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This paper reports on the geoecological state of landscapes of oil and gas fields in the Ural–Volga steppe zone. Large-scale direct disturbances and impacts with dramatic aftereffects have been revealed on the basis of field research using the geographic information system (GIS) and data from remote sensing of the Earth. It has been shown that the current land-use pattern in oil and gas production areas is in need of professional control to protect and recover the landscapes in the steppe zone.
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Original Russian Text © K.V. Myachina, A.A. Chibilev, S.A. Dubrovskaya, 2017, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2017, Vol. 474, No. 6, pp. 741–745.
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Myachina, K.V., Chibilev, A.A. & Dubrovskaya, S.A. Steppe landscapes of the Ural–Volga region in response to oil and gas production: Evaluation and minimization of direct geoecological aftereffects. Dokl. Earth Sc. 474, 709–712 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X17060228
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