Cold Regions Engineering 2006: Current Practices in Cold Regions Engineering contains 73 papers that were presented at the 13th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering in Orono, Maine from July 23-26, 2006. This Proceedings, explores information beyond transportatio…
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, held in Orono, Maine, July 23-26, 2006. Sponsored by Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering ASCE. Cosponsored by Technical Committee on Frost in Geotechnical Engineering of the International Soc…
Intended to introduce the special principles and practices needed for successful design and construction in cold environments, this comprehensive text examines the adaptation of engineering specialties and disciplines to the particular requirements caused by freezing temperature…
This comprehensive text introduces the special principles and practices needed for successful design and construction in cold environments and explains how to adapt engineering specialties and disciplines to the particular requirements imposed by freezing temperatures. Each chap…
Intended to introduce the special principles and practices needed for successful design and construction in cold environments, this comprehensive text examines the adaptation of engineering specialties and disciplines to the particular requirements caused by freezing temperature…
This is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earth's cryosphere - all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but comprehensive summary of snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice and icebergs …
"This is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earth's cryosphere - all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but comprehensive summary of snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice and icebergs…
"This is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earth's cryosphere - all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but comprehensive summary of snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice and icebergs…
What is like to live in a place of bare rock, vertical walls, and windswept ledges, where snow covers the ground for much of the year and temperature changes of thirty degrees or more is the daily norm? The Alpine Sierra Nevada, the rugged mountain world above treeline, presents…