Case study of degrading permafrost beneath a road embankment

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 93-111

  Alfaro, Marolo C ^a   Ciro, German A ^b   Thiessen, Kendall J ^c   Ng, Tony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c AECOM   (Canada)

^d Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold regions; Embankments; Global warming; Highways and roads; Infrastructure; Numerical analysis; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

COLD REGIONS; EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOUNDATION SOILS; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; INFRASTRUCTURE; MANITOBA , CANADA; MONITORING PERIODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ROAD EMBANKMENTS; SUBSURFACE THERMAL REGIME; THERMAL REGIMES;

CANALS; DEGRADATION; EMBANKMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST; RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

COLD REGION; EMBANKMENT; FOUNDATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; THERMAL REGIME;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249137540     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(2009)23:3(93)     Document Type: Article

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