Frozen in time : permafrost and engineering problems /
"This book reads like a "how-to" manual for engineering personnel working in pioneering or primitive circumstances. The book reviews the large Russian-language body of literature devoted to permafrost, but also covers work published in English during the intervening years. It addresse...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Reston, Va. :
American Society of Civil Engineers,
©2008.
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| Series: | Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering monograph.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book reads like a "how-to" manual for engineering personnel working in pioneering or primitive circumstances. The book reviews the large Russian-language body of literature devoted to permafrost, but also covers work published in English during the intervening years. It addresses topics such as basic scientific knowledge about perennially frozen ground and the engineering problems associated with it, the geography of permafrost, related elements of landscape science and ecology, periglacial geomorphology, and the physics of frozen ground. This book serves as a valuable historical document, and will also be useful for those seeking basic knowledge about permafrost and approximate methods for coping with associated engineering problems."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxix, 280 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780784472446 0784472440 9781621980490 1621980499 |