Degradation of permafrost beneath a road embankment enhanced by heat advected in groundwater 1

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 953-962

  de Grandpré, Isabelle ^a,b   Fortier, Daniel ^a,b,c   Stephani, Eva ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE WARMING; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GROUND TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; ROAD EMBANKMENTS; ROAD PAVEMENTS; SOIL CONSOLIDATION; SOIL LAYER; THAW SETTLEMENT; THERMAL IMPACTS;

DEGRADATION; EMBANKMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMAFROST; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ADVECTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMBANKMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; INSTABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMAFROST; ROAD; SUBSIDENCE; WATER TABLE; WELL WATER;

BEAVER CREEK; CANADA; IDAHO; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84863850512     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E2012-018     Document Type: Article

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