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Field and Theory : Lectures in Geocryology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1985Copyright date: ©1985Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774853682
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Field and TheoryDDC classification:
  • 551.3/84
LOC classification:
  • GB642 -- .F54 1985eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notation -- 1. On the Scientific Method of J. Ross Mackay -- 2. Experimental Observations of Periglacial Processes in the Arctic -- 3. Extreme Rainfall and Rapid Snowmelt as Causes of Mass Movements in High Latitude Mountains -- 4. Estimation of Avalanche Runout Distances in New Zealand -- 5. The Ice Factor in Frozen Ground -- 6. Models of Soil Freezing -- 7. A Step Function Model of Ice Segregation -- 8. Recent Observations on the Deformation of Ice and Ice-Rich Permafrost -- 9. Distribution of Recently Active Ice and Soil Wedges in the U.S.S.R. -- 10. Periglacial Problems -- Notes on Contributors -- Author Citation Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: This collection of papers by internationally known scientists in the field of geocryology was originally presented as a series of lectures at the University of British Columbia in 1980-1 in honour of J. Ross MacKay.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notation -- 1. On the Scientific Method of J. Ross Mackay -- 2. Experimental Observations of Periglacial Processes in the Arctic -- 3. Extreme Rainfall and Rapid Snowmelt as Causes of Mass Movements in High Latitude Mountains -- 4. Estimation of Avalanche Runout Distances in New Zealand -- 5. The Ice Factor in Frozen Ground -- 6. Models of Soil Freezing -- 7. A Step Function Model of Ice Segregation -- 8. Recent Observations on the Deformation of Ice and Ice-Rich Permafrost -- 9. Distribution of Recently Active Ice and Soil Wedges in the U.S.S.R. -- 10. Periglacial Problems -- Notes on Contributors -- Author Citation Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

This collection of papers by internationally known scientists in the field of geocryology was originally presented as a series of lectures at the University of British Columbia in 1980-1 in honour of J. Ross MacKay.

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