Melnikov Permafrost Institute

Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
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Established	1960
Director	Mikhail Nikolaevich Zheleznyak
Owner	Siberian Branch of RAS
Address	36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, Russia, 677010
Location	Yakutsk, Russia
Website	mpi.ysn.ru

Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (Russian: Институт мерзлотоведения имени П. И. Мельникова СО РАН) is a research institute based in Yakutsk, Russia. It was founded in 1960.

Inventions

Method for Determining Air Content in Frozen Soil, Method and Apparatus for Determining Volume and Density of Soil Particles, Apparatus for Heat Exchange of Liquids and Gases, Method for Determining Frost Heave during Active Layer Freezeback, Pile for Permafrost, Device for Cooling Permafrost Soils, Method for Production of a Pile Foundation for Permafrost, Device for Stabilization of Indoor Temperature and other.^{[citation needed]}

Divisions

Laboratory of General Geocryology
Laboratory of Permafrost Geothermics
Laboratory of Permafrost Landscapes
Laboratory of Permafrost Groundwater and Geochemistry
Laboratory of Permafrost Engineering
Geoinformatics Group
Vilyui Permafrost Research Station
North-Eastern Permafrost Station
Igarka Geocryological Laboratory
Kazakhstan Alpine Permafrost Laboratory

Cryo-storage

Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants was opened in 2012.^[1]

References

^ Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants opened in Yakutia. RIA Novosti. Криохранилище семян редких и перспективных растений открылось в Якутии. РИА Новости.

External links

[1] Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants opened in Yakutia. RIA Novosti. Криохранилище семян редких и перспективных растений открылось в Якутии. РИА Новости.

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