Field and theory : lectures in geocryology = Terrain et theorie : essais de geocryologie / / edited by Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker

• 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-> SlaymakerOlav <1939->
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II