466 4TH CAN. PERMAFROST CONF. (1982) In situ frost heave testing using cold plates

• Main Authors: J. F. Nixon, J. R. Ellwood, W. A. Slusarchuk
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sion; Yukon; permafrost
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.534.4806; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/CPC4-466.pdf

The concept is introduced of a circular cold plate as a device for determining the frost heave char-acteristics or susceptibility of soils in situ. The advantages include (i) the ability to test the in situ, undisturbed soil and groundwater conditions, not subjected to possible sampling disturbance,...