LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 25 - PERMAFROST

Chapter 25 is concerned with landslides in relation to permafrost. Section 1 explains what permafrost is and where it is located. Section 2 discusses the temperature distribution in a permafrost region and describes the two principal zones in North America: the continuous permafrost zone in the north and the discontinuous permafrost zone in the south. Section 3 examines the physical properties of permafrost. Types of permafrost slope movements are discussed in Section 4 and methods for controlling the stability of permafrost slopes are addressed in Section 5.

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• Authors:
  • Tatt Jr, Rupert G
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 620-645
• Monograph Title: LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Landslides; Permafrost; Physical properties; Slope failure; Slope stability; Traffic mitigation
• Geographic Terms: North America
• Old TRIS Terms: Permafrost regions
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722514
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM