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Virtual Conference on Contaminants in Freezing Ground
Programme of the Cambridge Conference, July 1997
The following papers were presented:
- Basic biological processes in cold soils.
B. Stonehouse, Scott Polar Research Institute, UK.
- Algal diversity and abundance in a soil-crust ecosystem of the
Canadian Polar Desert.
J. Elster, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, University of South
Bohemia, Czech Republic.
- Migration of ions chemical elements in freezing and frozen soils.
E. Chuvilin, Institute of Geocryology, Moscow State University, Russia.
- The influence of soil microstructure on hydraulic properties of
freezing ground. T. L. White and P. J. Williams, Geotechnical Science
Laboratories, Carleton University, Canada.
- Accelerated physical (centrifuge) modelling of contaminants in
frozen ground. D. Goodings, Department of Civil Engineering,
Maryland University, USA.
- Modification of silt microstructure by hydrocarbon contamination
in freezing ground. T. L. White, Geotechnical Science Laboratories,
Carleton University, Canada, and J-P Costard, Centre de Géomorphologie,
CNRS, France.
- Wading through the sludge: Establishing Arctic Environmental
Cooperation. D. Scrivener, specialist in International Relations.
- Remote sensing of the effects of oil spills on frozen ground.
W. G. Rees, Scott Polar Research Institute, UK.
- Norwegian research related to contaminants in freezing
ground. A. Instanes, Norwegian Technical Institute, Oslo, Norway.
- Oil and sea ice: Physical and chemical investigations of ice
contamination. M. Lange, Institute for Geophysics,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany.
- Detecting non-aqueous phase pollutants in soils using a probe
based on refractive index changes. R. Lynch, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Rooted-based treatment of organic-contaminated soils.
C. M. Reynolds, CRREL, Hanover, N.H., USA.
- Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements of different plant, moss
and lichen species compared with other in situ measurements and remote
sensing data for detection of contaminated areas.
H. Tømmervik, NORUT Information Technology, Tromsø,
Norway.
- Modelling of coupled Stefan problems about a possible
contamination. J. Aguirre Puente and W. Masmoudi, Laboratoire de
Géophysique et Géodynamique Interne,
ERS(ex URA1369), Bâtiment 504, bureau 204, Université de
Paris sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
- Laboratory simulation of thermal erosion: Possible application to
the pollution problem. N. Makhloufi, J. Aguirre Puente, F. Costard
and R. Posada Cano, Centre de Géomorphologie, ER 109, 14000 Caen,
France, and Laboratoire de Géophysique et Géodynamique
Interne, Paris sud, France.
- Evaluating contaminant movement in permafrost using drilling mud
sumps. B. Adams, Geotechnical Science Laboratories, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada.