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Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Associate Editors and Reviewers. - Fifty Years of Permafrost Collaboration with the Soviet Union and Russia / J. Brown. - Airborne Electromagnetic Mapping of the 3-D Distribution of Permafrost in the Yukon Basin, Alaska / J. D. Abraham, B. J. Minsley, B. D. Smith, L. B. Ball, L. Anderson, M. A. Walvoord, J. C. Cannia, C. I. Voss, B. K. Wylie. - Improvement of Pulse-NMR Technology for Determining the Unfrozen Water Content in Frozen Soils / S. Akagawa, G. Iwahana, K. Watanabe, E. M. Chuvilin, V. A. Istomin. - Geochemically-Induced Unfrozen Water Effects on CCR Surveys of Massive Ground Ice Western Canadian Arctic / M. Angelopoulos, D. Fox, W. H. Pollard. - Soil Moisture from Metop ASCAT Data at High Latitudes / A. Bartsch,T. Melzer, K. Elger, B. Heim. - A New Permafrost Research Tunnel: Methodology, Design, and Excavation / K. Bjella, M. Sturm. - The Measurement of Compressional and Shear Wave Velocities in Permafrost : A Comparison of Three Seismic Methods / W. Black, E. Bashaw, J. Drage, R. Kmack. - Quantifying Rock Glacier Creep Using Airborne Laser Scanning: A Case Study from Two Rock Glaciers in the Austrian Alps / E. Bollmann, C. Klug, R. Sailer, J. Stötter, J. Abermann. - Effects of Rising Temperature on Shear Strength of Slopes in Alpine Permafrost / C. Bommer. - An Integrated Assessment of the Influences of Upland Thermal-Erosional Features on Landscape Structure and Function in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska / W. B. Bowden, J. R. Larouche, A. R. Pearce, B. T. Crosby, K. Krieger, M. B. Flinn, J. Kampman, M. N. Gooseff, S. E. Godsey, J. B. Jones, B. W. Abbott, M. T. Jorgenson, G. W. Kling, M. Mack, E. A. G. Schuur, A. F. Baron, E. B. Rastetter. - Influence of Physical Properties on Frozen Soil Creep Parameters and Foundation Design / P. Cavanagh, K. Spencer, A. Tchekhovski, V. Aksenov. - The Significance of the Permafrost Tunnel (Fox, Alaska) / M. Cysewski, M. Sturm, K. Bjella. - Annual Frost Heave Distribution in a Non-Sorted Circle System Measured with a Terrestrial Laser Scanner / R. P. Daanen. - Using Ground Data from the Global Terrestrial Network of Permafrost (GTN-P) for the Evaluation of the ESA DUE Permafrost Remote Sensing Derived Products Land Surface Temperature and ASCAT Surface State Flag / K. Elger, B. Heim, A. Bartsch, C. Paulik, C. Duguay, S. Hachem, A. Soliman, H. Lantuit, J. Boike, F-M. Seifert. - Investigating the Effects of Lateral Water Flow on the Spatial Patterns of Thaw Depth / S. Endrizzi, S. Gruber. - Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology / J. Finseth, A. Instanes. - Soil and Water Chemistry Characteristics of Thermo-Erosional Features in the Western Noatak River Basin, Alaska, USA / M.B. Flinn, W. Bowden, A. W. Balser, J. B. Jones, M. N. Gooseff. - Cryostructures of Basal Glacier Ice as an Object of Permafrost Study: Observations from the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska / D. Fortier, M. Kanevskiy, Y. Shur, E. Stephani, M. Dillon, M. T. Jorgenson. - PSInSAR Monitoring of Ground Movement at Salluit, Quebec (Canada), Due to Freeze-Thaw Cycles, Active Layer Thickening, and Permafrost Warming / R. Fortier, A-M. LeBlanc, G. Falorni, R. Therrien. - Linkages between Patterned Ground, Alder Shrubland Development, and Active Layer Temperature in the Northwest Siberian Low Arctic / G. V. Frost, H. E. Epstein, D. A. Walker, G. Matyshak, K. Ermokhina. - Fine-Scale Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Multiple Thermo-Erosion Gully Development on Bylot Island, Eastern Canadian Archipelago / E. Godin, D. Fortier. - A Global View on Permafrost in Steep Bedrock / S. Gruber. - Thermo-Erosion along the Yedoma Coast of the Buor Khaya Peninsula, Laptev Sea, East Siberia / F. Günther, P. P. Overduin, A. V. Sandakov, G. Grosse, M. N. Grigoriev. - Shear Strength of Rock Joints Filled with Frozen Sand / F.K. Günzel. - Tessellons and "Sand Wedges" on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Their Palaeoenvironmental Implications / S. A. Harris, H. Jin. - Estimating Snowdrift Depth Using Differential GPS and a High-Resolution Digital Surface Model / K. M. Hinkel, J. K. Hurd, Jr. - Recent Hydrological and Ecological Changes in Relation to Permafrost DegradationunderIncreased Precipitationin an Eastern Siberian Boreal Forest / Y. Iijima, A. N. Fedorov, T. Ohta, A. Kotani, T. C. Maximov. - Engineering Design Utilizing Climate Change Information - Permafrost Application / A. Instanes. - Thermal State of Mongolian Permafrost / M. Ishikawa, N. Sharkhuu, Y. Jambaljav, G. Davaa, K. Yoshikawa, T. Ohata. - Thermokarst Lake and Shore Fen Development in Boreal Alaska / M. T. Jorgenson, M. Kanevskiy, Y. Shur, T. Osterkamp, D. Fortier, T. Cater, P. Miller. - Investigating Hydrologic Storage in Catchments Underlain by Continuous Permafrost / D. L. Kane, E. K. Youcha, R. E. Gieck. - Study of Ice-Rich Syngenetic Permafrost for Road Design (Interior Alaska) / M. Kanevskiy, Y. Shur, B. Connor, M. Dillon, E. Stephani, J. O'Donnell. - Two-Dimensional Frost Heave Simulation Based on Takashi's Equation / S.Kanie, H. Zheng, S. Akagawa. - Regional and Local Variability of Modern Natural Changes in Permafrost Temperaturein the Yakutia Coastal Lowlands, Northeastern Siberia / A. Kholodov, D. Gilichinsky, V. Ostroumov, V. Sorokovikov, A. Abramov, S. Davydov, V. Romanovsky. - Modeling Permafrost Response of the Last Glacial Termination: First Results of the VAMPER Model / D. C. Kitover, H. Renssen, R. T. Van Balen, J. Vandenberghe. - Monitoring of Permafrost Creep on Two Rock Glaciers in the Austrian Eastern Alps: Combination of Aerophotogrammetry and Airborne Laser Scanning / C. Klug, E. Bollmann, R. Sailer, J. Stötter, K. Krainer, A. Kääb. - Active Layer Processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Decadal Trends and Experimental Responses to Changes in Soil Moisture / J. Levy, A. Fountain, M. Gooseff, J. Barrett, D. Wall, U. Nielson, B. Adams, W. B. Lyons. - Thermal Conductivity and Freezing Temperature of Oil-Contaminated Foundation Soils Surrounding the China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline / G. Li, W. Ma, W. Feng, Y. Mu, X. Li. - Ice-Wedge Polygon Type Controls Low-Gradient Watershed-Scale Hydrology / A. K. Liljedahl, L. D. Hinzman, J. Schulla. - Compression Test and Pore-Water Pressure Measurement for Warm and Ice-Rich Frozen Soil / S. Liu, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, B. Zheng. - Distribution of Permafrost in the Source Area of the Yellow River on the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China / D. Luo, H. Jin, L. Lin. - Progress in Frozen Soil Mechanics Research in China: A Review / W. Ma, D. Wang, Z. Wen. - Reassessment of Lakes and Ponds in an Arctic River Delta Using Modern Spatial Technology / M. McGraw, H. J. Walker. - Thermal Performance of the Permafrost Protection Techniques at Beaver Creek Experimental Road Site,Yukon, Canada / J. M-Lepage, G. Doré, D. Fortier, P. Murchison. - Monitoring Instruments for Freeze-Thaw Depth / J. Mori, T. Sone. - Evaluation of the ERA-Interim Reanalysis for Modeling Permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska / R. I. Mugford, P. Christoffersen, J. A. Dowdeswell, A. Consonni. - Multi-Satellite-Derived Changes in Energy and Mass of Russian Permafrost Regions / R. R. Muskett, V. E. Romanovsky. - "The Worst Thing We Had To Contend With": Permafrost and Construction of the Alcan Highway / F. E. Nelson. - Thermal Status of Traditional Roadbed and Roadbed with Slopes Covered by Crushed Rocks along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway / F. Niu, Z. Lin, H. Liu, J. Lu, Z. Liu. - Effect of Vegetation on Soil-Surface Temperatures in Northern Alaska / K. E. Nyland, N. I. Shiklomanov, D. A. Streletskiy, A. E. Klene, F. E. Nelson. - Preliminary Development of a Field Tool to Assess the Load Capacity of Frozen Muskeg / J. M. Oswell, R. Coutts, R. Stancliffe. - Ground Ice Conditions in University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica / W. H. Pollard, D. Lacelle , A. F. Davila, D. Andersen, C.P. McKay, M. Marinova, J. Heldmann. - Numerical Estimation for Settlement of Roadway Embankment in Permafrost Regions / J. Qi, S. Wang, F. Yu. - Estimation of the Mean Annual Surface Temperature and Surface Frost Number Using the MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products for Mapping Permafrost in China / Y. Ran, X. Li, R. Jin. - Encounters with Relict Permafrost in the Anchorage, Alaska, Area / C. H. Riddle, J. W. Rooney. - Vegetation Cover on Alpine Rock Glaciers in Relation to Surface Velocity and Substrate / L. Rieg, R. Sailer, J. Stötter, D. Burger. - Simplified Climate Statistics for Permafrost Modeling: Yellowknife Case Study / D. Riseborough, S. Wolfe, C. Duchesne. - Foundation Engineering in Svalbard, 1950-2012 / J. L. Rongved, A. Instanes. - City of Kotzebue's Vortac Earthen Dam: A Review of the Naturally Frozen back Embankment and Reservoir Slopes / J. W. Rooney, C. H. Riddle. - Warming Permafrost Temperatures at Two Mine Sites in the North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada / V. E. Roujanski, B. Horne, G. Zhang, S. McCuaig, M. Blade, M. Regular. - Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of a Glacier-Permafrost System in Spitsbergen: Implications for Subglacial Hydrology / N. Roux, C. Grenier, C. Marlin, E. Delangle, A. Saintenoy, J-M. Friedt, M. Griselin. - Mountain Permafrost Distribution in the Andes of Chubut (Argentina) Based on a Statistical Model / L. Ruiz, D. Trombotto Liaudat. - Perennial Frost Mounds in Mongolia / N. Sharkhuu, K. Yoshikawa, S. Anarmaa. - Northern Hemisphere Component of the Global Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program / N. I. Shiklomanov, D. A. Streletskiy, F. E. Nelson. - Permafrost Degradation and Thaw Settlement under Lakes in Yedoma Environment / Y. Shur, M. Kanevskiy, M. T. Jorgenson, M. Dillon, E. Stephani, M. Bray, D. Fortier. - Vegetation Patterns of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps, Herschel Island, Southern Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada / H. A. Sloan, W. H. Pollard. - A Community-Based Permafrost/Active Layer Monitoring Program / E. Sparrow, K. Yoshikawa. - High-Resolution Permafrost Simulations in Western Greenland and an Assessment of Permafrost Degradation Risk / M. Stendel, J. H. Christensen, S. Marchenko, R. P. Daanen, V. E. Romanovsky. - Infrastructure and a Changing Climate in the Russian Arctic: A Geographic Impact Assessment / D. Streletskiy, N. Shiklomanov, E. Hatleberg. - Feasibility Study of Using Active Microwave Data for Examination of Thaw Lake Drainage Patterns over the Yamal Peninsula / A. M. Trofaier, W. G. Rees, A. Bartsch, D. Sabel, S. Schlaffer. - Inventory and Monitoring of Rock Glaciers and Cryogenic Processes in the Central Andes of Mendoza, Argentina: Birth and Extinction of a Periglacial Lake / D. Trombotto Liaudat, M. Gabriela Lenzano, M. Castro. - Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Erosion along the Elson Lagoon Coastline near Barrow, Alaska (2002-2011) / C. E. Tweedie, A. Aguirre, R. Cody, S. Vargas, J. Brown. - Controls on Patterned Ground Variability at a Continuous Permafrost Site, Central Spitsbergen / T. Watanabe, N. Matsuoka, H. H. Christiansen. - Design of a Measurement Assembly to Study In Situ Rock Damage Driven by Freezing / S. Weber, S. Gruber, L. Girard, J. Beutel. - Model Test Study of the Impact of Rainfall on Thermal-Moisture Dynamics of the Active Layer / Z. Wen, W. Ma, Y.Sheng, Q. Wu, D. Wang, W. Feng. - Application of the Fill-and-Spill Concept in Permafrost Hydrology / M. Woo. - Atmospheric Methane in the High Northern Hemisphere and its Relationship with Permafrost / X. Xiong, T. Zhang, E. Maddy, Q. Zhuang, C. Barnet. - Stress Path Tests on Artificially Frozen Soil Samples / Y. Yamamoto, S. M. Springman. - The Effect of Freeze-Thaw Action on the Dry Density and Water Content of Soil / C. Yang, H. Ping, G. Cheng. - Stable Isotope Composition of Ice Cores in Open- and Closed-System Pingos / K. Yoshikawa, D. Lawson, S. Natsagdorj. - Thermal Evidence of Recent Talik Formation in Ritigraben Rock Glacier: Swiss Alps / E. Zenklusen Mutter, M. Phillips. - Variability of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks of Different Permafrost-Affected Soils: Initial Results from a North-South Transect in Siberia / S. Zubrzycki, L. Kutzbach, E-M. Pfeiffer, P. Vakhrameeva. - Author Index.