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The problem of the emission of deep-buried gases to the atmosphere

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Book cover Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((ASEN2,volume 76))

Abstract

In the recent years the world science pays much attention to the atmospheric emission of methane which is the product of ongoing biological processes in soils, as well as to the content of relict gases of analogous origin in the frozen zone of the lithosphere and the possibility of their release to the atmosphere resulting from the degradation of perennially frozen deposits (PFD) upon climate warming. The problem of deep-buries gases emission to the atmosphere is given little attention despite the fact that to date extensive evidence and numerous indirect data have been accumulated which point to the migration of deep gases through strata of deposits to the atmosphere. It is possible that this process makes a substantial contribution to the global development of greenhouse effect.

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    Vladimir D. Gorokhov

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Are, F.E. (2001). The problem of the emission of deep-buried gases to the atmosphere. In: Paepe, R., Melnikov, V.P., Van Overloop, E., Gorokhov, V.D. (eds) Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources. NATO Science Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0684-2_34

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