Technical approaches on permafrost thermal stability for Qinghai–Tibet Railway

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Wu, Q B ^a   Cheng, G D ^a   Ma, W ^a   Niu, F ^a   Sun, Z Z ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Railway; Roadbed cooling; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006971739     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486020600777861     Document Type: Article

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