In the cold regions, freezing of the ground presents major geotechnical and environmental challenges. In Russia, oil and gas gives these regions special economic and geopolitical significance. After glasnost, it became evident that research there was more comprehensive but the problems far greater than elsewhere. This translation of a wide-ranging account of the effects of freezing and their importance for geotechnical undertakings, has been prepared by an international team of specialists. It makes available a uniquely readable and technically accurate review, especially valuable to international organisations and those involved in joint ventures. The English edition of the 16-sheet geocryological map of Russian has been prepared by the same international team. For more details please see: www.freezingground.org/map or contact Scott Polar Research Institute, (Attn. Prof. P. J. Williams), Lensfield Rd., Cambridge, CB2 1ER, UK. - or e-mail: pjw1005@cus.cam.ac.uk.
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' ... a full and detailed account of the Earth's frozen ground.' Bryn Hubbard, Geological Magazine
'General Geocryology deserves praise from periglacial scientists and engineers because it makes an unique and authoritative contribution in the English language to our understanding of frozen-ground phenomena.' Julian Murton, Quaternary Science Reviews
'General Geocryology deserves praise from periglacial scientists and engineers because it makes an unique and authoritative contribution in the English language to our understanding of frozen-ground phenomena.' Julian Murton, Quaternary Science Reviews
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Original Language: Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Original Language: Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Geocryology is a branch of a more general science - cryology of the planets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Western Siberia, West Siberia, European Russia, Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, Russian North-East, Academy of Sciences, Central Asia, North America, Central Yakutiya, Late Proterozoic, Tien Shan, Building Regulations, European North of Russia, Kola Peninsula, Middle Pleistocene, Central Siberian, South America, Late Ordovician, Bol'shezemel'skaya Tundra, Novaya Zemlya, Novosibirskiye Ostrova, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Yakutiya, Upper Quaternary New!
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Western Siberia, West Siberia, European Russia, Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, Russian North-East, Academy of Sciences, Central Asia, North America, Central Yakutiya, Late Proterozoic, Tien Shan, Building Regulations, European North of Russia, Kola Peninsula, Middle Pleistocene, Central Siberian, South America, Late Ordovician, Bol'shezemel'skaya Tundra, Novaya Zemlya, Novosibirskiye Ostrova, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Yakutiya, Upper Quaternary New!
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- Vegetation of the Soviet Polar Deserts (Studies in Polar Research) by V. D. Aleksandrova in Front Matter
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- The Antarctic Circumpolar Ocean (Studies in Polar Research) by George Deacon in Front Matter
- A History of Antarctic Science (Studies in Polar Research) by G. E. Fogg in Front Matter
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