TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Peter J.
AU  - Smith,Michael W.
TI  - The frozen earth: fundamentals of geocryology 
T2  - Studies in polar research
SN  - 9780511564437 (ebook)
AV  - GB641 .W55 1989
U1  - 551.3/84 19
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Frozen ground
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave, solifluction, slope instabilities, patterned ground, pingos and ice wedges. The thermodynamic conditions accompanying the freezing of water in porous materials are examined and their fundamental role in the ice segregation and frost heave processes is demonstrated in a clear and simple manner. This book concentrates on the analysis of the causes and effects of frozen ground phenomena, rather than on the description of the natural features characteristic of freezing or thawing ground. Its scientific approach provides a basis for geotechnical analyses such as those essential to resource development.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564437
ER  -