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Title: REPLICATING SLAB AVALANCHE INITIATION: A FIELD TEST FOR CONTROLLED ANTICRACK NUCLEATION: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Valentin Adam, Yannik Werner, Jakob Schöttner, Melin D. E. Walet, Florian Rheinschmidt, Philipp Weißgraeber, Alec van Herwijnen, Philipp L. Rosendahl; Description: Failure nucleation in slab avalanches is typically hidden beneath the snowpack, which, among other factors, makes this phenomenon so mysterious and di...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O1.2.pdf; Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture initiation, finite fracture mechanics, release potential, stability assessment, field test; View additional details about REPLICATING SLAB AVALANCHE INITIATION: A FIELD TEST FOR CONTROLLED ANTICRACK NUCLEATION

Title: INFLUENCES OF OVERLYING SLAB THICKNESS ON THE SNOW MECHANICS OF BRIDGING PROPENSITY: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Matthew Cecil, John Gleason, Ron Simenhois; Description: Almost all snow avalanche fatalities are human induced. Regardless of the mode of travel, moving over snow cover results in a localized dynamic load (...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.51.pdf; Keywords: snow mechanics, bridging propensity, particle tracking velocimetry, fracture initiation; View additional details about INFLUENCES OF OVERLYING SLAB THICKNESS ON THE SNOW MECHANICS OF BRIDGING PROPENSITY

Title: Slope Scale Spatial Variability Across Time and Space: Comparison of Results from Continental and Maritime Climates: Date: 2008-09-23; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland; Description: Understanding the spatial variability of the snowpack is a crucial step to improve accuracy in field data collection and avalanche forecasting. While ...; Object ID: P__8036.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, temporal variability, fracture initiation, fracture propagation; View additional details about Slope Scale Spatial Variability Across Time and Space: Comparison of Results from Continental and Maritime Climates

Title: Fracture Character in Compression Tests: Date: 2004; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Stability tests are widely used to identify and qualify potential failure layers for slab avalanches. As an addition to stability test scores, some av...; Object ID: issw-2004-182-191.pdf; Keywords: stability test, avalanche forecasting, fracture initiation, fracture propagation, stability evaluation; View additional details about Fracture Character in Compression Tests