Ground Ice Distribution, Classification & Properties (BGC Engineering, March 2002)
This is an educational presentation on ground ice distribution, classification, and engineering properties in permafrost terrain, covering origins of ground ice, water content, and three design approaches (thawing, freezing, and frozen) with case examples from permafrost engineering projects.
- Date
- 2002
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- BGC Engineering Inc., Dr. K. Wayne Savigny
- Locations
- High Arctic, Boreal Forest, Downtown Calgary, Diavik
- Parameters
- ground ice, permafrost, ice wedges, pingos, frost heave, thaw settlement, creep, unfrozen water, latent heat, ground thermal regime, foundation design, water retention dykes
- Pages
- 26
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