ГЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ


ИНЖЕНЕРНАЯ ГЕОЛОГИЯ. ГИДРОГЕОЛОГИЯ. ГЕОКРИОЛОГИЯ

Geoekologiya, 2022, Vol. 3, P. 38-50

GEOECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER COMPOSITION IN WATERCOURSES OF BUREYA RIVER BASIN IN THE PERMAFROST ZONE    

L. M. Kondratyeva1, Z. N. Litvinenko1*, D.V. Andreeva1, Е.М. Golubeva2

1Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Dikopol’tseva, 56, Khabarovsk, 680000 Russia

2 Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000 Russia

*E-mail: zoyana2003@mail.ru 

 

Water composition in different tributaries of the Bureya River (Far East) under influence of geoecological processes of organic carbon transformation were studied in the active layer of biosphere in the permafrost zone. In the permafrost zone, carbon reserves are concentrated, and upon climate change it can be mobilized and converted into greenhouse gases. Microbial processes are an important mechanism of its transformation. The purpose of the study was to assess comprehensively the composition of surface water in the tributaries of the Bureya River in swampy areas (marshes) depending on the permafrost depth with use a spectrophotometric method for determining the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and experiments on the activity of microbial complexes in the active layer in relation to humic substances. The microbial complexes of the active layer and the depth of the permafrost horizon played a decisive role in DOM composition. It has been experimentally shown that at the same temperature the qualitative composition of DOM in watercourses during the thawing of permafrost can differ significantly.

Keywords: water composition, permafrost, active layer, microbial complexes, humic substances

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