Engineering-related slope failure in permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-225

  Niu, Fujun ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a   Ni, Wankui ^b   Jin, Dewu ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat budget; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Thaw slumping

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DEGRADATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY; WATER;

HEAT BUDGET; PERMAFROST REGION; SLOPE FAILURE; THAW SLUMPING; WATER CONTENT;

PERMAFROST;

PERMAFROST; SLOPE FAILURE; SLUMPING; THAWING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 27644474152     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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