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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aGB641 _b.W55 1989
082	0	0	_a551.3/84 _219
100	1		_aWilliams, Peter J. _q(Peter John), _d1932- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe frozen earth : _bfundamentals of geocryology / _cPeter J. Williams and Michael W. Smith.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1989.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStudies in polar research
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aFrozen ground.
700	1		_aSmith, Michael W., _d1944- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521365345
830		0	_aStudies in polar research.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564437
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