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Titolo: |
Field and theory : lectures in geocryology = Terrain et theorie : essais de geocryologie / / edited by Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker
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Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1985 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 551.3/84 |
Soggetto topico: | Frozen ground |
Ice | |
Mass-wasting | |
Altri autori: |
ChurchMichael Anthony <1942->
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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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Field and theory ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-22531-X |
9786613225313 | |
0-7748-5368-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825481603321 |
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