Arctic Pleistocene History And The Development Of Submarine Permafrost

Michael E. Vigdorchik is a senior research associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Ph.D. in geological and mineralogical sciences from Tallin-Moscow, USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1965.

• 1. Introduction 2. History of Investigations 3. Submarine Permafrost Regional Distribution, Composition, and Structure 4. Thermal State and Regime: Environmental Data on Submarine Permafrost Development 5. Dynamics of the Arctic Shelves and Coastal Area Development During the Pleistocene 6. Arctic Shelf Exposure: Glacioisostasy, Block Tectonics, Coastal Uplift, and Permafrost Development 7. Types of Arctic Submarine Permafrost Zones 8. Conclusion