Vol. XIX, No. 2 (April — June 2015)

CONTENTS

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BASIC PROBLEMS OF GEOCRYOLOGY

• Melnikov V.P., Brouchkov A.V., Khimenkov A.N. Developing the theoretical background of geocryology
  

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• Kizyakov A.I., Sonyushkin A.V., Leibman M.O., Zimin M.V., Khomutov A.V. Geomor-phological conditions of the gas-emission crater and its dynamics in Central Yamal
  

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• Victorov A.S., Kapralova V.N., Trapeznikova O.N. Mathematical model of the thermos-karst lake plain morphostructure under changing climatic conditions
  

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PERMAFROST MONITORING AND PREDICTIONS

• Lebedeva L.S., Semenova O.M., Vinogradova T.A. Hydrological modeling: Seasonal thaw depths in different landscapes of the Kolyma water balance station (Part 2)
  

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THERMOPHYSICAL PROCESSES IN CRYOSPHERE

• Melnikov N.N., Amosov P.V., Gusak S.A., Novozhilova N.V., Klimin S.G. The thermal impact of a small underground nuclear plant on permafrost
  

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PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

• Vasil’chuk Yu.K., Alekseev S.V., Arzhannikov S.G., Alekseeva L.P., Budantseva N.A., Chizhova Ju.N., Arzhannikova A.V., Vasil’chuk A.C., Kozyreva E.A., Rybchenko A.A., Svetlakov A.A. Oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of lithalsa frozen core: A case study from the Sentsa River valley, East Sayan
  

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HYDRATE FORMATION

• Chuvilin E.M., Grebenkin S.I. Gas permeability variations in gas-filled soils upon hydrate formation and freezing: An experimental study
  

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STABILITY OF BASEMENTS AND STRUCTURES IN PERMAFROST

• Komarov I.A., Ananiev V.V., Bek D.D. Utilization of the cooling capacity of liquefied natural gas for thermal stabilization of ground
  

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SNOW COVER AND GLACIERS

• Galakhov V.P., Samoilova S.Yu., Shevchenko A.A., Sheremetov R.T. Fluctuations of Maly Aktru glacier (Russian Altai) mass in the period of instrumental observations from 1952 to 2013
  

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ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA AND CLIMATE

• Bol’shakov V.A., Fedin V.A. Orbital factors of impact on Earth’s cryosphere (from analysis of the Antarctic ice-cores)
  

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• Streletskaya I.D., Vasiliev A.A., Oblogov G.E., Tokarev I.V. Reconstruction of paleoclimate of Russian Arctic in the Late Pleistocene–Holocene on the basis of isotope study of ice wedges
  

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METHODS FOR CRYOSPHERE RESEARCH

• Popov S.V., Popkov A.M. Radio-echo sounding and reflection seismic surveys in the Pionerskoe subglacial lake area, East Antarctic
  

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• Bryksina N.A., Polishchuk Yu.M. Аnalysis of changes in the number of thermokarst lakes in permafrost of Western Siberia on the basis of satellite images