Earth's climate is warming and will continue to warm as the century progresses. High
mountains and high latitudes are experiencing the greatest warming of all regions on Earth …

Earthquakes and freeze-thaw cycles are two important causes of landslides, but knowledge
of their combined effect is limited. Therefore, a freeze-thaw test and large-scale shaking …

This work conducted laboratory tests considering the coupled freeze–thaw (FT) and variable‐
frequency–variable‐amplitude cyclic loads on granite containing two fissures and a circular …

The provenance and distribution of erratic boulders of the Ticino-Toce glacier network yields
key information for determining glaciers' paleoflow and highlights the interaction between …

This work aims at investigating the fracture and instability behaviors of Xinjiang granite
containing hole and fissures under freeze-thaw (FT) and cyclic loads using acoustic …

Serra da Capelada is in the northwest of Galicia, between the Ortigueira ría to the north and
the Cedeira ría, and is part of the UNESCO World Geopark Cape Ortegal. It is an area that …

With the accelerated development of the engineering constructed in the frozen soil regions,
the freeze-thaw landslides have caused huge financial repercussions, irreversible damage …

Signals of global climate change are increasingly evident in the Alps where, in recent years,
a growing number of landslides occurred in glacial and periglacial areas. In order to …

Mountain areas all around the world are extremely vulnerable to climate change. In Europe,
local livelihoods are closely linked to tourism, which will not only be strongly affected by …

This book is intended as a reference book for advanced graduate students and research
engineers in rock mechanics related to mining, civil engineering, etc. Rock mass is a kind of …