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Table 6. 3.
Some frost heave values recorded in unconsolidated sediments and soils in various periglacial environments.
Climatic Type
Location
Year of
Site Characteristics
Total Heave,
Source
record
per year (cm)
High Arctic:
Mesters Vig,
1958-64
Slopes
(a) “Wet”
Depth
Greenland
10 cm
0.0-1.0
Washburn (1969)
72° N
(b) “Dry”
20 cm
1.5-5.8
Cape Thompson,
N/a
Frost boil; highly frost-
32.5
Everett (1965)
Alaska 70° N
susceptible. Surface
Mackenzie Delta,
1976-78
Mud hummocks
(a) Undisturbed
10.3
Mackay et al. (1979)
Canada, 69° N
(b) Disturbed
14.0
Smith (1985b)
Burn (1989)
Alpine:
Colorado Front
1969-70
Frost boil; highly frost-
25.0-29.5
Fahey (1974)
Range, USA,
susceptible. Surface
39° N
Alberta Rockies,
1980-82
Sloping terrain; non-
2.0-4.5
Smith (1987)
Canada, 50° N
sorted circle
Low Temperature
Signy Island,
1964
Sorted circle, highly
Chambers (1967a)
Range:
South Orkney,
frost susceptible
61° S
(a) Surface
4.0
(b) Buried
0.4
(c) On stones
3.6
(d) At edge
2.0
Qinghai-Xizang
Fenghuo Shan,
1991-92
Sloping terrain (4 sites)
4.3-7.7
Wang and French
(Tibet) Plateau:
34° N
(1995a)
Antarctica:
Sor-Rondane
1987
Ridge site
Diurnal heave
Matsuoka et al. (1988)
Mountains, 72° S
>
0.2 mm
<
1.8 mm
occurred 12 times
