The Frozen Earth - Fundamentals of Geocryology

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Periglacial Conditions; 2. Morphology of Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground; 3. Climate and Frozen Ground; 4. The Ground Thermal Regime; 5. The Forms of the Ground Surface 1: Slopes and Subsidences; 6. The Forms of the Ground Surface 2: Structures and Microtopography of Level Ground; 7. Thermodynamic Behaviour of Frozen Soils; 8. Hydrology of Frozen Ground; 9. The Mechanics of Frozen Ground; 10. Geocryology Past and Future; References; Index.

Summary

This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave, solifluction, slope instabilities, patterned ground, pingos and ice wedges.

Product details

• Authors: Michael W. Smith, Peter J. Williams
• Assisted by: L. C. Bliss (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521424233
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42423-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Series: Studies in Polar Research
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology