TY  - BOOK
AU  - Church,Michael
AU  - Slaymaker,Olav
TI  - Field and Theory: Lectures in Geocryology
SN  - 9780774853682
AV  - GB642 -- .F54 1985eb 
U1  - 551.3/84 
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Vancouver
PB  - University of British Columbia Press
KW  - MacKay, J. R., -- 1915-
KW  - Frozen ground
KW  - Ice
KW  - Mass-wasting
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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