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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2009
Print publication year:
1989
Online ISBN:
9780511564437
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564437
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Climatology and Climate Change, Geomorphology and Physical Geography, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest
Series:
Studies in Polar Research
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Book description

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.

Reviews

‘The Frozen Earth … fills a considerable gap in the literature and will be of importance to both academic and applied workers in the periglacial zone. It is the most significant contribution in this field for a number of years.’

Source: Polar Record

‘… an excellent state-of-the-art review of our current knowledge and understanding of the processes controlling ground freezing and thawing and the behaviour of frozen ground.’

Source: Arctic

‘… the book has successfully brought together a wide body of information from several different but related fields of endeavour, to produce a good overview of the fundamentals of geocryology.’

Source: Canadian Geotechnical Journal

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