electromagnetic mapping of the 3-D distributiion of permafrost in the Yukon Basin, Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 15-20, illus. incl. sketch map, 24 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082144 Abramov, A. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Soil Cryology Laboratory, Pushchino, Russian Federation); Gilichinsky, D. A. and Aleksandrin, A. 10 Years of permafrost monitoring on volcanoes of Klyuchevskaya Group, Kamchatka layer [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 5-6, illus. incl. 1 table, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082145 Agafontseva, A. N. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Production, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Groundwater in the permafrost zone [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 7-8, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082146 Agergaard, F. A. (Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) and Ingeman-Nielsen, T. Strength properties of warming fine-grained permafrost [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 9-10, illus. incl. 1 table, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082147 Agrela, J. (University of Lisbon, Center of Geographical Studies, Lisbon, Portugal); Vieira, G.; Ferreira, A.; Mora, C.; Neves, M.; Oliva, M.; Trindade, A.; Ramos, M.; de Pablo, M. A.; Molina, A.; Correia, A. and Rocha, J. P. The lower boundary of permafrost in Hurd Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctic) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 11-12, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077053 Akagawa, Satoshi (Cryosphere Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan); Iwahana, Go; Watanabe, Kunio; Chuvilin, Evgeny M. and Istomin, Vladimir A. Improvement of pulse-NMR technology for determining the unfrozen water content in frozen soils: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 21-26, illus. incl. 1 table, 10 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082148 Aleksyutina, D. M. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Motenko, R. G. Thermophysical properties of surface organic layers [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 13-14, illus., 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082149 Alifanov, V. M. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Soils, Pushchino, Russian Federation). Late Pleistocene cryogenesis and contemporary soil formation [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 15-16, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082150 Andreev, A. O. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Construction in northern areas [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 17, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082151 Andrianov, V. N. (All Russian Research Institute of Hydrogeologya nd Engineering Geology, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) and Chekrygina, S. N. Geocryological components in the 1:2 500 000 engineering geological map of Russia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 18-19, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077054 Angelopoulos, Michael (McGill University, Department of Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada); Fox, David and Polalrd, Wayne H. Geochemically-induced unfrozen water effects on CCR surveys of massive ground ice, western Canadian Arctic: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 27-32, illus. incl. sketch maps, 26 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082152 Anikin, G. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Spasennikova, K. A. Simulating the operation of a cooling system for an oil container at the Vankor oil field [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 20, illus. incl. 1 table, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082153 Anisimov, O. A. (State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) and Lavrov, S. A. Dynamics of subsea permafrost and methane emission in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf; effects on global climate [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 21-22, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082154 Antcibor, I. (Hamburg University, Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany); Eschenbach, A.; Kutzbach, Lars; Zubrzychi, S.; Pfeiffer, E. M. and Bolshiyanov, D. Distribution of trace metals in permafrost-affected environments of northern Siberia, Russia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 23-24, illus. incl. 2 tables, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082155 Antonov, V. V. (Lomonosov Moscow University, Department of Geography, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Maslakov, A. A. Footing stability of a bridge across the Norilskaya River in complicated permafrost conditions [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 25-26, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082156 Arabskiy, A. K. (Gazprom Dodycha Yamburg, Kingisepp, Russian Federation); Nikolayev, D. S.; Maklyuk, O. V.; Lushchenkova, E. O. and Bashkin, V. N. Forecast evaluation of the geoecological situation in the area of operations of Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg LLC [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 27, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082157 Arenson, L. U. (BGC Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Phillips, M.; Aleskeeva, O. I. and Fortier, R. Permafrost engineering guidelines; an overview [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 28-29, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082158 Artemyev, Y. M. (Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). Geomorphology of Antarctica, an atlas; an excellent accomplishment of the Russian geographic science [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 30, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082159 Balakirev, I. V. (Gazprom, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Nikishova, A. S. Purification of grounds and restoration of the disturbed soil and vegetation cover under the condition of the cryolithozone by use of biotechnological methods [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 31, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082160 Baranskaya, A. V. (Saint Petersburg State Universityogy, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). The effect of neotectonic activity on cryogenic processes in the Russian Arctic [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 32-33, geol. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082161 Barboux, C. (University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences, Fribourg, Switzerland); Delaloye, R.; Collet, C.; Lambiel, C.; Strozzi, T. and Raetzo, H. Monitoring of active rock glaciers with X-band differential SAR interferometry; case-studies in western Swiss Alps [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 34-35, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082162 Barlindhaug, Sverre (Multiconsult Rock Science Section, Tromso, Norway). The global Seed Vault, rock caverns in permafrost [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 36, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077055 Bartsch, Annett (Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna, Austria); Melzer, Thomas; Elger, Kirsten and Heim, Birgit. Soil moisture from Metop ASCAT data at high latitudes: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 33-38, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 18 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082163 Baulin, V. V. (Research Institute for Engineering Surveys in Construction, Moscow, Russian Federation); Yudkevich, A. I. and Nesynova, E. Yu. A historic sketch of permafrost studies in northern West Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 37, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082164 Bazhenov, A. I. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Ermak, A. A.; Kurchatova, A. N. and Slagoda, E. A. Thermokarst in the vicinity of the bridge across the Yuribei River at Obskaya-Bovanenkovo railway station [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 38-39, illus. incl. sketch map, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082165 Bazhin, A. S. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen Science Center, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Subbotin, A. M. and Kalenova, L. F. Immune and physicological responses to bacteria strains isolated from permafrost in outbred white mice [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 40, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082166 Beermann, Fabian (University of Hamburg, Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany); Kutzbach, Lars and Pfeiffer, Eva-Maria. Spatial variability and cryogenic impacts on nutrient availability in a polygonal tundra landscape in north-east Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 41-42, illus. incl. sketch map, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082167 Beldiman, I. N (Hotugu Oruster, Yakutsk, Russian Federation); Semenova, O. M. and Lebedeva, L. S. The data of the observations at the Kolyma water balance station; the potential of their application in academic and applied problems and the need for the resumption of special surveys [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 43-44, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082168 Belova, N. G. (Lomonosov Moscow University, Moscow, Russian Federation). Massive ground ice on the south-western coast of the Kara Sea [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 45-46, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082169 Berdnikov, N. M. (Russian Acadmey of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Gravis, A. G. Heaves in the West Siberian northern taiga [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 47-48, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082170 Beryulyaev, A. A. (Gazprom, Moscow, Russian Federation). Study of the far north landscapes dynamics using modern methods of the Earth remote sensing [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 49, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082171 Beshentsev, V. A. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Matusevich, V. M. and Semenova, T. V. Hydrogeological and geocryological conditions in the north of West Siberia (within the are of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 50-51, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082172 Bespalova, Yu. V. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Rezanova, T. P. Sources of environment risks in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous area [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 52-53, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077056 Bjella, Kevin (U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK) and Sturm, Matthew. A new permafrost research tunnel; methodology, design, and excavation: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 39-44, illus., 10 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077057 Black, William (NORCAL Geophysical Consultants, Cotati, CA); Bashaw, Erin; Drage, Jeremiah and Kmack, Richie. The measurement of compressional and shear wave velocities in permafrost; a comparison of three seismic methods: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 45-48, illus., 20 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082174 Blasco, S. (Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, Canada); Jenner, K.; Davies, E.; Michel, F.; Pollard, W. H.; Graham, C. and Ruffel, P. Origin and evolution of subsea ice-bering permafrost on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf; implications from a 500m deep borehole [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 56, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082175 Bobrik, A. A. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Goncharova, O. Yu. Carbon dioxide production and labile organic matter of cryogenic soils in north taiga ecosystems of western Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 57-58, illus. incl. 2 tables, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077058 Bollmann, Erik (Innsbruck University, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria); Klug, Christoph; Sailer, Rudolf; Stötter, Johann and Abermann, Jakob. Quantifying rock glacier creep using airborne laser scanning; a case study from two rock glaciers in the Austrian Alps: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 49-54, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch maps, 26 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077059 Bommer, Christian (University of Applied Sciences, Department of Geotechnics, Rapperswil, Switzerland). Effects of rising temperature on shear strength of slopes in alpine permafrost: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 55-60, illus. incl. 1 table, 24 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082176 Bortsov, A. V. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Lisitsyna, O. M. The regularities of temperature formation in the grounds of the western part of the Lama Lake basin [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 59-60, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077060 Bowden, William B. (University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT); Larouche, J. R.; Pearce, A. R.; Crosby, B. T.; Krieger, K.; Flinn, Michael B.; Kampman, J.; Gooseff, Michael N.; Jones, Jeremy B.; Abbott, B. W.; Jorgenson, M. Torre; Kling, G. W.; Mack, M.; Schuur, E. A. G.; Baron, A. F. and Rastetter, E. B. An integrated assessment of the influences of upland thermal-erosional features on landscape structure and function in the foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 61-66, illus. incl. 1 table, 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082177 Brekhuntsov, A. M. (Siberian Scientific Analytical Centre, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Establishment of new economic region on the basis of central Arctic resource potential [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 61, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082178 Bring, A. (Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden) and Destouni, G. Hydro-climatic change indications of Arctic permafrost thawing [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 62-63, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077051 Brown, Jerry (International Permafrost Association, Woods Hole, MA). Fifty years of permafrost collaboration with the Soviet Union and Russia: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 1-14, illus., 65 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082179 Buchli, Thomas (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland); Springman, Sarah M.; Merz, Kaspar and Maurer, Hansrudolf. Characterisation and monitoring of an active rock glacier in the Swiss Alps [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 64-65, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082180 Bukhanov, B. A. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Chuvilin, E. M. Thermal conductivity of gas-saturated sediments during gas hydrate formation at negative and positive temperatures [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 66-67, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082181 Buldakova, E. V. (E. M. Sergeev Institute of Geoecology, Moscow, Russian Federation). Phytometers of chemical pollution of ecosystems in cryolithozone regions of western Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 68-69, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082182 Burke, E. J. (Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom); Jones, C. D. and Hartley, I. P. Uncertainties in the global mean temperature change caused by permafrost degradation and carbon release [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 70-71, illus. incl. 1 table, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082183 Bykova, A. P. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Production, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Geophysical surveys in permafrost [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 72, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082184 Bykova, A. V. (Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Novy Urengoy, Russian Federation); Lebedev, M. S. and Lobastova, S. A. The study of the thermoerosional processes and ravine formation in natural-technical systems of gas field in the cryolithozone [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 73-74, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082185 Bykovskiy, A. I. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Vershinin, I. V. Frost heaves [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 75-76, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082186 Cable, W. L. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK); Romanovsky, V. E.; Kholodov, A.; Marchenko, S. S.; Grosse, G. and Musekt, R. "Russia - United States thermal state of permafrost"; permafrost monitoring Internet data portal [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 77-78, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077061 Cavanagh, Paul (AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, Calgary, AB, Canada); Spencer, Kevin; Tchekhovski, Alexandre and Aksenov, Victor. Influence of physical properties on frozen soil creep parameters and foundation design: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 67-72, illus. incl. 6 tables, 8 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082187 Cherbunina, M. Yu. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Khrustalev, L. N. The methods of selection of the best location for oil pipeline route on the terrain based on the use of engineering-geocryological cost maps (the case of the above-ground Vankor-Purpe oil pipeline section) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 79-80, illus. incl. geol. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082188 Cherepanov, A. O. (Radionda, Moscow, Russian Federation). Experience in application on borehole geophysics methods for study the thawing of permafrost located near production oil wells at the multiple well platforms of the fields in western Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 81-82, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082189 Chesnokova, I. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Water Problems Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation). Assessment of the damage caused by cryogenic processes and the issue of insurance against the consequences of these processes for the territory of the Russian Federation [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 83-84, illus. incl. 1 table, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082190 Chetverova, A. A. (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation); Fedorova, I. V.; Potapova, T. M. and Boike, Julia. Hydrological and hydrochemical features of lakes of polygonal wetlands area of the Lena River delta, eastern Siberia, Russia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 85-86, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082191 Chikharev, V. A. (Tyumen NIIgiprogaz, Department of Geotechnical Monitoring in Cryolithozone, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Creation and maintenance of a spatial database during the geotechnical monitoring of pipeline transport [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 87-88, illus., 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082192 Christiansen, Hanne H. (University Centre in Svalbard, Geology Department, Svalbard, Norway) and Blikra, L. H. The influence of snow and frozen ground on seasonal rockslide deformation in marginal permafrost areas, Northern Norway [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 91-92, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082193 Chubareva, E. S. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Department of the Earth's Cryology, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Determing the dependences of permafrost physical characteristics near Mys Kamenny Village [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 93, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082194 Crawford, John T. (U. S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Boulder, CO); Striegl, Robert G. and Wickland, Kimberly P. High CO₂ and CH₄ emissions from Alaskan streams; potential sources and processes [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 94-95, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082195 Curtaz, M. (Fondazione Montagna Sicura, Cormayeur, Italy); Ferrero, A. M. and Migliazza, M. Study on the mechanical degradation of a frozen alpine soil [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 96-97, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077062 Cysewski, Margaret (U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK); Sturm, Matthew and Bjella, Kevin. The significance of the Permafrost Tunnel (Fox, Alaska): in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 73-78, illus. incl. sketch map, 36 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082196 Daanen, R. P. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Center, Fairbanks, AK); Romanovsky, V. E.; Lilly, M. R.; Paetzold, R. F. and Head, M. Active layer freeze-up predictions to support North Slope tundra travel management [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 98-99, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077063 Daanen, Ronald P. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK). Annual frost heave distribution in a non-sorted circle system measured with a terrestrial laser scanner: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 79-83, illus. incl. sketch map, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082197 Dahms, M. (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Periglacial Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany); Hubberten, H. W.; Boike, Julia and Lantuit, H. Changing permafrost in the Arctic and its global effects in the 21st century (PAGE21); a very large international integrated project to measure the impact of permafrost degradationon the climate system [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 100, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082198 Dai Changlei (Heilongjiang University, Institute of Groundwater in Cold Region, Harbin, China); Wang Jijiang; Peng Cheng; Ly Yajie; Wang Kun and Li Huiyu. Analysis and design of low-temperature phonetic geothermometer [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 101, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082242 Danzanova, M. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Laboratory of Groundwater in Permafrost, Yakutsk, Russian Federation). Changes in the salinity degree of lakes under the influence of anthropogenic factors and cryogenic processes; case of Krugloye Lake, Yakutsk [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 102-103, illus. incl. 1 table, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082200 Davydov, S. P. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Pacific Institute of Geography, Northern Science Station, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation); Davydova, A. I.; Fedorov-Davydov, D. G.; Ostroumov, V. E.; Kholodov, A. L. and Sorokovikov, V. A. Temperature regime of permafrost affected soils in northern Yakutia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 105-106, illus. incl. sketch maps, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082204 de Pablo, M. A. (Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Geología, Madrid, Spain); Molina, A. and Ramos, M. Active layer monitoring in limnopolar lake CALM site in Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 112-113, illus. incl. 2 tables, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082202 Debolskiy, M. V. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Glaciology and Cryolithology, Moscow, Russian Federation). Problems of ensuring geotechnical safety of small populated areas in the Arctic regions of Russia (the case of Igarka Town) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 109-110, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082203 Denisevich, E. V. (Garzprom, Moscow, Russian Federation). Remote sensing for permafrost monitoring [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 111, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082205 Dmitrieva, S. P. (Fundamentproekt, Moscow, Russian Federation); Kutvitskaya, N. B.; Moroz, E. D. and Vlasova, Yu. A. Ice-ground grout curtain of earth dams in severe natural and climate conditions [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 114-115, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082206 Dmitrievskiy, A. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Oil and Gas Problems, Russian Federation) and Khrenov, N. N. Development of proposals on constructive solutions to hot oil pipeline laying on permafrost [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 116, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082207 Dobytin, Y. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation). The cryolithozone of the Arctic Shelf of eastern Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 117, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082208 Dolgushin, V. A. (TyumGNGU, Oil and Gas Well Drilling Department, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Zemlyanoy, A. A.; Zozulya, G. P. and Kryazhev, A. V. On the question of conducting hydraulic fracturing in gas wells in the case of permafrost presence in the section [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 118-119, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082209 Dombrovskaya, E. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Ukraintseva, N. G. Spatial distribution of marine chemical tracers in waters of Pechora Delta [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 120-121, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082210 Dörfer, C. (University of Tuebingen, Institute of Geography, Tubingen, Germany); Baumann, F.; Kühn, P.; Scholten, T. and He, J. S. SOC pools and stocks in permafrost-affected soils on the Tibetan Plateau [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 122-123, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082211 Douglas, T. A. (U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK); Liljedahl, A. K.; Jorgenson, M. T.; Bagley, C.; Downer, C.; Pradhan, N. and Burks-Copes, K. Effects of a changing permafrost regime on hydrology and ecosystems in interior Alaska [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 124-125, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082212 Draebing, D. (University Bonn, Department of Geography, Bonn, Germany) and Krautblatter, M. The influence of ice-pressure on P-wave velocity in alpine low-porosity rocks; a modified time-average model [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 126-127, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082213 Duginov, L. A. (Fundamentproekt, Moscow, Russian Federation); Rozovsky, M. Kh.; Kutvitskaya, N. B. and Ryazanov, A. V. Simulation of heat and moisture transfer in grounds using the thermal hydraulic resistance method with regard to ventilation of the structures' crawl spaces [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 128, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082214 Duguay, M. (University of Ottawa, Department of Geography, Ottawa, ON, Canada); Smith, S. L. and Lewkowicz, A. G. Validation of current ground thermal conditions, Alaska highway corridor, Yukon Canada [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 129-130, illus. incl. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082215 Dvornikov, Yu. A. (Lomonosov Moscow University, Department of Geography, Moscow, Russian Federation). Dynamics of permafrost-induced landslides in central Yamal; evidence from repeated topographic surveys [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 131, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082216 Echelard, Thomas (Joseph Fourier University, PACTE, Grenoble, France); Krysiecki, Jean-Michel; Schoeneich, Philippe and Gay, Michel. Rock glacier movement detection by D-InSAR in French Alps using ERS archive data and terraSAR-X data [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 132-133, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082217 Eckerstorfer, M. (University of Centre in Svalbard, Arctic Geology Department, Longyearbyen, Norway); Christiansen, Hanne H. and Rubensdotter, L. The geomorphological effect of cornices on Gruvefjellet, central Svalbard [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 134-135, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082218 Ehrbar, D. (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland); Lanzlinger, D.; Springman, Sarah M.; Buchi, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Phillips, M. and Friedel, S. Numerical modelling of hydrothermal processes in an alpine rock glacier [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 136-137, illus. incl. 1 table, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082219 Ekici, Altug (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Model Data Intergration Group, Jena, Germany); Beer, Christian; Braakhekke, Maarten; Hauck, Christian and Boike, Julia. Mechanistic modeling of the vertical soil organic matter transport at a global scale [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 138, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077064 Elger, Kirsten (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany); Heim, Birgit; Bartsch, Annett; Paulik, Christoph; Duguay, Claude; Hachem, Sonia; Soliman, Aiman; Lantuit, Hugues; Boike, Julia and Seifert, Frank-Martin. Using ground data from the Global Terrestrial Network of Permafrost (GTN-P) for the evaluation of the ESA DUE permafrost remote sensing derived products land surface temperature and ASCAT surface state flag: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 85-90, illus. incl. sketch maps, 12 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077065 Endrizzi, Stefano (University of Zürich, Department of Physical Geography, Zurich, Switzerland) and Gruber, Stephan. Investing the effects of lateral water flow on the spatial patterns of thaw depth: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 91-96, illus. incl. 1 table, 18 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082220 Epstein, H. E. (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA); Yu, Q.; Raynolds, M. K.; Walker, D. A.; Bhatt, U. S.; Tucker, C. J. and Pinzon, J. E. Climate and grazing influences on dynamics of Arctic tundra vegetation and implications for permafrost [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 139-140, illus., 11 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082221 Ernakovich, J. G. (Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO); Wallenstein, M. D. and Calderon, F. J. Microbial community traits; evidence that permafrost and active layer microbial raits have different abiotic drivers [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 141-142, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082222 Etzelmuller, Bernd (University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway); Hipp, Tobias; Schuler, Thomas V.; Farbrot, Herman; Westermann, Sebastian; Isaksen, Ketil and Christiansen, Hanne H. Permafrost evolution in the North-Atlantic region (Svalbard, Norway and Iceland) during the last 150 years [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 143-144, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082223 Farnsworth, W. R. (University Centre in Svalbard, Arctic Geology Department, Longyearbyen, Norway); Eckerstorfer, M. and Christiansen, Hanne H. Snow layering across rugged topogaphy on a wind-affected slope, in High Arctic, central Svalbard [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 145-146, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082224 Fedorov-Davydov, D. G. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Soils, Pushchino, Russian Federation); Ostroumov, V. E.; Kholodov, A. L.; Sorokovikov, V. A.; Gilichinsky, D. A. and Davydov, S. P. Active layer dynamics in landscapes of northeast Yakutia at the turn of the 21st century [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 147-148, illus. incl. sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082225 Fedoseeva, V. I. (M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russian Federation) and Fedoseev, N. F. Quasi-liquid films in glacial and frozen systems [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 149-150, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077066 Finseth, Jomar (SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, Trondheim, Norway) and Instanes, Arne. Sustainable Arctic marine and coastal technology: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 97-100, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077067 Flinn, Michael B. (Murray State University, Murray, KY); Bowden, William B.; Balser, Andrew W.; Jones, Jeremy B. and Gooseff, Michael N. Soil and water chemistry characteristics of thermo-erosional features in the western Noatak River basin, Alaska, USA: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 101-106, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 28 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082226 Fominykh, L. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Moscow, Russian Federation); Zolotareva, B. N. and Pinskiy, D. L. The buried soils of the Kolyma Lowland; their position and role in the landscapes of the Paleoarctic [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 151-152, illus., 20 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077068 Fortier, Daniel (University of Montreal, Geography Department, Montreal, QC, Canada); Kanevskiy, Mikhail; Shur, Yuri; Stephani, Eva; Dillon, Matthew and Jorgenson, M. Torre. Cryostructures of basal glacier ice as an object of permafrost study; observations from the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 107-112, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 24 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082227 Fortier, R. (Université Laval, Laval, QC, Canada); Arenson, L. U.; Fujun, N.; Doré, G.; Varlamov, S. P.; Zabolotnik, S.; Ingeman-Nielsen, T. and St-Laurent, J. F. Engineering test sections in permafrost environment; performance of permafrost protection measures and mitigation techniques to permafrost degradation [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 153-154, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077069 Fortier, Richard (Université Laval, Centre d'Études Nordiques, Laval, QC, Canada); LeBlanc, Anne-Marie; Falorni, Giacomo and Therrien, René PSInSAR monitoring of ground movement at Salluit, Quebec (Canada), due to freeze-thaw cycles, active layer thickening, and permafrost warming: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 113-118, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 14 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082228 Frauenfeld, Oliver W. (Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, College Station, TX); Chen, Liang and Zhang, Tingjun. Observational station-based frozen ground feedbacks in the Eurasian high latitudes [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 155-156, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082229 Frauenfelder, R. (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway) and Isaksen, K. Ground temperatures near a debris slide detachment zone in Signaldalen, Northern Norway [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 157-158, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082230 Fritz, M. (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Department of Periglacial Research, Potsdam, Germany); Lantuit, H.; Meyer, H.; Opel, T.; Couture, N. J. and Pollard, W. H. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in ground ice; is it significant? [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 159-160, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082231 Frolov, D. M. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Research Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Moscow, Russian Federation). Interannual variability in the structure and heat conducting properties of snow cover [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 161, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082232 Frolov, V. S. (UralStroyTehnologii, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). Integration of methods in engineering prospecting in the permafrost zone [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 162-163, 28 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077070 Frost, Gerald V. (University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA); Epstien, Howard E.; Walker, Donald A.; Matyshak, Georgiy and Ermokhina, Ksenia. Linkages between patterned ground, alder shrubland development, and active layer temperature in the northwest Siberian low Arctic: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 119-124, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 13 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082233 Gachev, E. M. (South-West University, Department of Geography, Ecology and Environmental Protection, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria). Small glacial features on the Balkan Peninsula as indictors for climate variations [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 164-165, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082234 Gagarin, L. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russian Federation). The peculiarities of the mechanism of suffosion processes in the permafrost zone (the case of central Yakutia) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 166-167, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082235 Galkin, A. F. (Saint Petersburg State Mining University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) and Khusainova, R. G. Study of seasonal injury rate at the oil and gas enterprises in the North [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 168, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082236 Gasheva, O. S. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Production, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Gasheva, S. S. Prediction of hydrate formation in the producing gas well borehole [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 169-170, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082237 Gaumond, F. (Laval University, Civil and Water Engineering Department, Quebec City, QC, Canada); Doré, G. and Guimond, A. Monitoring the thermal and mechanical behaviours of Puvirnituq airstrip, Nunavik, northern Quebec, Canada [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 171-172, illus. incl. 2 tables, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082238 Gavrilov, G. O. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Chizhov, A. D. The assessment of permafrost and ecological environment during construction and operation of facilities in the North [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 173-174, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082239 Gavrilova, S. A. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Research Laboratory of Snow and Avalanches and Debris Flows, Moscow, Russian Federation). Mapping of hazardous hydrometeorological phenomena of the cold period in order to differentiate their assessment criteria [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 175, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082240 Georgiadi, A. G. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russian Federation); Koronkevich, N. J.; Milyukova, I. P. and Barabanova, E. A. The scenario assessment of the changes in the water resources of the Lena River basin in the first third of the 21st century [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 176-177, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082241 Gerasimov, A. G. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Dvornikov, Yu. A. The study of spatial distribution of permafrost indicators and landscape structure of central Yamal (the case of Vaskiny Dachi geocryological station) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 178, illus., 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082043 Gilichinsky, D. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Soil Cryology Laboratory, Pushchino, Russian Federation) and Abramov, A. A. The bipolar symmetry of permafrost temperatures in Arctic and Antarctica and synchronism of permafrost age in Cenozoic [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 179-180, illus., 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082044 Gisnas, K. (University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway); Westermann, Sebastian; Hipp, Tobias; Etzelmuller, Bernd and Schuler, Thomas V. From snow depth distribution to small-scale variability of soil temperatures; a probabilistic view on permafrost in Norway [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 181-182, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082045 Goddard, H. E. (University of Waikato, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Hamilton, New Zealand) and Balks, M. R. Soil temperatures over a latitudinal gradient in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica; preliminary results [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 183-184, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077071 Godin, Etienne (University of Montreal, Geography Department, Montreal, QC, Canada) and Fortier, Daniel. Fine-scale spatio-temproal monitoring of multiple thermo-erosion gully development on Bylot Island, eastern Canadian Archipelago: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 125-130, illus. incl. sketch map, 15 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082046 Godsey, S. E. (Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA); Gooseff, Michael N.; Johnson, C. R.; Kling, G. W.; Giblin, A. E.; Crosby, B. T.; Krieger, K. and Lewkowicz, A. G. Hydrologic and biogeochemical responses of lakes to fire and thermokarst formation in Arctic Alaska [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 185-186, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082047 Golubev, E. V. (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Veprentsev, O. N. and Veprentseva, N. A. New technologies for the recultivation of disturbed lands in the Far North [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 187-188, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082048 Golubev, V. N. (M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation); Sokratov, S. A. and Frolov, D. M. Influence of interannual variability and trend changes in snow cover's structure and properties on the thermal regime of the underlying surface [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 189, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082049 Gorbatyuk, A. Yu. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Cryolithology and Glalciology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Rogov, V. V. The landscape-permafrost conditions and the cryogenic processes at the 5th Salekhard marine terrace [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 190-191, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082050 Gorbunov, A. P. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russian Federation). Ice-wedge polygons in Central Asian highlands; a geographic synopsis [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 192, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082051 Gordeeva, T. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Permafrost as a habitat for microorganisms [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 193, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082052 Gorobtsov, D. N. (Russian State Geological Prospecting University, Moscow, Russian Federation). Fundamentals of the method for determination of thermophysical properties of soils [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 194-195, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082053 Grechishcheva, E. S. (M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geocryology, Moscow, Russian Federation); Grechishchev, S. E. and Pavlov, Ark. V. Experimental study of water saturation influence on the cryogenic pressure in saline soils [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 196-197, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082054 Grigoreva, Yu. V. (TomskNIPIneft, Tomsk, Russian Federation) and Novik, E. A. Geocryological conditions at the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoe Field; geotechnical monitoring at the site of an oil treatment unit [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 198-199, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082055 Grosse, G. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks); Sannel, A. B. K. and Schuur, E. A. G. A database synthesizing published data on thermokarst and thermal erosion processes [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 200-201, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077072 Gruber, Stephan (University of Zürich, Department of Geography, Zurich, Switzerland). A global view on permafrost in steep bedrock: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 131-136, illus., 40 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082058 Gulyi, S. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Melnikov Institute of Permafrost, Northeastern Research Permafrost Station, Magadan, Russian Federation); Basistyi, V. A. and Zheleznyak, M. N. Resumed temperature monitoring of permafrost in northeastern Russia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 205-206, illus. incl. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077073 Günther, Frank (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany); Overduin, Pier Paul; Sandakov, Aleksandr V.; Grosse, Guido and Grigoriev, Mikhail N. Thermo-erosion along the Yedoma Coast of the Buor Khaya Peninsula, Laptev Sea, east Siberia: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 137-142, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077074 Gunzel, Friederike K. (University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom). Shear strength of rock joints filled with frozen sand: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 143-148, illus. incl. 1 table, 12 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077075 Harris, Stuart A. (University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Jin Huijun. Tessellons and "sand wedges" on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental implications: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 149-153, illus., 35 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082059 Hartel, Stefanie (University of Copenhagen, Department of Geography and Geology and Center for Permafrost, Copenhagen, Denmark); Christiansen, Hanne H. and Elberling, Bo. Cryostratigraphy and ice content of the near-surface permafrost in lower Adventdalen, Svalbard [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 207-208, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082060 Heim, Birgit (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany); Elger, Kirsten; Boike, Julia; Lantuit, Hugues; Rinke, Anette; Matthes, Heidrun; Muster, Sina; Langer, Moritz; Bartsch, Annett; Duguay, Claude; Hachem, Sonia and Soliman, Aiman. The interaction between remote sensing product producers and the user communities in ESA DUE permafrost (Circumpolar Remote Sensing Service for Permafrost) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 209-210, illus. incl. 1 table, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082061 Helbig, M. (University of Hamburg, Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany); Schreiber, P.; Runkle, B. R. K. and Kutzbach, Lars. Seasonal surface ad soil water storage dynamics in wet polygonal tundra, Lena River delta, northern Siberia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 211-212, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077076 Hinkel, Kenneth M. (University of Cincinnati, Department of Geography, Cincinnati, OH) and Hurd, John K., Jr. Estiamting snowdrift depth using differential GPS and a high-resolution digital surface model: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 155-159, illus., 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082062 Hinzman, Larry D. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK); Wilson, Cathy J.; Rowland, Joel C.; Hubbard, Susan S.; Torn, Margaret S.; Riley, William J.; Wullschleger, Stan D.; Graham, David E.; Liang, Liyuan; Norby, Richard J.; Thornton, Peter E. and Rogers, Alistair. Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiment (NGEE Arctic); a new project focused on improved climate prediction [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 213-214, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082063 Höfle, S. (University of Cologne, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Cologne, Germany); Rethemeyer, J.; John, S.; Müller, C. W.; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Roobroeck, D. and Boeckx, P. Organic matter composition and dynamics in permafrost soils of the Siberian polygonal tundra [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 215, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082173 Hui Bing (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China). Mechanism of water and salt migration in soil during cyclic freeze-thaw [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 54-55, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082056 Hui Guan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China); Wang Dayan and Wei Ma. Laboratory investigation of the freezing point of Clay soils under high loads [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 202, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082065 Humlum, O. (University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway). Svalbard permafrost in a long time perspective [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 218-219, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082066 Hurault, B. (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France) and Lagarde, J. L. Behaviour of experimental permafrost submitted to warming conditons; lithology and ice content impact [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 220-221, illus., 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077077 Iijima, Yoshihiro (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Institute for Global Change, Yokosuka, Japan); Fedorov, Alexander N.; Ohita, Takeshi; Kotani, Ayumi and Maximov, Trofim C. Recent hydrological and ecological changes in relation to permafrost degradation under increased precipitation in an eastern Siberian boreal forest: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 161-166, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 15 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082067 Imbery, S. (Justus Liebig University, Department of Geography, Giessen, Germany); Duishonakunov, M.; King, L.; Sun, Z. D. and Gao, Q. Z. Spatial variability of ground temperatures and active layer thickness in the central Tian Shan [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 222-223, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082068 Ingeman-Nielsen, T. (Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering, Lyngby, Denmark); Gori, P. and Tomaskovicova, S. An optimization algorithm for interpreting thermal parameters for frozen soils with significant unfrozen water content [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 224-225, illus. incl. 1 table, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077078 Instanes, Arne (Instanes Polar, Bergen, Norway). Engineering design utilizing climate change information; permafrost application: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 167-172, illus. incl. 5 tables, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082069 Isaev, O. N. (Research Institute of Bases and Underground Structures, Moscow, Russian Federation). Ground state and determination of the strength and compressibility characteristics of plastic frozen soils with the help of the static probing method [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 226-227, illus. incl. 2 tables, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077079 Ishikawa, Mamoru (Hokkaido University, Japan); Sharkhuu, Natsagdorj; Jambaljav, Yamkhn; Davaa, Gamboo; Yoshikawa, Kenji and Ohata, Tetsuo. Thermal state of Mongolian permafrost: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 173-178, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch maps, 18 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082070 Ivanov, E. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, V. B. Soshava's Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russian Federation). Comparison of development of repeated ice wedges and glaciers under the conditions of harsh continental climate; exemplified by the Kodar Range and Charskaya Depression [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 228-229, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082071 Ivanov, K. S. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Promising material for thermal stabilization of grounds [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 230, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082072 Ivanov, M. N. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Moscow, Russian Federation). Cryogenic processes and phenomena in the Polar Urals [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 231-232, illus., 11 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082073 Ivanov, S. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Northern Development, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Konovalov, A. A. Paleoclimate reconstruction based on group palynospectra [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 233-234, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082074 Iwahana, G. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK); Ikeda, A.; Fukui, K. and Sueyoshi, T. Investigation of permafrost on the summit area of Mt. Fuji [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 235-236, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082075 Jafarov, E. E. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Fairbanks, AK); Marchenko, S. S. and Romanovsky, V. E. Numerical modeling of the permafrost temperatures sensitivity to climate change in Alaska during the 21st century [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 237, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082076 Jia, G. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China); Zeng, H. and Epstein, H. E. Decadal changes of vegetation phenology over the Arctic as detected by satellites [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 238-239, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082064 Jin Hujun (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Lanzhou, China); Guo Dongxin; Chang Xiaoli and Cui Zhijiu. Permafrost extents in China during the last glaciation maximum (LGM) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 216-217, illus. incl. sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082078 Johnston, C. E. (Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT); Ewing, S. A.; Stoy, P. C.; Harden, J. W. and Jorgenson, M. T. The effect of permafrost thaw on methane emissions in a western Alaska peatland chronosequence [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 241-242, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082079 Jorgensen, A. S. (Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering, Lyngby, Denmark); Klemmensen, R. L. and Ingeman-Nielsen, T. Assessment of different heat drain materials for protection of permafrost under road and airfield embankments [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 243-244, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077080 Jorgenson, M. Torre (Alaska Ecoscience, Fairbanks, AK); Kanevskiy, Mikhail; Shur, Yuri; Osterkamp, Thomas; Fortier, Daniel; Cater, Tim and Miller, Patricia. Thermokarst lake and shore fen development in boreal Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 179-184, illus. incl. strat. col., sketch map, 14 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077081 Kane, Douglas L. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, AK); Youcha, Emily K. and Gieck, Robert E. Investigating hydrologic storage in catchments underlain by continuous permafrost: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 185-190, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 12 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077082 Kanevskiy, Mikhail (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK); Shur, Yuri; Connor, Billy; Dillon, Matthew; Stephani, Eva and O'Donnell, Jonathan. Study of ice-rich syngenetic permafrost for road design (interior Alaska): in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 191-196, illus. incl. strat. cols., sketch map, 26 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077083 Kanie, Shunji (Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan); Zheng, Hao and Akagawa, Satoshi. Two-dimensional frost heave simulation based on Takashi's equation: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 197-202, illus. incl. 1 table, 14 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082081 Kargapolov, V. D. (Northeastern State University, Magadan, Russian Federation). Swamping and perennial freezing of the territory composed of coarse grounds [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 247-248, illus. incl. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082082 Kaufmann, V. (Graz University of Technology, Institute of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Graz, Austria); Filwarny, J. O.; Wisiol, K.; Kienast, G.; Schuster, V.; Reimond, S. and Wilfinger, R. Leibnitzkopf rock glacier (Austrian Alps); detection of a fast moving rock glacier and subsequent measurement of its flow velocity [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 249-250, illus. incl. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082083 Kazanskiy, O. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Igarka Geocryological Laboratory, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation). On the frost heaving forces [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 251-252, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082084 Kazbakova, Kh. T. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russian Federation) and Konovalov, A. A. On the connection between the parameters of the water-ice phase equilibrium and permafrost longevity [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 253-254, illus., 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082085 Khabibullin, I. L. (Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russian Federation) and Lobastov, G. V. Modeling of permafrost thawing in the case of the presence of a thermal insulation layer [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 255-256, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082086 Kholnov, A. P. (Ekotekh-Sever, Russian Federation) and Khrenov, N. N. The natural studies at the Bovanenkovo-Baydaratskaya Bay route for the provision of investigations on the reliable operation of gas pipelines in Yamal [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 257-259, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077084 Kholodov, A. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK); Gilichinsky, D.; Ostroumov, V.; Sorokovikov, V.; Abramov, A.; Davydov, S. and Romanovsky, Vladimir E. Regional and local variability of modern natural changes in permafrost temperature in the Yakutia coastal lowlands, northeastern Siberia: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 203-208, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 12 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082087 King, L. (Justus Liebig University, Institute for Geography, Giessen, Germany); Imbery, S.; Duishonakunov, M.; Hasler, M.; Julen, P. and Lauber, A. New constructions in continuous permafrost regions of Zermatt at Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Swiss Alps [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 261-262, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082088 Kiselevskaya, K. E. (Gazprom, Moscow, Russian Federation). Assessment of vegetation suppression resulting form the effects of geocryological processes on the basis of the remote sensing data [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 263, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082089 Kistanov, O. G. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation). Differences of the frost heaves in sandbeds [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 264-265, illus., 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077085 Kitover, D. C. (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands); Renssen, H.; van Balen, R. T. and Vandenberghe, J. Modeling permafrost response of the last glacial termination; first results of the VAMPER model: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 209-214, illus. incl. 1 table, 31 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082090 Kizyakov, A. I. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation); Zimin, M. V.; Khomutov, A. V.; Ermokhina, K. A. and Leibman, M. O. The geoportal project of MSU; "the geoinformation system of a coastal area of the Yugor Peninsula" [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 266-267, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082091 Klene, Anna E. (University of Montana, Department of Geography, Missoula, MT); Yoshikawa, Kenji; Streletskiy, Dmitry A.; Shiklomanov, Nikolay I.; Brown, Jerry and Nelson, Frederick E. Temperature regimes in traditional Inupiat ice cellars, Barrow, Alaska, USA [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 268-269, illus. incl. 1 table, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077086 Klug, Christoph (Innsbruck University, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria); Bollmann, Erik; Sailer, Rudolf; Stötter, Johann; Krainer, Karl and Kaab, Andreas. Monitoring of permafrost creep on two rock glaciers in the Austrian Eastern Alps; combination of aerophotogrammetry and airborne laser scanning: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 215-220, illus. incl. 3 tables, 22 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082092 Kneier, F. (Alfred Wegener Institue for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany); Langer, M.; Froeb, K. and Overduin, P. P. Modelling subsurface heat flow in permafrost during a marine transgression in the western Laptev Sea [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 270-271, illus. incl. 1 table, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082093 Kokorev, V. A. (State Hydrology Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) and Zhiltsdova, E. L. The construction of an optimal climate projection for the assessment of the consequences of climate changes in the cryolithozone of Russia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 272-273, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082094 Kononova, E. A. (Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russian Federation). Physical properties of thawed grounds and the existing methods of their reinforcement [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 274-275, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082095 Konovalov, A. A. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Institute of North Development Issues, Tyumen, Russian Federation). The connection between the supercooling temperature and the frozen ground strength [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 276-277, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082096 Kopa-Ovdienko, N. V. (N. N. Zubov State Oceanograpic Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation); Tsvetsinskiy, A. S.; Kuznetsov, D. E. and Ogorodov, S. A. The impact of the gas main construction on the dynamics of the coasts in western Yamal [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 278-279, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082097 Korkin, S. E. (State University of Humanities, Nizhnevartovsk, Russian Federation); Kayl, E. K. and Ivashkevich, O. I. Study of permafrost processes within the area of ridge-pool bogs located on the territory of Sibirskie Uvaly Nature Park [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 280-281, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082098 Korobova, T. A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation). Large-scale zoning of the Kharasavei Field according to suitability for underground storage [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 282-283, illus. incl. sketch map, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082099 Korostelev, Yu. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Drozdov, D. S.; Leibman, M. O.; Gravis, A. G. and Abramov, A. A. Updating the geocryological map of the Russian Federation [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 284-285, illus. incl. sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082100 Korytnikov, R. V. (Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Yamburg, Russian Federation); Yakhontov, D. A.; Kutvitskaya, N. B.; Minkin, M. A. and Ryazanov, A. V. Incorporation of a new technology of thermal stabilization of foundation grounds at the facilities of the Zapolyarnoe oil and gas field [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 286-287, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082101 Koven, C.; Harden, J. W.; Ping, Chien-Lu; Michaelson, G.; Kanevskiy, M.; McGuire, A. D.; Hugelius, G.; Kuhry, P.; Tarnocai, C.; Jorgenson, T. and Riley, W. J. A combined analysis of permafrost C depth distributions and multi-model permafrost thermal dynamics to estimate C pools vulnerable to warming [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 288-289, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082102 Kozhina, L. Yu. (Gazprom, Moscow, Russian Federation); Cherkasov, V. A. and Goryaynov, M. S. Radar differential interferometry for the analysis of the geocryological processes dynamics [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 290, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082103 Kraev, G. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Center for Ecology and Productivity of Forests, Laboratory on Productivity and Biosphere Functions of Forest, Moscow, Russian Federation); Shmelev, D. G.; Vagina, I. M.; Rivkina, E. M. and Gilichinskiy, D. A. Statistical analysis of genesis indicators of late Cenozoic deposits at the north-east of Yakutia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 291-292, illus. incl. 2 tables, 8 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082104 Kreig, R. A. (R. A. Kreig and Associates, Anchorage, AK). Estimating societal costs from infrastructure damage due to climate change-induced permafrost degradation in Alaska [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 293-294, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082105 Krivushin, K. (Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Pushchino, Russian Federation); Hunger, S.; Drake, H.; Kotsyurbenko, O.; Glagolev, M. and Sabrekov, A. Methanogenic community of two permafrost-affected Siberian peat bog soils [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 295, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082106 Kryukov, A. V. (Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta, Ukhta, Russian Federation); Pustovoyt, G. P.; Khilimonyuk, V. Z. and Grebenkin, S. I. Thermal interaction of the underground gas pipeline with permafrost on the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipeline section [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 296, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082107 Kuleshov, V. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics and Inudstrial Engineering, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation); Kryukov, V. A. and Marshak, V. D. Petroleum development prospects in Arctic Russia; economic appraisal in the national perspective [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 297-298, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082108 Kurchatova, A. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Slagoda, E. A. and Rogov, V. V. Particularities of synchryogenic deposits microstructure [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 299-300, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082109 Kutvitskaya, N. B. (Open Joint Stock Company, Moscow, Russian Federation); Ryazanov, A. V.; Skapintsev, A. E. and Ikan, A. V. Engineering protection of pipelines form hazardous engineering-geological processes in northern regions [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 301-302, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082110 Langer, M. (Alfred-Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany); Westermann, Sebastian; Msuter, S.; Grau, T.; Wischnewski, K. and Boike, Julia. A satellite based monitoring scheme for lowland permafrost; potentials and uncertainties [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 303, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082111 Lantuit, H. (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Periglacial Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany); Overduin, P. P. and Wetterich, S. Arctic coastal erosion; a review [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 304, 8 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082112 Lapka, S. D. (University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Morman, B. J. Disturbance recovery monitoring of tundra vegetation by saline incursion from an oceanic storm surge within a freshwater Arctic delta using Landsat [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 305-306, illus. incl. sketch map, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082113 Larin, S. I. (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Laukhin, S. A. and Guselnikov, V. L. Latest Pleistocene permafrost structures in the southwestern West Siberian Plain [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 307, 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082114 Lashina, N. V. (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geocryology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Lashin, V. V. The consequences of the non-presence of pre-construction and construction stages in the geotechnical monitoring system at the gas field facilities of the North [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 308-309, illus., 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082115 Laukhin, S. A. (Russian State Geological Prospecting University, Moscow, Russian Federation); Drozdov, D. S. and Pendin, V. V. The subdepartment of cryosphere at Russian State Geological Prospecting University [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 310-311, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082116 Lawrence, David M. (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO); Slater, Andrew G. and Swenson, Sean C. Permafrost in the community earth system mode; present-day and projected permafrost conditions and feedbacks onto global climate [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 312-313, illus. incl. sketch map, 9 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082117 Lee, Hanna (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, Boulder, CO); Swenson, Sean C.; Higgins, Matthew E.; Lawrence, David M. and Slater, Andrew G. Modeling permafrost thaw effects and thermokarst parameterization in the Community Land Model [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 314-315, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077087 Levy, Joseph (Portland State University, Portland, OR); Fountain, Andrew G.; Gooseff, Michael N.; Barrett, John; Wall, Diana; Nielson, Uffe; Adams, Byron and Lyons, W. Berry. Active layer processes in the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica; decadal trends and experimental responses to changes in soil moisture: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 221-226, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 26 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation. NSF Grant ANT-0851965.

12082118 Li, D. Q. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Gansu, China); Zhou, J. Z.; Fang, J. H. and Xu, A. H. Model hypothesis for the formation of ice lenses in saturated freezing soil [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 316-317, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077088 Li Guoyu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of France Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Ma Wei; Feng Wenjie; Mu Yanhu and Li Xingbai. Thermal conductivity and freezing temperature of oil-contaminated foundation soils surrounding the China-Russia crude oil pipeline: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 227-230, illus. incl. 1 table, 12 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082119 Li Jinping (CCCC First Highway Consultants, Beijing, China); Zhang Jinzhao; Xiao Lou and Dong Dehui. The deformation charactristics in circumpolar latitude permafrost regions along Mohe-Beiicun Highway [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 318, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077089 Liljedhal, A. K. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK); Hinzman, L. D. and Schulla, J. Ice-wedge polygon type controls low-gradient watershed-scale hydrology: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 231-236, illus., 43 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082120 Lilleoren, K. S. (University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway); Etzelmuller, Bernd; Gisnas, K. and Humlum, O. Late-Pleistocene and Holocene glacier-permafrost interaction in Norway [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 319-320, illus. incl. sketch map, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082121 Lilly, M. R. (Geo-Watersheds Scientific, Bushland, TX); Paetzold, R. F.; Derry, J.; Mixon, D. C.; Atkinson, D. and Willison, M. S. Assessing snow-measurement methods for managing Arctic transportation on the North Slope, Alaska [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 321, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082122 Lin Lin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Jin Huijun and Luo Dongliang. Analysis of alpine vegetation and its effect on active layer thermal-water process in frozen ground in source area of Yellow River, China [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 322-323, illus., 10 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082123 Lin Zhanju (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China); Niu Fujun; Liu Hua; Lu Jiahao and Luo Jing. Expansion of a thermokarst lake in Beiluhe Basin, on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 324-326, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch maps, 13 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082124 Lipikhin, D. V. (Open Joint Stock Company, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) and Kim, P. K. Preconstruction thawing of frozen grounds with the use of low-voltage ohmic electric heaters at the facilities of the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye Field [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 327-328, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082125 Litovko, A. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russian Federation). Geocryological conditions of the grounds of the "ice complex" and their impact on the Berkakit - Tommot - Yakutsk Railway of the Amur-Yakutsk mainline [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 329-330, illus. incl. sketch map, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082126 Liu Hua (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China); Niu Fujun; Niu Yonghong; Lin Zhanju; Lu Jiahao and Luo Jing. Experimental and numerical investigation on temperature characteristics of high-speed railway's embankment in seasonal freezing regions [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 331-332, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077090 Liu Shiwei (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Envornmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Zhang Jianming; Hu Zhang and Bo Zheng. Compression test and pore-water pressure measurement for warm and ice-rich frozen soil: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 237-242, illus. incl. 3 tables, 9 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082127 Lobastova, S. A. (Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russian Federation) and Khabibullin, I. L. Environmental management of thermal erosion and gullying in the cryolithozone [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 333-334, 1 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082128 Lukin, D. V. (Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, Kingisepp, Russian Federation) and Kistanov, O. G. Geocryological processes and phenomena at the engineering facilities of the Zapolyarnoe oil and gas condensate field [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 335-336, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077091 Luo Dongliang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Jin Huijun and Lin Lin. Distribution of permafrost in the source area of the Yellow River on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 243-247, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082129 Lupachev, A. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Pushchino, Russian Federation); Kalinin, P. I.; Vetrova, A. A. and Ovchinnikova, A. A. Antarctic soils in the areas of Russian research stations location; effects of anthropogenic impacts and remediation possibilities [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 337, illus. incl. sketch map, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082130 Lupachik, M. V. (Lomonosov Moscow University, Department of Geology, Moscow, Russian Federation) and Chuvilin, E. M. Gas-hydrate formation in frozen and thawing gas-saturated sediments [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 338-339, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082131 Lupascu, M. (University of California at Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA); Seibt, U; Xu, X.; Lett, C.; Maseyk, K.; Lindsey, D. S.; Welker, J. M. and Czimczik, C. I. Summer fluxes and sources of CO₂ and CH₄ in high Arctic tundra under current and simulated, future climate [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 340-341, illus. incl. 1 table, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077092 Ma Wei (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Wang Dayan and Wen Zhi. Progress in frozen soil mechanics research in China; a review: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 249-254, 39 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082132 MacDougall, A. H. (University of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean Science, Victoria, BC, Canada); Avis, C. A. and Weaver, A. J. Estimating the strength of the permafrost carbon-climate feedback using a coupled global climate model [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 342-343, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082133 Madygulov, M. Sh. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russian Federation); Vlasov, V. A.; Zavodovskiy, A. G. and Shchipanov, V. P. Gas hydrates formation in the thermocycling regime on the basis of water-in-oil emulsion [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 344-345, illus., 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082134 Magnin, Florence (Université de Savoie, EDYTEM Laboratory, Le Bourget du Lac, France); Deline, P. and Ravanel, L. Thermal characteristics of mid-latitude high-alpine rockwalls at the Aiguille du Midi (3842 m a.s.l, Mont Blanc Massif) [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 346-347, illus. incl. 1 table, 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082135 Makarycheva, E. M. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Laboratory of Geocryology, Moscow, Russian Federation); Stanilovskaya, Yu. V.; Sergeev, D. O.; Perlshtein, G. Z.; Khimenkov, A. N. and Ugarov, A. N. Aerovisual observations as a source of geocryological information [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 348-349, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077094 Malenfant-Lepage, Julie (Laval University, Department of Civil Engineering, Quebec Ciry, QC, Canada); Doré, Guy; Fortier, Daniel and Murchison, Paul. Thermal performance of the permafrost protection techniques at Beaver Creek experimental road site, Yukon, Canada: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 261-266, illus., 7 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082136 Malnes, E. (Norut Northern Research Institute, Tromso, Norway); Lauknes, T. R.; Larsen, Y. and Christiansen, Hanne H. Temporal and spatial variability of radar backscatter over a permafrost landscape at Kapp Linne, Svalbard [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 350-351, illus., 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082137 Malygina, N. S. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Barnaul, Russian Federation); Mitrofanova, E. Yu. and Papina, T. S. The potential of the glaciochemical, diatomaceous and palynological analysis of glacial strata [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 352-353, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082138 Malykina, O. I. (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Department of Social Technologies, Tyumen, Russian Federation). PR-technologies in promotion of permafrost studies and specialized higher education [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 354-355, 2 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082139 Mandrovskiy, K. P. (Moscow State Automobile and Road Technology University, Department of Road Building Machines, Moscow, Russian Federation); Tagieva, N. K. and Rastegaev, I. K. The site for pile testing in seasonally frozen grounds [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 356, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082141 Marchenko, S. S. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK); Romanovsky, V. E. and Gorbunov, A. P. Hydrologic and thermal regimes of coarse blocky materials in Tien Shan Mountains, Central Asia [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 361-362, illus., 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077093 McGraw, Molly (Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA) and Walker, H. Jesse. Reassessment of lakes and ponds in an Arctic river delta using modern spatial technology: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 255-260, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 25 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077095 Mori, Junko (Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan) and Sone, Toshio. Monitoring instruments for freeze-thaw depth: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 267-270, illus., 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077096 Mugford, R. I. (University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom); Christoffersen, P.; Dowdeswell, J. A. and Consonni, A. Evaluation of the ERA-interim reanalysis for modeling permafrost on the North Slope Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 271-276, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 13 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077097 Muskett, Reginal R. (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK) and Romanovsky, Vladimir E. Multi-satellite-derived changes in energy and mass of Russian permafrost regions: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 277-281, illus. incl. sketch maps, 37 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077131 Mutter, Evelyn Zenklusen (Swiss Federal Research Institute on Forest, Snow and Landscape, Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos Dorf, Switzerland) and Phillips, Marcia. Thermal evidence of recent talik formation in Ritigraben rock glacier; Swiss Alps: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 479-483, illus. incl. sketch map, 19 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077098 Nelson, Frederick E. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, American Geographical Society Library, Milwaukee, WI). "The worst thing we had to contend with"; permafrost and construction of the Alcan Highway: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 283-288, illus. incl. sketch map, 78 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077099 Niu Fujun (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Lin Zhanju; Lin Hua; Lu Jiahao and Liu Zhengping. Thermal status of traditional roadbed and roadbed with slopes covered by crushed rocks along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 289-293, illus. incl. sketch map, 14 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077100 Nyland, Kelsey E. (George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC); Shiklomanov, Nikolay I.; Streletskiy, Dmitry A.; Klene, Anna E. and Nelson, Frederick E. Effect of vegetation on soil-surface temperatures in northern Alaska: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 295-300, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 22 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation. NSF grants OPP-0856421, OPP-0352958 and OPP-0352957.

12077101 Oswell, James M. (Naviq Consulting, Calgary, AB, Canada); Coutts, Ron and Stancliffe, Russell. Preliminary development of a field tool to assess the load capacity of frozen muskeg: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 301-304, illus., 4 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077102 Pollard, Wayne H. (McGill University, Department of Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada); Lacelle, D.; Davila, A. F.; Andersen, D.; McKay, C. P.; Marinova, M. and Heldmann, J. Ground ice conditions in University Valley, McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 305-310, illus., 33 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation. NSF Grant OPP Project B302.

12077103 Qi Jilin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Wang Songhe and Yu Fan. Numerical estimation for settlement of roadway embankment in permafrost regions: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 311-316, illus. incl. 3 tables, 29 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077104 Ran Youhua (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Li Xin and Jin Rui. Estimation of the mean annual surface temperature and surface frost number using the MODIS land surface temperature products for mapping permafrost in China: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 317-320, illus., 18 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077105 Riddle, Charles H. (R and M Consultants, Anchorage, AK) and Rooney, James W. Encounters with relict permafrost in the Anchorage, Alaska area: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 323-328, illus. incl. sketch map, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077106 Rieg, Lorenzo (University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria); Sailer, Rudolf; Stötter, Johann and Burger, Dieter. Vegetation cover on alpine rock glaciers in relation to surface velocity and substrate: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 329-334, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 29 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077107 Riseborough, Daniel (Geological Survey of Canada, Canada); Wolfe, Stephen and Duchesne, Caroline. Simplified climate statistics for permafrost modeling; Yellowknife case study: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 335-340, illus. incl. 1 table, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077108 Rongved, Johanna Lohne (Sweco Norge, Bergen, Norway) and Instanes, Arne. Foundation engineering in Svalbard, 1950-2012: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 341-346, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077109 Rooney, James W. (J and F Rooney, Anchorage, AK) and Riddle, Charles H. City of Kotzebue's Vortace earthen dam; a review of the naturally frozenback embankment and reservoir slopes: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 347-352, illus. incl. sketch map, 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077110 Roujanski, Vladislav E. (EBA Engineering Consultants, Edmonton, AB, Canada); Horne, Bill; Zhang, Gordon; McCuaig, Shirley; Blade, Michelle and Regular, Michael. Warming permafrost tempertures at two mine sites in the North Slave region, Northwest Territories, Canada: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 353-358, illus. incl. sketch map, 6 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077111 Roux, Nicolas (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climate et de l'Environnement, Gif-su-Yvette, France); Grenier, Christophe; Marlin, Christelle; Delangle, Emerick; Saintenoy, Albane; Friedt, Jean-Michel and Griselin, Madeleine. Thermo-mechanical modeling of a glacier-permafrost system in Spitsbergen; implications for subglacial hydrology: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 359-364, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 19 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077112 Ruiz, Lucas (Instituto Argentino de Nivologia Glaciologia y Ciencias Ambientales, Mendoza, Argentina) and Liaudat, Dario Trombotto. Mountain permafrost distribution in the Andes of Chubut (Argentina) based on statistical model: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 365-370, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077113 Sharkhuu, N. (Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Mongolia); Yoshikawa, Kenji and Anarmaa, S. Perennial frost mounds in Mongolia: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 371-375, illus. incl. 1 table, 13 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077114 Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. (George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC); Streletskiy, Dmitry A. and Nelson, Frederick E. Northern Hemisphere component of the global Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 377-382, illus. incl. sketch map, 19 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077115 Shur, Yuri (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK); Kanevskiy, Mikhail; Jorgenson, M. Torre; Dillon, Matthew; Stephani, Eva; Bray, Matthew and Fortier, Daniel. Permafrost degradation and thaw settlement under lakes in yedoma environment: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 383-388, illus. incl. sketch map, 29 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077116 Sloan, Heather A. (McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada) and Pollard, Wayne H. Vegetation patterns of retrogressive thaw slumps, Herschel Island, southern Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 389-393, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 19 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077117 Sparrow, Elena (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK) and Yoshikawa, Kenji. A community-based permafrost/active layer monitoring program: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 395-400, illus., 8 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077118 Stendel, Martin (Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark); Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg; Marchenko, Sergei; Daanen, Ronald and Romanovsky, Vladimir E. High-resolution permafrost simulations in western Greenland and an assessment of permafrost degradation risk: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 401-406, illus. incl. sketch maps, 27 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077119 Streletskiy, Dmitry A. (George Washington University, Geography Department, Washington, DC); Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. and Hatleberg, Ellen. Infrastructure and a changing climate in the Russian Arctic; a geographic impact assessment: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 407-412, illus. incl. sketch map, 34 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077120 Trofaier, Anna Maria (University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom); Rees, William Gareth; Bartsch, Annett; Sabel, Daniel and Schlaffer, Stefan. Feasibility study of using active microwave data for examination of thaw lake drainage patterns over the Yamal Peninsula: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 413-418, illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch map, 23 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077121 Trombotto Liaudat, Dario (Instituto Argentino de Nivologia, Glaciologia y Ciencias Ambientales, Mendoza, Argentina); Lenzano, M. Gabriela and Castro, Mariano. Inventory and monitoring of rock glaciers and cryogenic processes in the central Andes of Mendoza, Argentina; birth and extinction of a periglacial lake: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 419-424, illus. incl. 4 tables, 16 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077122 Tweedie, C. E. (University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX); Aguirre, A.; Cody, R.; Vargas, S. and Brown, J. Spatial and temporal dynamics of erosion along the Elson Lagoon coastline near Barrow, Alaska (2002-2011): in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 425-430, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map, 30 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082201 Wang Dayan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China); Ma Wei; Zhang Junwei; Guan Hui and Wen Zhi. Model experiment study of pile skin friction during frozen soil thawing process [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 107-108, illus., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082080 Wang Junfeng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou, China) and Wu Qingbai. Effects of experimental warming on alpine Meadow soil respiration during the growing season on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 245-246, illus. incl. 1 table, 5 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077123 Watanabe, Tatsuya (University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan); Matsuoka, Norikazu and Christiansen, Hanne H. Controls on patterned ground variability at a continuous permafrost site, central Spitsbergen: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 431-436, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 17 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077124 Weber, Samuel (University of Zürich, Geography Department, Zurich, Switzerland); Gruber, Stephan; Girard, Lucas and Beutel, Jan. Design of a measurement assembly to study in situ rock damage driven by freezing: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 437-442, illus. incl. 1 table, 13 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077125 Wen Zhi (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Gansu, China); Ma Wei; Yu Sheng; Wu Qingbai; Wang Dayan and Feng Wenjie. Model test study of the impact of rainfall on thermal-moisture dynamics of the active layers: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 443-447, illus., 23 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077126 Woo, Ming-Ko (McMaster University, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada). Application of the fill-and-spill concept in permafrost hydrology: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 449-454, illus., 26 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077127 Xiong, Xiaozhen (I.M. Systems Group, Rockville, MD); Zhang Tingjun; Maddy, Eric; Zhuang, Qianlai and Barnet, Chris. Atmospheric methane in the high Northern Hemisphere and its relationship with permafrost: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 455-460, illus., 21 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077128 Yamamoto, Yuko (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland) and Springman, Sarah M. Stress path tests on artificially frozen soil samples: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 461-466, illus. incl. 2 tables, 20 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082199 Yang, Daqin (Environment Canada, National Hydrology Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada); Janowicz, J. Richard; Kane, Douglas L.; Ye Baisheng and Zhang, Tingjun. Linkage between frozen ground change and streamflow regime over northern watersheds [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 104, 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077129 Yang Chengsong (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Ganus, China); He Ping and Cheng Guodong. The effect of freeze-thaw action on the dry density and water content of soil: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 467-471, illus. incl. 2 tables, 18 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12082077 Yao Jimin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Gansu, China); Gu Lianglei; Zhao Lin; Qiao Yongping and Jiao Kequin. The comparison of the surface energy budget between the permafrost region and the seasonally frozen ground region over the Tibetan Plateau [abstr.]: in Extended abstracts of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost, International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 4, p. 240, 3 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077130 Yoshikawa, Kenji (University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK); Lawson, Daniel and Natsagdorj, Sharkhuu. Stable isotope composition of ice cores in open- and closed-system pingos: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 473-478, illus., 23 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077132 Zubrzycki, Sebastian (University of Hamburg, Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany); Kutzbach, Lars; Pfeiffer, Eva-Maria and Vakhrameeva, Polina. Variability of soil organic carbon stocks of different permafrost-affected soils; initial results from a north-south transect in Siberia: in Proceedings of the Tenth international conference on Permafrost; international contributions (Hinkel, Kenneth M., editor), International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10, Volume 1, p. 485-490, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch map, 36 ref., 2012. Meeting: Tenth international conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, 2012, Salekhard, Russian Federation.

12077835 Vaks, Anton (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom); Gutareva, O. S.; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; Avirmed, E.; Kononov, A. M.; Osinzev, A. V. and Henderson, G. M. Speleothem record of permafrost in Siberia and aridity in Mongolia during the last 450 kyr [abstr.]: in Goldschmidt 2011 abstract volume, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), p. 2057, 2011. WWW. Meeting: Goldschmidt2011, Aug. 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

We have used speleothems from six caves along a north-south transect in Eastern Siberia and the Mongolian Gobi Desert (60°22'N - 42°50'N) to track the evolution of permafrost and desert aridity. The studied caves are located in various climate zones: from the southern boundary of continuous permafrost, through the discontinuous/island permafrost, to the dry Gobi Desert. More than 90 horizons of 22 speleothems were dated by U-Th method. The youngest speleothem age in the northernmost cave was 404 ± 32 kyr, corresponding to interglacial Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 11, while eleven other horizons in six speleothems from this cave were older than the ~500 kyr U-Th dating limit. These results suggest that MIS-11 in Eastern Siberia was warmer than today, causing brief permafrost degradation at 60°N, followed by re-establishment and continuous permafrost since then. Between 56°N and 52°N speleothem ages clustered into the warmest intervals of interglacial MIS-11, 9, 7, 5 and 1, showing intermittent melting of the permafrost. This data provides constraints on glacial-interglacial migrations of the southern boundary of continuous permafrost in Eastern Siberia during the last 450 kyr. No speleothem deposition younger than 500 kyr was found in the Gobi Desert, showing that arid conditions prevailed during this entire period. The year-round monitoring of d¹⁸O and dD values of cave water and atmospheric precipitation in the city of Irkutsk and nearby cave shows that d¹⁸O and dD values of rain and snow are in direct relationship with temperature throughout the year, and d¹⁸O and dD values of the cave water reflect the weighted annual average of precipitation. Ongoing work is making use of these observations to create stable isotope records of the Siberian speleothems.

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12077881 Vereschagina, E. A. (Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). Evaluation of contaminant transport parameters at Leningrad Atomic Power Plant drain area [abstr.]: in Goldschmidt 2011 abstract volume, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), p. 2080, 2011. WWW. Meeting: Goldschmidt2011, Aug. 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

The Leningrad Atomic Power Plant (Leningrad APP) drain area was studied. A hydrological study has been performed to demonstrate how contaminant transport proceeds in case of hypothetical disasters. Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model was chosen for the simulation of radionuclide and chemical transport. GSSHA is a physics based, fully distributed, hydrologic and sediment transport model. The distributed nature of the model confers significant potential advantages for the analysis of non-point source pollutant fate and control. Precipitations falling on the watershed contain specified concentrations of contaminants for hypothetical disasters at Leningrad APP. As rainfall accumulates on the land surface, ponded surface water infiltrates, providing a source of contaminants into the soil column, and move as surface runoff to adjacent territory. Concentrations of contaminant are affected by decay and transformations. The most part of the water ponded on the land surface infiltrates, removing contaminants. Water that infiltrates is assumed to contain the same concentration of dissolved contaminants as the ponded water. Infiltration was simulated using traditional Hortonian Green and Ampt (GA) approach. Additionally, field experiments for testing the values of the Green and Ampt infiltration equation parameters were done for prevailing at the drain area soil types. The determined parameters were the effective capillary suction and the effective hydraulic conductivity. Comparison of the model outputs with the experimental data indicates that the model can successfully describe cumulative infiltration in different soil types and contaminant transport.

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12076597 Trommelen, M. S. Far North Geomapping Initiative; Quaternary geology of the Snyder-Grevstad Lakes area, far northwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 64N5): in Report of activities 2011, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey (Manitoba Geological Survey), Report of Activities (Manitoba. Geological Survey), Rep. No. 2011, p. 18-28, illus. incl. sketch maps, 31 ref., 2011.

Quaternary geological investigations were undertaken in the Snyder-Grevstad lakes area, situated in the far northwestern corner of Manitoba, as part of the Manitoba Far North Geomapping Initiative. In conjunction with detailed bedrock mapping (Kremer et al., GS-1, this volume), this work provides a modern geoscience knowledge base tailored towards current and future mineral exploration and/or infrastructure development. This report presents a summary of fieldwork activities related to a month-long detailed survey in July 2011. Geological observations, sampling of glacial sediments (till) and/or measurements of ice-flow indicators were recorded at 131 stations within a 577 km² area along the shores of Snyder and Grevstad lakes. Preliminary findings of this mapping (1:50 000 scale, Trommelen, 2011) are presented herein, and include the description of a bedrock regolith site that may have been preserved under a patch of locally cold-based ice. Dominant glacial landforms include hummocky stagnant ice moraine, streamlined landforms, ground moraine and eroded moraine within subglacial meltwater corridors. The Quaternary geology survey focused on collection of ice-flow indicator data and till samples for dispersal-train analysis. Once analysis and interpretations are completed, knowledge of dispersal orientation and transport distance will be used to update drift-prospecting methodology for mineral (uranium and rare earth element) exploration in northwestern Manitoba. New ice-flow indicators were found that delimit ice flow to the east and east-southeast, in addition to known ice-flow indicators trending towards the southeast, south, southwest and west-southwest. These new ice-flow indicators are commonly rare and protected features indicative of old, relict ice-flow orientations. The ice-flow indicator record around Grevstad Lake is quite sparse, and most interpretations were made on indicators from the Snyder Lake area.

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