Influences of local factors on permafrost occurrence and their implications for Qinghai-Xizang Railway design

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 704-709

  Cheng, Guodong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Anomaly in permafrost occurrence; Climate warming; Cooled roadbed; Local factor; Qinghai Xizang Railway

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THAWING;

CLIMATE WARMING; CONDUCTION PATTERN; ROADBED; THERMAL RESISTANT MATERIALS;

PERMAFROST;

COLD REGION; DESIGN; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION;

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

EID: 8644238801     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0438     Document Type: Article

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