Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Editor's note
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on translations and definitions
- Abstract
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Thermal-physical, physico-chemical and mechanical processes in freezing, frozen and thawing ground and their manifestation in the permafrost regions
- II Composition, cryogenic structure and properties of frozen rocks
- III Principles of the formation and development of the frozen strata and layers of seasonal freezing and thawing
- IV Regional features and evolution of permafrost
- V Rational use of frozen ground and environmental protection in the course of economic development of the permafrost regions
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Editor's note
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on translations and definitions
- Abstract
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Thermal-physical, physico-chemical and mechanical processes in freezing, frozen and thawing ground and their manifestation in the permafrost regions
- II Composition, cryogenic structure and properties of frozen rocks
- III Principles of the formation and development of the frozen strata and layers of seasonal freezing and thawing
- IV Regional features and evolution of permafrost
- V Rational use of frozen ground and environmental protection in the course of economic development of the permafrost regions
- References
- Index
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- General Geocryology , pp. vii - xiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998