Monitoring and reconstruction of a chairlift midway station in creeping permafrost terrain, Grächen, Swiss Alps

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 32-42

  Phillips, M ^a   Ladner, F ^b   Muller M ^c   Sambeth, U ^b   Sorg, J ^d   Teysseire, Ph ^e  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b Stump ForaTec AG   (Switzerland)

^c Bergbahnen Grächen ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Leitner AG   (Italy)

^e Teysseire and Candolfi Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chairlift midway station; Mountain permafrost; Structure stability; Terrain deformation

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CABLEWAYS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CREEP; FOUNDATIONS; LIFT; PERMAFROST;

CHAIRLIFT MIDWAY STATION; GROUND TEMPERATURES; SLOPE MOVEMENTS; STRUCTURE STABILITY; TERRAIN DEFORMATION;

FROST EFFECTS;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; MONITORING; PERMAFROST; SLOPE DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

EID: 33845512351     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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