Characteristics and Use of Frozen Ground and Permafrost Landforms
by
Stuart A. Harris, Anatoli Brouchkov, Cheng Guodong
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of environmental factors. Its major characteristic is the accumulation of large quantities of ice which may exceed 90% by volume....