Interpretation of Isotope Data of Massive Ice Bodies in Western Siberia — the Key to Understanding the Conditions of Ice Formation


https://doi.org/10.7868/S2412376526010112

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Abstract

The issues of the genesis of massive ice are still controversial and in many cases unresolved, especially if the ice deposit contains pronounced dislocations. The method of interpreting the δ18O–d2H ratio allows us to establish the source of water and the conditions of deposit formation. The basis of the methodological approach is to establish the conditions of a closed or open system during freezing based on the slope of the trend line for all ice samples in δ18O and d2H coordinates. The potential of this approach is demonstrated using the example of data on massive ice exposed in boreholes in the Bovanenkovo gas condensate field and the outcrop of a thermocirque on the 3rd marine terrace near the Vas’kiny Dachi (Bovanenkovo) stationary site. In the first case, it is shown that the ice was formed under conditions of high flooding, free access of water (open system), which changed its isotopic parameters over time. In the second case, the ice formed in a closed system with syngenetic accumulation of bottom lake sediments. For comparison, data on previously published (massive) ice of Yamal are summarized, most of which are interpreted as intraground ice formed in an open system.

About the Authors

Ju. N. Chizhova
Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow


Yu. K. Vasil’chuk
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Moscow


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For citation: Chizhova J.N., Vasil’chuk Y.K. Interpretation of Isotope Data of Massive Ice Bodies in Western Siberia — the Key to Understanding the Conditions of Ice Formation. Ice and Snow. 2026;66(1):155-171. https://doi.org/10.7868/S2412376526010112

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