In-situ monitoring of settlement at different layers under embankments in permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Engineering Geology

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Yu, Fan ^a   Qi, Jilin ^a   Yao, Xiaoliang ^a   Liu, Yongzhi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ground temperature; Mechanism; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Highway; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT SETTLEMENT; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GROUND TEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBET HIGHWAYS; SETTLEMENT; THAWING TEMPERATURE;

MECHANISMS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

PERMAFROST;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMBANKMENT; GROUND SETTLEMENT; MOTORWAY; PERMAFROST; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; THAWING;

BEILUO RIVER; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHANXI;

EID: 84877963439     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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