GROUNDWATER AND FROZEN GROUND IN THE SOUTHERN YAKUT COAL BASIN,

Abstract

Contents: Natural conditions of formation of groundwater and frozen ground relief: (Geological structure, tectonics, climate, hydrology, vegetation and soil); Frozen ground: (Temperature conditions of the rock and thickness of the frozen formations of the Chul'man plateau, sides of troughs and river valleys, variation in rock temperature after removal of the peat moss and snow cover, frozen rock of the Stanovoy ridge and the Zapadnyye Yangi ridge, lateral extent of the permafrost, cryogenic and postcryogenic formations); Early glaciation and the conditions of formation of permafrost, Groundwater: (Groundwater of the Chul'man Artesian basin, water in the anthropogenic deposits, groundwater of the Jurassic deposits, groundwater of the Cambrian deposits, the groundwater of the northern slopes of the Stanovoy ridge and the Zapadnyye Yangi ridge, special features of formation and discharge of groundwater of the Chul'man Artesian basin, conditions of formation of the chemical composition of the natural water.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0711866

Entities

People

  • S. M. Fotiev

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Composition
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geological Phenomena
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrology
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Permafrost
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Snow
  • Snow Cover
  • Soils
  • Tectonics
  • Thickness
  • Vegetation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies