20 YEAR PERFORMANCE HISTORY OF FIRST INSULATED ROADWAY ON PERMAFROST IN ALASKA

In 1969, extruded polystyrene foam insulation layers were experimentally installed beneath a new section of the Edgerton highway constructed over warm (-1 OC) permafrost soils near Chitina, Alaska This was the f i s t such installation in North America for preventing or controlling thawing of permaf...

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Main Author: David C. Esch
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.561.2871
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/cpc5-403.pdf