A review of the influence of freeze-thaw cycles on soil geotechnical properties

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-252

  Qi, Jilin ^a   Vermeer, Pieter A ^b   Cheng, Guodong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw; Geotechnical properties; Permafrost; Seasonal frost; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMBANKMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; PERMAFROST; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748903701     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.559     Document Type: Review

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