Probability distribution of permafrost along a transportation corridor in the northeastern Qinghai province of China》.pdf

Cold Regions Science and Technology 59 (2009) 12–18 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cold Regions Science and Technology journal homepage: www. elsevi /locate/coldregions Probability distribution of permafrost along a transportation corridor in the northeastern Qinghai province of China Jing Li a,b,⁎, Yu Sheng a, Jichun Wu a, Ji Chen a, Xiumin Zhang a a State key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China b Department of Resources Environment and Tourism, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455002, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The spatial distribution patterns of permafrost affect the stability of engineering facilities in high-cold regions. Received 28 November 2008 A transportation corridor, located in the northeastern Qinghai province of China, and passing through the Accepted 26 May 2009 Qilianshan high-mountain permafrost area is investigated. Two field investigations were carried out and a total of 220 boreholes were drilled to determine the distribution patterns of permafrost along the corridor. On the Keywords: basis of the borehole data the effects of topo-climatic factors, derived from a 90 m-DEM data, on permafrost Probability distribution distribution were evaluated. Two models, a binary logistic regression model and a multi-criteria analysis Permafrost