Call number:
AWI G3-23-95009
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
IX,109 Seiten
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Series Statement:
Special report / Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys 15
URL:
https://doi.org/10.14509/2614
Language:
English
Note:
CONTENTS
Introduction
Sources of information
Acknowledgments
Physical setting of the Fairbanks area
Topography and geology
Climate
Selected references
Frozen ground
Seasonally frozen ground
Definition
The problem
Cause of frost heaving
Frost action in the Fairbanks area
Frost action on pile construction
Highway bridges
The Alaska Railroad
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
Other frost-heave problems
Loss of bearing strength
Solutions to the frost-action problem
Permafrost
Definition
The problem
Origin and thermal regime
Distribution and thickness
Permafrost in the Fairbanks area
Permafrost of the flood plain
Permafrost of alluvial fans, colluvial slopes, and silt lowlands
Boundaries between permafrost and non permafrost areas
Character of ground ice
Principles of land use in permafrost areas
Ground subsidence caused by thawing of ice-rich permafrost
Preliminary statement
Thermokarst phenomena
General features
Therrnokarst mounds
Therrnokarst pits
Effects on agricultural development
Effects on railroads
Effects on roads and highways
Effects on airfields
Effects on heated buildings
Effects on natural-gas and oil pipelines
General statement
Gas pipelines
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
Effects on buried utility lines
Indicators of permafrost
Recognition of the problem
Vegetation
Small landforms and natural surface patterns
Selected references
Ground water
Preliminary statement
Ground water in the Fairbanks area
Preliminary statement
Tanana and Chena River flood plains
Upland hills
Lower hillslopes and creek-valley bottoms
Geologic hazards associated with ground-water movement in permafrost regions
Preliminary statement
Artesian wells
Icings
Seepage icings
Stream icings
Summary of icings
Pingos
Selected references
Earthquakes
Introduction
Causes and locations of earthquakes
Classification and terminology of earthquakes
Earthquake hazards in the Fairbanks area
Summary of the earthquake hazard
Selected references
Landslides
Landslides in the Fairbanks area
Selected references
Hillside erosion in loess
Preliminary statement
Examples of loess erosion
Selected references
Flooding
Introduction
History of flooding in the Fairbanks area
Frequency of flooding in the Fairbanks area
Solution to the problem of flooding
Introduction
Structural measures
Nonstructural measures
Flood proofing
Flood warning and evacuation
Flood insurance
Selected references
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