Cold area ; Finland ; Freezing ; Geotechnics ; Glacial features ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Road ; Road infrastructure ; Snow
, fluvial erosion, and palsas. Solutions to these problems include removal of frost sensible materials and replacement by more favorable sediments. Road surfaces, kept snow-free in the wintertime, are subjected to deep freezing. Some examples of how road
A severe winter storm, under conditions of high antecedent moisture and a substantial snow pack at higher elevations, in February of 1996 resulted in rapid flooding and a large number of precipitation-induced landslides. Both ground and aerial