Abstract
ABSTRACT Modern permafrost conditions of the Subpolar Urals are characterized by the example of peat bogs of the lateral moraine in the vicinity of Narodnaya mountain area (Polar Urals, Russia). Changes in permafrost conditions due to warming, studied by georadar survey and radiocarbon dating. The depth of thawing in these bogs was also determined by measuring the depth of the seasonally thawed layer and the temperature of the rocks using a thermometer and a metal probe 1.5 m long along a 100 m profile with a step of 10 m. It was found that the depth of the STL ranged from 10 to 140 cm at a permafrost surface temperature of 0 °C. The structure of the peat deposit was checked on a dry section of the swamp using a pit 40 cm deep. It was found that the peat bog is underlain by frozen clay-loam. In the peatland itself, several boundaries of peat and gley accumulation are visible in the layers directly above the underlying loam, which indicates a repeated change in the conditions of peat accumulation at the beginning of warming or the movement of rocks as a result of solifluction flows from nearby slopes.
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