Stephen Taber's early work on ice segregation and frost heaving was far ahead of its time. His laboratory experiments regarding ice segregation led to our current understanding of frost heave by civil and geotechnical engineers building roads and other structures in cold regions. It also laid the foundation for later process-oriented field studies of cold-climate geomorphic processes. Taber's 1943 regional monograph on the origin and history of perennially frozen ground in Alaska, published by the Geological Society of America, was the earliest example of regional cryostratigraphy, and pioneered the regional permafrost and Quaternary studies undertaken later by Katasonov, Popov, Mackay, Péwé, Hopkins, and others. An important dimension of Taber's Alaska work was his application of knowledge gained through laboratory experimentation to the interpretation of ground-ice exposures in the field. While S. W. Muller is widely regarded as the “father” of permafrost studies in North America, Taber is properly viewed as the “progenitor” of cryostratigraphic studies, although he is not yet widely regarded as such. This study uses archival resources to provide historical context regarding the development of Taber's monograph, to investigate details about the review and publication process it underwent, and to explore the question of why it remains undervalued.

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Stephen Taber 与北美冰冻地层学和冰缘地貌学的发展

斯蒂芬·泰伯 (Stephen Taber) 在冰分离和霜胀方面的早期工作远远领先于那个时代。他关于冰隔离的实验室实验导致我们目前对在寒冷地区修建道路和其他结构的土木和岩土工程师对冻胀的理解。这也为后来的冷气候地貌过程以过程为导向的实地研究奠定了基础。Taber 于 1943 年由美国地质学会出版的关于阿拉斯加常年冻土起源和历史的区域专着是区域冰冻地层学的最早例子，并开创了后来由 Katasonov、Popov、Mackay、Péwé 进行的区域永久冻土和第四纪研究，霍普金斯和其他人。Taber' 的一个重要维度 s 阿拉斯加的工作是他将通过实验室实验获得的知识应用到现场地冰暴露的解释中。虽然 SW Muller 被广泛认为是北美永久冻土研究的“父亲”，但 Taber 被恰当地视为冰冻地层研究的“先驱”，尽管他还没有被广泛认为是这样。本研究使用档案资源来提供有关泰伯专着发展的历史背景，调查其所经历的审查和出版过程的细节，并探讨其为何仍然被低估的问题。尽管他还没有被广泛认为是这样的。本研究使用档案资源来提供有关泰伯专着发展的历史背景，调查其所经历的审查和出版过程的细节，并探讨其为何仍然被低估的问题。尽管他还没有被广泛认为是这样的。本研究使用档案资源来提供有关泰伯专着发展的历史背景，调查其所经历的审查和出版过程的细节，并探讨其为何仍然被低估的问题。