Extreme-value statistics for frost penetration depths in northeastern United States

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 828-835

  DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a   Wilks, Daniel S ^a   McKay, Megan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SNOW; STATISTICS;

GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION;

FROZEN SOILS;

BUILDING CODE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPTH; FROST PENETRATION; FROZEN SOIL; PENETRATION DEPTH; SOIL FREEZING;

USA, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031234181     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:9(828)     Document Type: Article

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