Address

Melnikov Permafrost Institute

Merzlotnaya St. 36

Yakutsk

Russia 677010

Phone: 7-4112-390-885

Email: shesternev@mpi.ysn.ru

Basic Research Topics

• Thermal and mechanical interaction of engineering structures with thawing, freezing and frozen soils.
• Physical, mechanical and strength properties of frozen, thawing and thawed soils.
• Geocryological monitoring in the areas of proposed and existing hydropower, linear and other major projects; prediction and control of dangerous frost-related processes.

Staff

Active Projects

• Core Project VII.63.2.6. Thermal and Mechanical Interaction between Engineering Structures and Frozen Ground.

1. oRFBR Project. Engineering-Geocryological Mapping of North-Eastern Russia at a Scale of 1:2,500,000, 2012-2014.

• SB RAS Interdisciplinary Integrated Project 122. Cryosphere as a Medium for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustenance. Part 3.1. Development of Scientific Principles for Long-Term Storage of Seed Plants in Permafrost.
• Public Contract with the Republic of Sakha/Yakutia Government no. 1090. Engineering-Geocryological Monitoring in the Berkakit-Tommot-Kerdem Railroad Corridor, 2011-2013.
• RAS Department of Earth Sciences Program No. ONZ-11.7. Geotemperature Field and Permafrost Dynamics in Northern Eurasia. Evaluation of Current Rates of Permafrost Dynamics in the Continental and Shelf Areas of Northern Eurasia. Part 1. The Geotemperature Field and Assessment of Current Cryogenic Processes in the North Eurasian Permafrost Region. Section 4. Zonation Mapping of Central Yakutia for Response to Climate Change and Human Impact.
• Contract Project. Study of Ground Temperature Changes in Pile Foundations during Construction of Nizhniy Bestyakh Railroad Station Facilities.
• Contract Project. Permafrost and Geotechnical Monitoring along the Tulun-Yakutsk-Vilyui Road Project.
• Contract Project. Preliminary Research, Field Exploration and Laboratory Testing for the Planned Amur Road, Zabaikal Krai.
• Contract Project. Investigations of Ground Temperatures and Foundation Displacements at the Yakutsk Co-Generation Plant.

Selected Past Projects

• Contract Project. Delineation of a Talik Zone at the Athletic Center Constriction Site, Yakutsk, 2011.
• Contract Project. Inspection of the East Siberia-Pacific Pipeline System, between Olekminsk (KP 1800) and Skovorodino (KP 2691.5), 2010.
• Contract Project. Delineation of a Talik Zone at the LG Building Site, Yakutsk, 2009.
• Contract Project. Experimental Study of Propagation Characteristics of Ultrasonic and Radio-Frequency Signals in Permafrost, 2008.
• Contract Project. Permafrost and Geotechnical Research in Support of the Engineering and Construction Phases of the Tommot-Kerdem Railroad Project, 2006.
• RFBR – CNSF Project. Distribution and Development of Cryogenic Processes and Phenomena and Their Influence on the Stability of Engineering Works in the Cryolithozone of Russia and China, 2003-2004.

Recent Publications

in English

Alekseev V. R., Ma Wei, Zhao Shuping (2012). Fundamental research into groundwater in permafrost zone - Introduction of "Suprapermafrost Water in the Cryolithozone" written by Shepelev V.V. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, vol. 34, no. 4, 906-911.

Alekseev V. R. (2012). Melt water as a cryogenic resource of the planet. Geography and Natural Resources, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 19-25.

Kuzmin G.P., Panin V.N. (2012). Providing the optimal temperature for underground plant seed storage in permafrost. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost, Salekhard, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, June 25–29, 2012. Vol. 2: Translations of Russian Contributions (Eds. V.P. Melnikov, D.D. Drozdov, V.E. Romanovsky). The Northern Publisher, Salekhard, pp. 221–223.

Litovko А.V. (2012). Geocryological conditions of the grounds of the "ice complex" and their impact on the Berkakit - Tommot - Yakutsk Railway of the Amur-Yakutsk Mainline. In: Tenth International Conference on Permafrost: Resources and Risks of Permafrost Areas in a Changing World. Vol. 4: Extended Abstracts. Fort Dialog-Iset, Ekaterinburg, pp. 329–330.

Shesternev D.M. (2012). Cryolithozone, climate and emergency risks. In: Tenth International Conference on Permafrost: Resources and Risks of Permafrost Areas in a Changing World. Vol. 4: Extended Abstracts. Fort Dialog-Iset, Ekaterinburg, pp. 528–529.

Skachkov, Yu. B, Neradovsky L. G. (2012). Forecast of air temperature change in Yakutia to the middle of the twenty-first century. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost, Salekhard, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, June 25–29, 2012. Vol. 2: Translations of Russian Contributions (Eds. V.P. Melnikov, D.D. Drozdov, V.E. Romanovsky). The Northern Publisher, Salekhard, pp. 407–410.

Zhang R.V. (2012). Temperature Regime and Stability of Small Dams, Spillways and Canals in Permafrost, Russia. Heilongjiang People’s Publishing House, Harbin. 200 pp.

Alekseyev, Vladimir (2011). We Live on Permafrost. Popular Scientific Publication. Yakutsk: Permafrost Institute SB RAS Press. 36 pp., 24 ills.

Alekseyev V.R. and R.V. Zhang (2011). Cryogenic Building Materials. Formulation of the Concept, Classification, and State of the Art. Yakutsk: Permafrost Institute SB RAS. 68 pp. 9 illus. Refs 85 titles.

Neradovskii, L. G. (2011). Calculation of the temperature of frozen ground on the basis of mathematical models of the temperature dependence of ground penetrating radar signals. Measurement Techniques, Vol. 54, Issue 8 (2011), DOI 2011, 10.1007/s11018-0011-9829-2, Page 931-938.

Neradovsky L.G. (2010). Temperature relationships of the GPR dynamic parameter in developed areas of the Yakutian permafrost region. The Application of Technologies for the Conservation of Nature in Cold Regions: Materials of the IX International Symposium on Cold Regions Development, June 1-5, 2010, Yakutsk, Russia.

Solomonov N.G., Kerschengolts B.M., Ivanov B.I., Remigailo P.A., Chzan R.V., Goncharov N.P., Kurilko A.S. (2010). The project of creation international cryostorage of gene pool of plants and animals in conditions permafrost soils of Yakutia. Cryobiology, Volume 61, Issue 3, p. 368. doi:10.1016/j.cryobiol.2010.10.027.

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