Overview

This book is in response to the growing demand from academics and the general public for state-of-the-art research in permafrost science and, in particular, information about its impacts on infrastructure and ecosystems. It brings together research from diverse but highly complementary scientific disciplines to illuminate the main physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in permafrost systems and identifies the possible mechanisms controlling fluxes of energy and matter at various scales. Taken together, the 8 chapters of this book provide a comprehensive, up-to-date description and analysis of the basic geomorphological, physical, hydrological, chemical and biological aspects of permafrost-affected ecosystems, their interaction with other components of the landscape and their impact on human life and infrastructure.

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Author:   Oleg S Pokrovsky
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781629488301

ISBN 10:   1629488305
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   01 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Cryogenic Processes & their Impact on Infrastructures; Patterned Ground & Climate Change; Zone of Optimum Development of Patterned Grounds as a Characteristic of Semi-Arid Areas, an Indicator of Permafrost-Lines & a Reference to Sub-Glacial Permafrost below the Past Arid Cold-Based Tibetan Ice Sheet; Numerical Modeling of Heat & Water Transfer in Permafrost-Dominated Watersheds; Remote Study of Thermokarst Lakes Dynamics in West Siberian Permafrost; Modeling & Prediction of Dynamics of Thermokarst Lake Fields Using Satellite Images; Impact of Permafrost Thaw on the Biogeochemistry of the Thermokarst Lakes in Western Siberia: Current Status & Possible Future Changes; Penicillium Fungi from Permafrost: Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites, Peculiarities of Growth & Development; Index.

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Oleg S Pokrovsky graduated from Geochemistry department, Moscow State University, PhD in geochemistry (1994), entered CNRS (FRANCE) in 1999 and works over past decade on biogeochemistry of arctic and subarctic rivers and lakes. He is now a research director at the CNRS (FRANCE). He possesses both experimental physico-chemical, microbiological and geochemical expertise. Over past decade, O S Pokrovsky directed and co-directed 12 PhD students, 5 Post-doctoral research associates. Since 2000, O S Pokrovsky coordinated and leaded more than 20 various research grants, international cooperation programs and consortia, large-scale national (French) grants and served as important partner of a number of European (FP7) projects. Since 2013, O S Pokrovsky, a recipient of a prestigious Mega-grant of Russian Ministry of Science and Education (3 M $ for 3 years), directs BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory on Environment, Climate and Permafrost at Tomsk State University. O S Pokrovsky has strong academic records with ~160 papers peer reviewed papers and the same number of conference abstracts published since 1992 on physical chemistry, experimental geochemistry, and aquatic biogeochemistry; his HI factor is equal to 35 and the total citation number is close to 4000.

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