Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Symbols
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 PERIGLACIAL CONDITIONS
- 2 MORPHOLOGY OF PERMAFROST AND SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND
- 3 CLIMATE AND FROZEN GROUND
- 4 THE GROUND THERMAL REGIME
- 5 THE FORMS OF THE GROUND SURFACE 1: SLOPES AND SUBSIDENCES
- 6 THE FORMS OF THE GROUND SURFACE 2: STRUCTURES AND MICROTOPOGRAPHY OF LEVEL GROUND
- 7 THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF FROZEN SOILS
- 8 HYDROLOGY OF FROZEN GROUND
- 9 THE MECHANICS OF FROZEN GROUND
- 10 GEOCRYOLOGY PAST AND FUTURE
- References
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Symbols
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 PERIGLACIAL CONDITIONS
- 2 MORPHOLOGY OF PERMAFROST AND SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND
- 3 CLIMATE AND FROZEN GROUND
- 4 THE GROUND THERMAL REGIME
- 5 THE FORMS OF THE GROUND SURFACE 1: SLOPES AND SUBSIDENCES
- 6 THE FORMS OF THE GROUND SURFACE 2: STRUCTURES AND MICROTOPOGRAPHY OF LEVEL GROUND
- 7 THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF FROZEN SOILS
- 8 HYDROLOGY OF FROZEN GROUND
- 9 THE MECHANICS OF FROZEN GROUND
- 10 GEOCRYOLOGY PAST AND FUTURE
- References
- Index
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- The Frozen EarthFundamentals of Geocryology, pp. xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989