Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils
Climate warming in the Arctic, accompanied by changes in permafrost soil properties (mechanical, thermal, filtration, geophysical), is due to increasing unfrozen pore water content. The liquid component in frozen soils is an issue of key importance for permafrost engineering that has been extensivel...
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| author | Evgeny Chuvilin Natalia Sokolova Boris Bukhanov |
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| description | Climate warming in the Arctic, accompanied by changes in permafrost soil properties (mechanical, thermal, filtration, geophysical), is due to increasing unfrozen pore water content. The liquid component in frozen soils is an issue of key importance for permafrost engineering that has been extensively studied since the beginning of the 20th century. We suggest a synthesis and new classification of various experimental and calculation methods for the determination of unfrozen water content. Special focus is placed on the method of applying measurements to the water potential, which reveals the impact of permafrost warming on unfrozen water content. This method was applied to natural soil samples collected from shallow permafrost from northern West Siberia affected by climate change, and confirms the revealed trends. The obtained results confirm that unfrozen water content is sensitive not only temperature but also particle size distribution, salinity, and the organic matter content of permafrost soils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e7fc42f64ab4c55954cb80eba538d8d2023-11-23T16:50:11ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632022-06-0112625310.3390/geosciences12060253Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost SoilsEvgeny Chuvilin0Natalia Sokolova1Boris Bukhanov2Center for Petroleum Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Build. 1, Bolshoi Boulevard, 121205 Moscow, RussiaCenter for Petroleum Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Build. 1, Bolshoi Boulevard, 121205 Moscow, RussiaCenter for Petroleum Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Build. 1, Bolshoi Boulevard, 121205 Moscow, RussiaClimate warming in the Arctic, accompanied by changes in permafrost soil properties (mechanical, thermal, filtration, geophysical), is due to increasing unfrozen pore water content. The liquid component in frozen soils is an issue of key importance for permafrost engineering that has been extensively studied since the beginning of the 20th century. We suggest a synthesis and new classification of various experimental and calculation methods for the determination of unfrozen water content. Special focus is placed on the method of applying measurements to the water potential, which reveals the impact of permafrost warming on unfrozen water content. This method was applied to natural soil samples collected from shallow permafrost from northern West Siberia affected by climate change, and confirms the revealed trends. The obtained results confirm that unfrozen water content is sensitive not only temperature but also particle size distribution, salinity, and the organic matter content of permafrost soils.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/6/253permafrostfrozen soilphase composition of pore waterunfrozen water contentwater potential methodwarming |
| spellingShingle | Evgeny Chuvilin Natalia Sokolova Boris Bukhanov Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils Geosciences permafrost frozen soil phase composition of pore water unfrozen water content water potential method warming |
| title | Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils |
| title_full | Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils |
| title_fullStr | Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils |
| title_short | Changes in Unfrozen Water Contents in Warming Permafrost Soils |
| title_sort | changes in unfrozen water contents in warming permafrost soils |
| topic | permafrost frozen soil phase composition of pore water unfrozen water content water potential method warming |
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