General mechanisms of the formation and development of permafrost

• Main Authors: Shvetsov, P. F., National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Research Council of Canada 1964
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol; heat transfer; transfert de chaleur; freeze thaw cycles; gel dégel; bibliographies; bibliographie; Canada; Conseil
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4224/20358670; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=5c2ba338-af37-4400-961a-f77700bf1668; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=5c2ba338-af37-4400-961a-f77700bf1668; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=5c2ba338-af37-4400-961a-f77700bf1668

This translation is the second arranged by the Permafrost Subcommittee of the Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics of the National Research Council of Canada, of the Russian permafrost publication "Principles of Geocryology". This translation of Chapter IV by P.F. Shvetsov review...