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Record #94584:

Embankment failure from creep of permafrost foundation soils; a case history / R. McHattie, D. Esch.

Title: Embankment failure from creep of permafrost foundation soils; a case history / R. McHattie, D. Esch.
Author(s): McHattie, R.
Esch, D.
Date: 1988.
Publisher: Trondheim: Tapir Publishers
In: Permafrost. Fifth International Conference. August 2-5, 1988. Proceedings. (1988.), Vol. 2.
Abstract: Road section 10.6 m in height was constructed in 1975 over warm silt permafrost near Fairbanks, AK, and was observed to have settled noticeably due to creep of permafrost after several years of service. Road was reconstructed using wood chips as lightweight fill-replacement material.
Notes:

In: Permafrost. Fifth International Conference. August 2-5, 1988. Proceedings. Vol. 2. / Kaare Senneset, ed.

Keywords: 624.139.24 -- Settling and caving due to thawing.
625.7 -- Road construction and maintenance.
624.139.62 -- Permafrost control.
E12 -- Glaciology: frozen ground / snow and ice engineering.
SPRI record no.: 94584

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