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Title: Uncut Column Stability Tests For Hard Slab Snow Conditions
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Wesley R. Farnsworth, Markus Eckerstorfer
Description: This study aims to better understand a slabs influence on the mechanics of artificial avalanches. It seems that stability tests do not represent stab...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-01.pdf
Keywords: slab properties, propagation saw test, hard slab, uncut columns
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Title: An Experimental Dynamic Response Study of Hard Slab Seasonal Snow to Explosive Avalanche Hazard Mitigation
Date: 2012
Authors: Josephine Bones, Daniel Miller, Scotty Savage
Description: Avalanche hazard mitigation programs routinely use explosive charges to release avalanches and test slope stability, but fundamental understanding of ...
Object ID: issw-2012-142-148.pdf
Keywords: snowslope stability, avalanche control by explosives, blast bolt, hard slab,
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Title: 2010 Saddle Peak Avalanche: Sidecountry Challenges, Misconceptions, and Lessons
Date: 2010
Authors: Doug Chabot, Mark Staples, Karl Birkeland, Eric Knoff
Description: On February 16th, 2010 a person accidentally kicked off a cornice that triggered a large slide on Saddle Peak immediately outside Bridger Bowl’...
Object ID: ISSW_O-063.pdf
Keywords: cornice, facets, hard slab, slide, safety
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