V International Conference on Permafrost, 1988. Volume 1

V International Conference on Permafrost in Trondheim, Norway, August 1988. Proceedings (1988). Vol.1, Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway. p.1-909.This International Conference on Permafrost is the fifth in a series that started in 1963 at Purdue University, Indiana, USA. The next Ones were held in Yakutsk, Siberia, USSR in 1973; in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1978 and in Fairbanks, Alaska. USA in 1983.This V International Conference on Permafrost is the first one after establishing the International Permafrost association (IPA). The Association wag founded during the conference in Fairbanks in 1983 upon the initiative of Canada, China, USA and USSR.These proceedings contain the majority of the papers prepared for the conference. The official proceedings of the conference consist of: (1) the present volume of 288 contributed papers by authors from 19 countries.