Melnikov Permafrost Institute

• comprehensive permafrost studies in regions of intensive development of national economy;
• laws of underground waters formation in the cryolithic zone, methods of their evaluation;
• development of the theory of heat and mass exchange in frozen and melting rocks.
• geothermy of the current condition and dynamics of temperature field of the cryolithic zone, thermal laws of cryogenic processes; development of theoretical and methodical bases for rational environmental management and nature protection in the zone of permanently frozen rocks.