APPROACH ROADS, 1955 GREENLAND PROGRAM

The overall objective of the report was to investigate and develop methods, techniques and design criteria for construction and maintenance of gravel fill roads on ice surfaces, with particular reference to surfaces of the glacier type as exemplified by the TUTO ramp on the Greenland Ice Cap. See al...

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Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1955
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Civil Engineering
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*ICE
*ROADS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
EARTH HANDLING EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FREEZING
GRAVEL
GREENLAND
HEAT TRANSFER
MELTING
PENETRATION
SURFACES
THERMOCOUPLES
CAMP TUTO
GREENLAND ICE CAP
Arctic
Greenland
glacier
Ice
Ice cap
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712512
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712512
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Summary:The overall objective of the report was to investigate and develop methods, techniques and design criteria for construction and maintenance of gravel fill roads on ice surfaces, with particular reference to surfaces of the glacier type as exemplified by the TUTO ramp on the Greenland Ice Cap. See also PB-146026.

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