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Accession Number:
ADA247424
Title:
Historical Perspectives in Frost Heave Research: The Early Works of S. Taber and G. Beskow
Descriptive Note:
Special rept.
Corporate Author:
COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Report Date:
1991-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
167.0
Abstract:
This report contains a historical perspective of frost heave research conducted in North America and Europe since the early 1900s, and, in the interest of making some classic works on the mechanics of frost heave available in one document, Stephen Tabers two papers entitled Frost Heaving 1929 and The Mechanics of Frost Heaving 1930 published in the Journal of Geology, and J.O. Osterbergs translation of Gunnar Beskows monograph, Soil Freezing and Frost Heaving with Special Attention to Roads and Railroads 1935.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE