Impact of permafrost change on the Qinghai-Tibet Railroad engineering

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 122-130

  Wu, Qingbai ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a   Ma, Wei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Railroad; Roadbed stability

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EARTH SCIENCES; ICE; PERMAFROST; RAILROADS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THAWING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; PERMAFROST TEMPERATURE; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUND SETTLEMENT; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 8644238031     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04zd0014     Document Type: Article

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