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Field and theory : lectures in geocryology = Terrain et théorie : essais de géocryologie

Title
Field and theory : lectures in geocryology = Terrain et théorie : essais de géocryologie / edited by Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker.
Publication
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Church, Michael Anthony, 1942-
  • Slaymaker, Olav, 1939-
Description
xvi, 213 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Contains 10 papers resulting from a lecture series held in honour of Dr. J. Ross Mackay at the University of British Columbia during 1980-81. Papers delineate the challenge of field work in the harsh periglacial environment and the resulting difficulty in testing theory in the field with rigour. Topics covered include soil freezing, ice formation and thaw.
Alternative Title
Terrain et théorie
Subject
  • MacKay, J. R., 1915-
  • Frozen ground
  • Ice
  • Mass-wasting
  • Ice
  • ice (water by form)
  • Frozen ground
  • Mass-wasting
  • Periglaciale verschijnselen
  • IJs (natuur)
Genre/Form
  • Festschriften
  • Festschriften.
Note
  • Abstracts in French and Russian.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Contents
On the scientific method of J. Ross Makay / W.H. Mathews -- Experimental observations of periglacial processes in the Arctic / Alfred Jahn -- Extreme rainfall and rapid snowmelt as causes of mass movements in high latitude mountains / Anders Rapp -- Estimation of avalanche runout distances in New Zealand / B.B. Fitzharris -- Ice factor in frozen ground / L.W. Gold -- Models of soil freezing / M.W. Smith -- Step function model of ice segregation / S.I. Outcalt -- Distribution of recently active ice and soil wedges in the U.S.S.R. / N.N. Romanovskij -- Periglacial problems / A.L. Washburn.
ISBN
  • 0774802049
  • 9780774802048
LCCN
85166280
OCLC
  • ocm12910483
  • 12910483
  • SCSB-8813261
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library