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Sharga M8 (valley bottom)

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Created: 2014-01-15 21:41:43
Modified: 2015-10-06 15:50:55

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Country:Mongolia
Site:Khuvsgul
GTN-P:MN 28
TC-Code:M8
Responsible Countries: Mongolia,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +08:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Grassland
Responsible Person:Natsagdorj Sharkhuu
MAGT (C) -1,5
MAGT_DEPTH (m) 10,0
MAGT_DATE 2009

 The new shallow borehole is located in the same point where an old deep one existed.

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval –2,35°C in 1968 and –1,53°C in 2002 at a depth of 10m

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km) – provide (if available) mean monthly air temperature and snow depth of reporting interval for mean annual ground temperature. Tsagaan-nuul climate station is located about 20 km North from the borehole

Depth:11 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:Dry drilling. Years drilled: 1968 (several days) and 2002 (7 hours).
Date Drilled:01. Jun 2002
Type:road (120 km from Murun)
Permafrost Thickness:135 m
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Grassland with dry steppe herds
Lithology:0-12 m gravelly sand and loam, 12-30 m layering sand and sandy loam, 30-56 m interlayering loam and sand
Morphology:In plain bottom of wide valley.
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Longitude:98.65633333 °
Latitude:49.49030556 °
Elevation:1855 m
EPSG:4326
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