Ice Wedges and Ice-Wedge Casts

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 436-451

  Murton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite wedges; Ice wedges; Ice wedge casts and pseudomorphs; Paleotemperature reconstruction; Soil wedges; Thaw consolidation; Thermal contraction cracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901927410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00097-2     Document Type: Chapter

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