Earth’s Cryosphere, 2012, Vol. XVI, No. 2, p. 79-84

APPROACHES TO DETERMINATION AND INVESTIGATION OF SOILS BURIED IN ICE COMPLEX DEPOSITS

S.V. Gubin¹, A.V. Lupachev^1,2

¹ Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, RAS, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow reg., Institutskaya str., 2, Russia; gubin@issp.serpukhov.su
² Earth Cryosphere Institute, SB RAS, 625000, Tyumen, P/O box 1230, Russia

The structure and peculiar properties of soils buried in ice complex deposits have been analyzed. Due to frozen state and high ice content of these soil profiles a number of criteria and methods of investigation have been put forward.

Key words: Permafrost, buried soils, ice complex.

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