Understanding the factors that influences the flow and ultimate distribution of petroleum released to the subsurface is necessary to the development of reasonable response and clean-up strategies in any environment. The influence the unique Arctic and Antarctic environments have on petroleum migration requires modification of accepted conceptual models for movement of petroleum through non-freezing soils. Factors that influence petroleum migration through soils underlain by permafrost and current insight into these factors are discussed in this chapter.
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Barnes, D.L., Chuvilin, E. (2009). Migration of Petroleum in Permafrost-Affected Regions. In: Margesin, R. (eds) Permafrost Soils. Soil Biology, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69371-0_18
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