TY - BOOK AU - Hauck,Christian AU - Kneisel,Christof TI - Applied geophysics in periglacial environments SN - 9781107406193 (paperback.) PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Geophysics KW - Data processing KW - Periglacial processes N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Introduction; Part II. Introductory Chapters for the Main Geophysical Methods Applied: 1. Electric methods Christof Kneisel and Christian Hauck; 2. Electromagnetic methods Andreas Hordt and Christian Hauck; 3. Refraction seismics Lothar Schrott and Thomas Hoffmann; 4. Ground-penetrating radar Ivar Berthling and Kjetil Melvold; Part III. Case Studies: 5. Typology of vertical electrical soundings for permafrost/ground ice investigation in the forefields of small alpine glaciers Reynald Delaloye and Christophe Lambiel; 6. ERT imaging for frozen ground detection Mamoru Ishikawa; 7. Electrical resistivity values of frozen soil from VES and TEM field observations and laboratory experiments Koichiro Harada; 8. Results of geophysical surveys on Kasprowy Wierch, the Tatra Mountains Wojciech Dobinski, Bogdon Zogala, Krystian Wzietek and Leszek Litwin; 9. Reassessment of DC resistivity in rock glaciers by comparing with P-wave velocity: a case study in the Swiss Alps Atsushi Ikeda; 10. Quantifying the ice content in low-altitude scree slopes using geophysical methods Christian Hauck and Christof Kneisel; 11. The use of GPR in determining talus thickness and talus structure Oliver Sass; 12. GPR soundings of rock glaciers on Svalbard Ivar Berthling, Bernd Etzelmuller, Herman Farbrot, Ketil Isaksen, Morgan Wale and Rune Odegard; 13. Arctic glaciers and ground-penetrating radar case-study: Stagnation Glacier, Bylot Island, Canada Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn and Brian J. Moorman; 14. Mapping of subglacial topography using GPR for determining subglacial hydraulic conditions Kjetil Melvold and Thomas V. Schuler; 15. Snow measurements using GPR: example from Amundsenisen, Svalbard Kjetil Melvold; 16. Mapping Frazil ice conditions in rivers using ground penetrating radar Ivar Berthling, Halfdan Benjaminsen and Anund Kvambekk; Part IV. Tables of Typical Values of Geophysical Parameters for Periglacial Environments; Index ER -