New permafrost and glacier research [[electronic resource] /] / Max I. Krugger and Harry P. Stern, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781170103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61668-574-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KruggerMax I; SternHarry P
• Disciplina: 551.3/84
• Soggetti: Permafrost; Glaciers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""NEW PERMAFROST AND GLACIER RESEARCH ""; ""NEW PERMAFROST AND GLACIER RESEARCH ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""PERMAFROST""; ""GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN MOUNTAIN PERMAFROST ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""MOUNTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALPINE PERMAFROST ""; ""SOME ASPECTS OF ALPINE PERMAFROST HYDROLOGY ""; ""GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF ALPINE PERMAFROST""; ""GEOTHERMAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ALPINE PERMAFROST""; ""DESIGN PROCESS""; ""SITE INVESTIGATION ""; ""LABORATORY TESTING ""; ""MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENT AND STRUCTURE ""; ""CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES IN MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS """"CASE HISTORIES, PROBLEMS AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PERMAFROST MODELING IN WEATHER FORECASTS AND CLIMATE PROJECTIONS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THEORY OF SOIL PHYSICS ""; ""SIMULATING FROZEN GROUND""; ""UNCERTAINTY IN PERMAFROST MODELING""; ""SIMULATING WILDFIRE IMPACTS ""; ""CHALLENGES ""; ""EVALUATION ""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN PERMAFROST: ISOLATION, BIODIVERSITY, PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Đ¡HARACTERIZATION OF PERMAFROST SEDIMENTS""""ISOLATION AND ; PRIMARY CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT STRAINS FROM PERMAFROST ""; ""STUDY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SPECTRUM OF PERMAFROST STRAINS""; ""LOCALIZATION OF RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS IN GENOMES OF PERMAFROST STRAINS""; ""IDENTIFICATION OF RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS IN PERMAFROST BACTERIAL STRAINS""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE RECENT PERMAFROST IN NORTH-WESTERN CANADA AND THE PLEISTOCENE RELICT CRYOGENIC FORMS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (HUNGARY)""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF PERMAFROST IN CANADA """"CRYOGENIC FEATURES IN CANADA""; ""DESCRIPTION OF SITES IN HUNGARY""; ""RELICT CRYOGENIC FORMS IN HUNGARY ""; ""CRYOGENIC FEATURES AND THEIR IMPLICATION FOR PALAEOCLIMATE ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PERIGLACIAL LANDFORMS AND PROCESSES ON DISKO ISLAND, GREENLAND""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""STUDY AREA""; ""ROCK GLACIERS ""; ""PINGOS ""; ""PERIGLACIAL WEATHERING PROCESSES ""; ""PATTERNED GROUND AND ACTIVE LAYER PHENOMENA""; ""FLUVIAL AND COASTAL LANDFORMS AND PROCESSES""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""MOUNTAIN PERMAFROST DEGRADATION IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYAS AND THE RUSSIA ALTAI MOUNTAINS""""ABSTRACT""; ""PERMAFROST STUDIES IN NEPAL HIMALAYAS""; ""KHMBU HIMAL""; ""MEASUREMENTS OF GROUND TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES AT 50-CM DEPTH AND PIT SURVEYS ""; ""THE LAPSE RATE CHANGE OF THE GT50 IN 1973 AND 2004 ""; ""FINDING OF THE FROZEN LAYER""; ""PERMAFROST DEGRADATION BETWEEN 1973 AND 2004""; ""PERMAFROST STUDIES IN RUSSIA ALTAI ""; ""THE SOUTH CHUYSKIY RANGE ""; ""PHENOMENA RELATED TO PERMAFROST DEGRADATION""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""GLACIERS""; ""THE FORMER GLACIATION OF HIGH- (TIBET) AND CENTRAL ASIA AND ITS GLOBAL CLIMATIC IMPACT - AN ICE AGE THEORY WITH A REMARK ON POTENTIAL WARMER CLIMATIC CYCLES IN THE FUTURE ""