Vol. VIII, No. 1 (January–March 2004)

FULL TEXT IN RUSSIAN ONLY

CONTENTS

PROBLEMS OF EARTH CRYOLOGY

• Melnikov V.P., Smulsky J.J. The astronomical factors of influence on the Earth’s cryosphere and the problems of their research

• Pavlov A.V., Perlshtein G.Z. Brief results of the international conference «Earth Cryosphere as a Habitat and an Object for Nature Management» (Pushchino, 2003)

REGIONAL PROBLEMS OF EARTH CRYOLOGY

• Slagoda E.A., Medvedev G.I. Paleocriogenic formation, stratigraphy and geoarcheology of the Quaternary deposits of Baykal’s Siberia

• Petrakov D.A., Tutubalina O.V., Chernomorets S.S. The 2002 Genaldon glacial catastrophe: one year later

ICE AND FROZEN SOIL PROPERTIES

• Karasyov A.P., Shesternjov D.M., Olenchenko V.V., Juditskih E.Ju. Simulation of fast electrochemical transient processes in frozen ground

• Grechishchev S.E., Korobkov N.F. , Pavlov A.V. Physico-mechanical properties of thawing ice-soil

PALEOCRYOGENESIS AND SOIL FORMATION

• Vasiljevskaya V.D., Grigorjev V.Ya., Pogozheva Ye.A. Indexes of stability, degradation and self-recovery for tundra soil-vegetation cover

RELIABILITY OF BASEMENTS AND STRUCTURES IN CRYOLITHOZONE

• Serebrennikov S.P., Dzhuric V.I. The experience of zoning of the man-made and seismic hazard for linear constructions built in conditions of cryolithozone

• Kuzmin G.P., Zhang R.V. Reliability control and estimation of cooling capacity of air thermosyphons

SNOW COVER AND GLACIERS

• Kotlyakov V.M., Osokin N.I., Sosnovskii A.V. Mathematical modeling of heat and mass exchange in snow cover during melting

GEOINFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Melnikov E.S., Revzon A.L., Sadov A.V., Khrenov N.N. Aerospace sensing and geoinformational technologies in the system of safety provision for natural and engineering systems in the north of West Siberia