The effect of climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, China

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Tong, Changjiang ^a   Wu, Qingbai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE WARMING; PERMAFROST; QINGHAI TIBET HIGHWAY; ROAD DETERIORATION;

CHINA, QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WEATHER PROBLEMS; FROST EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; THAWING;

QINGHAI TIBET HIGHWAY, CHINA;

PERMAFROST;

EID: 0029669002     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-232X(95)00012-Z     Document Type: Article

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