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Vast areas of the Russian north is underlain by permafrost, and many of these areas also host exploitable oil and gas reserves as well as various industries which are sources of atmospheric CO2 pollution. It has been suggested that permafrost in this region could be used to host or to isolate man-made CO2 in deep geological reservoirs, however an in-depth understanding of permafrost distribution, morphology, structure and stability is required in order to examine its feasibility and long-term safety. The present work outlines the spatial distribution of permafrost in Russia, defines the various formation histories, mechanisms and structures, and discusses the permafrost types which may be best suited to 2 sequestration.
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Melnikov, V., Drozdov, D. (2006). DISTRIBUTION OF PERMAFROST IN RUSSIA. In: Lombardi, S., Altunina, L., Beaubien, S. (eds) Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide. Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4471-2_07
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