A new approach for assessing geothermal response to climate change in permafrost regions

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-227

  Nishimura, S ^a,b   Martin, C J ^b   Jardine, R J ^b   Fenton, C H ^b  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geology; Ground freezing; Numerical modelling; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD REGIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL VARIATIONS; GROUND FREEZING; GROUND RESPONSE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NEW APPROACHES; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERMAFROST REGION; PERMAFROST TABLE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; ROLLING HILLS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WARMING CLIMATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; FREEZING; GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND FREEZING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 67949104858     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2009.59.3.213     Document Type: Article

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