Settlement of embankments in permafrost regions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Jilin, Qi ^a   Yu, Sheng ^a   Jianming, Zhang ^a   Zhi, Wen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Embankment; Equivalent permafrost table; Permafrost; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CREEP; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEGRADATION; EMBANKMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PERMAFROST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34548217760     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950701409249     Document Type: Article

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