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A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NATURAL METHANE GAS CONTAMINATION OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

Earth Sciences: Geoecological Context , UDC: 504.4, 911.9, 528.88, 551.248 DOI: 10.24412/2076-9091-2025-157-48-66

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  • Kharitonov Andrey Leonidovich Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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In this article, the hypothesis of the relationship between the spatial location of the so-called gas (methane) sips and morphological-elliptic heterogeneities is tested. One of the purposes of this article is to demonstrate the possibilities of recently little-used geophysical research methods to study the influence of natural degassing (environmentally hazardous) mantle processes occurring within the morphological-elliptic heterogeneities in the waters of the eastern part of the Arctic sector of Russia. Another task of this study is information environmental assessments, which are the basic criteria for determining natural risks in the creation of safe operation of transport caravans along the route of the Northern Sea Route, as well as Arctic commercial fishing and the development of oil and gas fields in the eastern part of the Arctic sector of Russia. The relevance of this study of this problem is due to the need to informatize environmental assessments in the zones of morphological-elliptic heterogeneities of the crystalline basement located within the waters of the Eastern Arctic. The research methods are remote aerospace methods (aeromagnetic, cosmomagnetic, heat flux) used for ecological mapping of morphological-elliptic heterogeneities. The leading research method in solving the problem of identifying environmentally safe areas for laying a safe route of the Northern Sea Route for transport vessels is the method of decrypting magnetic data (magnetic map) in the eastern sector of the Russian Arctic, which, as a first approximation, allows the identification of environmentally safe (non-degassing) morphological-elliptic heterogeneities. At the same time, the use of stochastic methods for calculating environmentally safe (non-degassing) morphological-elliptic heterogeneities significantly increases the informativeness and efficiency of calculating forecast risks that may arise when conducting caravans of transport vessels along the Northern Sea Route and adjacent Arctic waters. Stochastic methods used for environmental studies in the zones of morphological-elliptic heterogeneities in the Russian sector of the Arctic suggest the possibility of using a complex of geophysical data. As a result of the calculations carried out, a table of ecologically safe areas (morphological-elliptic heterogeneities) has been compiled, which can be used for the safe conduct of transport vessels along the route of the Northern Sea Route.
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decryption of magnetic field maps , ecological aspects of the study of Arctic waters , mantle degassing , methane sips , morphological-elliptic heterogeneities

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Kharitonov, A. L. (2025). A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NATURAL METHANE GAS CONTAMINATION OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 1 (57), 48. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9091-2025-157-48-66
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