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Created: 2014-01-14 15:12:29
Modified: 2015-10-06 12:58:30

Active: No
Country:Russia
Site:Ust-Kamchatsky
GTN-P:RU 62 06_0009
Responsible Countries: Russia,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +12:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Other
Responsible Person:Andrey Abramov
MAGT (C) -2,8
MAGT_DEPTH (m) 15,0
MAGT_DATE 2008

PERMAFROST TEMPERATURE (and range in temperature over observation period if available) AND DEPTH AT ZERO AMPLITUDE (°C, m)    

2003-2006 T=-2,7oC

Depth = 20 m 

 

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km); PROVIDE SEPARATELY MEAN MONTHLY AIR TEMPERATURES AND SNOW DEPTH AS AVAILABLE

Mean annual air T, -0,8 oC   

meteo stations “Kluchi”, “Kozirevsk” 

Depth:25 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:Years drilled: 2003, 2006.
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2003
Type:offroad vehicle
Distance From Road:30000 m
Type:natural: drilled near active volcano
Permafrost Thickness:100 m
Permafrost Zone:Discontinuous
Vegetation:practically no vegetation, only small patterns of grass and mosses.
Landform:Cinder plateau (QIV)
Lithology:Volcanic cinders, medium to high ice content
Morphology:Plain
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Bibliographic References
Abramov A. A. et al Frozen volcanic tefra - new terrestrial Earth analog of Martian ecosystems // Proceedings of the III European workshop on Exo-Astrobiology. Mars: The search for life. ESA SP-545, 2004, p. 161.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/153110701753198927

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Longitude:160.28965 °
Latitude:55.7507 °
Elevation:1313.91711426 m
EPSG:4326
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