1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000620770203316

Autore

HAMPEL, John

Titolo

3-Manifold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton : Princeton University press

Tokyo : University of Tokyo press, 1976

Descrizione fisica

XII, 195 p. : graf. ; 23 cm

Collana

Annals of Mathematics studies ; 86

Disciplina

516.07

Collocazione

510 AMSP 86

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780546603321

Titolo

Field and theory : lectures in geocryology = Terrain et théorie : essais de géocryologie / / editors, Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1985

ISBN

1-283-22531-X

9786613225313

0-7748-5368-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ChurchMichael Anthony <1942->

SlaymakerOlav <1939->

Disciplina

551.3/84

Soggetti

Frozen ground

Ice

Mass-wasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Abstracts in French and Russian.


Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ -- Figures and Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notation -- On the Scientific Method of J. Ross Mackay -- Experimental Observations of Periglacial Processes in the Arctic -- Extreme Rainfall and Rapid Snowmelt as Causes of Mass Movements in High Latitude Mountains -- Estimation of Avalanche Runout Distances in New Zealand -- The Ice Factor in Frozen Ground -- Models of Soil Freezing -- A Step Function Model of Ice Segregation -- Recent Observations on the Deformation of Ice and Ice-Rich Permafrost -- Distribution of Recently Active Ice and Soil Wedges in the Ussr -- Periglacial Problems -- Notes on Contributors -- Author Citation Index. -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of papers by internationally known scientists in the field of geocryology was originally presented as a series of lectures at the University of British Columbia in 1980-1 in honour of J. Ross MacKay.