Muskeg Engineering Handbook / Ian MacFarlane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council of Canada. Associate Committee on Geotechnical Research. Muskeg Subcommittee.

Contributor:

MacFarlane, Ian.

Series:

Canadian building series ; 3.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Design and construction--Congresses.

Roads.

Trafficability--Congresses.

Trafficability.

Muskeg--Congresses.

Muskeg.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Canada includes within her boundaries at least 500,000 square miles of muskeg (peat-land). Only in recent years, to keep pace with the rapid development of the north has this remarkable organic terrain been subject to scientific study. This handbook is a compendium of the recommendations and conclusions of annual muskeg conferences (sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada) which have been held since 1955. It has been written by experts in various aspects of muskeg research and practice and is an ideal guide for engineers involved with the problems of constructing buildings, railways, highways and airstrips on muskeg. (Canadian Building Series No. 3)

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Glossary of Terms

Symbols

1. Muskeg as an Engineering Problem

2. Classification of Muskeg

3. Airphoto Interpretation of Muskeg

4. Engineering Characteristics of Peat

5. Preliminary Engineering Investigations

6. Road and Railway Construction

7. Special Construction Problems

8. Trafficability and Vehicle Mobility

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Jul 2017)

ISBN:

1-4426-5412-0

OCLC:

999361151