Understanding the performance of highway embankments on degraded permafrost
Roads and highways in cold regions are negatively affected by settlement of embankments in areas of degraded or degrading permafrost, particularly in areas with mean annual temperatures close to 0°C where permafrost is locally discontinuous. Climate warming and human activities can lead to increase...
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8098 |