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MARC recordProblems of permafrost engineering as examplified by three communities in the north western Canadian Arctic / Peter Worsley.
| Title: | Problems of permafrost engineering as examplified by three communities in the north western Canadian Arctic / Peter Worsley. |
| Author(s): | Worsley, Peter. |
| Date: | 1992. |
| In: | Quaternary Proceedings. (1992.), (2) (1992) |
| Abstract: | Considers three case studies in continuous permafrost zone of Northwest Territories: village of Sachs Harbour on Banks Island; Tuktoyaktuk on south coast of Beaufort Sea; and Inuvik on eastern Mackenzie delta. Most constructional problems associated with permafrost have been successfully overcome. |
| Notes: | Quaternary Proceedings. (2) :67-78 (1992). |
| Keywords: | 62 -- Engineering and technology. 62(211) -- Engineering in cold regions. 624.139 -- Engineering in frozen ground. 69(211) -- Building construction in cold regions. .000(410) -- British author. E12 -- Glaciology: frozen ground / snow and ice engineering. (*41) -- Canada. (*440) -- Northwest Territories. (*470) -- Mackenzie District. (*460) -- Franklin District. (*469.6) -- Banks Island. |
| SPRI record no.: | 119248 |
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