The following list of current and historically- based books on permafrost, periglacial processes, cold regions engineering and related subjects is provided to our professional readers and the public as a convenient service. The titles are arranged in chronological order starting with the present. The compilation focuses on English-language books, and does not include the extensive list of books in the Russian language. The majority of the list was provided by F.E. Nelson, Michigan State University.
Yang, D. and Kane, D. (eds., 2021). Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost, and Ecosystems. Springer International Publishing, 914 pp. Chu, Pey-Yi. (2020). The Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science, University of Toronto Press, 304 pp.
Shoop, S. A. (2020). Frost Action in Soils: Fundamentals and Mitigation in a Changing Climate. American Society of Civil Engineers, xxx pp.
van Huissteden, J. (2020). Thawing Permafrost: Permafrost Carbon in a Warming Arctic. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland, 520 pp.
Ballantyne, C.K. (2018). Periglacial Geomorphology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 454 pp.
Harris, S.A., Brouchkov, A., and Cheng, Guodong (2018). Geocryology: Characteristics and Use of Frozen Ground and Permafrost Landforms. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 765 pp.
White, Thomas Leslie. "Volume 1: Introduction to Contaminants in Freezing Soils and Permafrost." (2018).
White, Thomas Leslie. "Volume 3: Physical modelling of contaminants in freezing soils and permafrost." (2018).
White, Thomas Leslie. "Volume 13: Contaminant behaviour in freezing soils and permafrost." (2018).
French, H.M. 2017. The Periglacial Environment, Fourth Edition, Wiley-Blackwell Press, 544 pp.
Woo, M.-k. (2012). Permafrost Hydrology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 575 pp.
Jerry Brown (2010) Frozen In Time: Permafrost and Engineering Problems. By Muller, S.W., edited by Hugh M. French, and Frederick E. Nelson, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 42:4, 498, DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.498a
Margesin, R. (ed., 2009). Permafrost Soils. Berlin: Springer, 348 pp.
Muller, S.W., edited by Hugh M. French, and Frederick E. Nelson (2008). Frozen In Time: Permafrost and Engineering Problems. American Society of Civil Engineers, 280 pp.
White, Thomas L. Pipelines in Permafrost and Freezing Ground Engineering Resource Library and Database Indexes. Permafrost Environmental Consulting, Incorporated, 2006.
White, Thomas Leslie. "Soil microstructure and the thermodynamic behaviour of permafrost affected soils." In Advances in Cold-Region Thermal Engineering and Sciences: Technological, Environmental, and Climatological Impact Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium Held in Darmstadt, Germany, 22–25 August 1999, pp. 519-532. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
Kibble, J.M. (ed., 2004). Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils. Berlin: Springer, 726 pp.
Davis, N. (2001). Permafrost: A Guide to Frozen Ground in Transition. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 351 pp.
van Everdingen, R.O. (1998). Multi-Language Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-Ice Terms. Calgary: The Arctic Institute of North America, no pagination.
Yershov, E.D. (1998). General Geocryology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 580 pp.
Freitag, D.R. and McFadden, T. (1995). Introduction to Cold Regions Engineering. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers Press, 738 pp.
Ballantyne, C.K. and Harris, C. (1994). The Periglaciation of Great Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 330 pp.
Andersland, O.B. and Ladanyi, B. (1993). An Introduction to Frozen Ground Engineering. New York: Chapman & Hall, 352 pp.
Dixon, J.C. and Abrahams, A.D. (eds., 1992). Periglacial Geomorphology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 354 pp.
Williams, P.J. and Smith, M.W. (1989). The Frozen Earth: Fundamentals of Geocryology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 306 pp.
Clark, M.J. (ed., 1988). Advances in Periglacial Geomorphology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 481 pp.
Boardman, J. (ed., 1987). Periglacial Processes and Landforms in Britain and Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 296 pp.
Harris, S.A. (1986). The Permafrost Environment. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 276 pp.
Williams, P.J. (1986). Pipelines & Permafrost: Science in a Cold Climate. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 129 pp.
Church, M. and Slaymaker, O. (eds., 1985). Field and Theory: Lectures in Geocryology. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 213 pp.
Phukan, A. (1985). Frozen Ground Engineering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 336 pp.
Weise, O.R. (1983). Das Periglazial: Geomorphologie und Klima in gletscherfreien, kalten Regionen. Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 199 pp.
Harris, C. (1982). Periglacial Mass-Wasting: A Review of Research. British Geomorphology Research Monograph 4. Norwich, UK: Geo Abstracts, 204 pp.
Johnston, G.H. (ed., 1981). Permafrost: Engineering Design and Construction. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 540 pp.
Linell, K.A., and Tedrow, J.C.F. (1981). Soil and Permafrost Surveys in the Arctic. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 279 pp.
Lunardini, J.J. (1981). Heat Transfer in Cold Climates. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 731 pp.
Vigdorchik, M.E. (1980). Arctic Pleistocene History and the Development of Submarine Permafrost. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 286 pp.
Vigdorchik, M.E. (1980). Submarine Permafrost on the Alaskan Continental Shelf. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 118 pp.
Washburn, A.L. (1979). Geocryology: A Survey of Periglacial Processes and Environments. London: Edward Arnold, 406 pp.
Andersland, O.B. and Anderson, D.M. (eds., 1978). Geotechnical Engineering for Cold Regions. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 566 pp.
Jumikis, A.R. (1977). Thermal Geotechnics. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 375 pp.
Tedrow, J.C.F. (1977). Soils of the Polar Landscapes. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 638 pp.
King, C.A.M. (ed., 1976). Periglacial Processes. Benchmark Papers in Geology/27. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., 459 pp.
Embleton, C. and King, C.A.M. (1975). Periglacial Geomorphology. New York: Halsted Press, 203 pp.
Jahn, A. (1975). Problems of the Periglacial Zone. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 223 pp. + 116 photos.
Tsytovich, N.A. (1975). The Mechanics of Frozen Ground. Washington, DC: Scripta Book Company, 426 pp.
Washburn, A.L. (1973). Periglacial Processes and Environments. New York: St. Martin's Press, 320 pp.
Price, L.W. (1972). The Periglacial Environment, Permafrost, and Man. Washington: Association of American Geographers, Commission on College Geography Resource Paper No. 14, 88 pp.
Brown, J.J.E. (1970). Permafrost in Canada: Its Influence on Northern Development. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 234 pp.
Tricart, J. (1970). Geomorphology of Cold Environments. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 320 pp.
Péwé, T.L. (ed., 1969). The Periglacial Environment. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 487 pp.
Hamelin, L.E. and Cook, F.A. (1967). Le Périglaciaire par L'Image/Illustrated Glossary of Periglacial Phenomena. Québec: Les Presses de L'Université Laval, 237 pp.
Mackay, J.R. (1963). The Mackenzie Delta Area, N.W.T. Ottawa: Geographical Branch Memoir 8, 202 pp.
Muller, S.W. (1947). Permafrost or Permanently Frozen Ground and Related Engineering Problems. Ann Arbor, MI: J.W. Edwards, Inc, 231 pp.
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