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POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Geoscientific permafrost collaboration between Svalbard/Norway and Alaska

Tildelt: kr 0,87 mill.

Prosjektnummer:

196147

Prosjektperiode:

2010 - 2013

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One primary research aim is to compare the modern day permafrost conditions in terms of the ground thermal state, the stock of carbon and nitrogen, the potential for greenhouse gas production, the rates of permafrost land formation in the maritime arctic in Svalbard and Norway with the continental permafrost conditions in Alaska. A second primary research aim is to perform permafrost palaeoenvironmental reconstruction studies comparing conditions across the Arctic Ocean in both Svalbard, Norway and Alaska within the last interglacial the Holocene based on a combination of modeling the permafrost distribution, field studies of the stratigraphy of different permafrost landforms from boreholes with dates and remote sensing for determination of movement rates of permafrost landforms such as rock glaciers, ice-wedges, solifluction sheets and rock slides. The SVALASKA project will establish cooperation between the Geophysical Institute, UAF and the 4 Norwegian partners: The Arctic Geology Department, UNIS; The Department of Geosciences, UiO, The Geological Survey of Norway, NGU and Northern Research Institute, Norut. Collaboration activies include workshops, fieldwork, field excursions to both Norway/Svalbard and Alaska in addtion to staff and student exchange .

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