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Title: GLIDE-SNOW AVALANCHES: THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL VARIATION IN INTERFACIAL FRICTION AND SNOW COVER ON AVALANCHE RELEASE: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Amelie Fees, Peter Lehmann, Michael Lombardo, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer; Description: Glide-snow avalanches typically release in well-known avalanche paths due to a loss of friction at the ground-snow interface which is related to the p...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O9.05.pdf; Keywords: glide-snow avalanche, power law distribution, statistical modelling; View additional details about GLIDE-SNOW AVALANCHES: THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL VARIATION IN INTERFACIAL FRICTION AND SNOW COVER ON AVALANCHE RELEASE

Title: Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude: Using Power-Law Exponents to Investigate Snow Avalanche Size Proportions through Time and Space: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Adam Naisbitt, Richard Forster, Karl W. Birkeland, William L. Harrison; Description: Power-laws provide a means for investigating snow avalanche frequency-magnitude relationships and their contributing factors. This research uses power...; Object ID: P__8119.pdf; Keywords: power-law exponent, snow avalanche size proportions, frequency and magnitude; View additional details about Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude: Using Power-Law Exponents to Investigate Snow Avalanche Size Proportions through Time and Space

Title: Legal Consequences of Fatal Avalanche Accidents in the European Alps: Date: 2006; Authors: JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Stephan Harvey; Description: If a fatal avalanche occurs in an Alpine country such as France, Italy, Austria, Germany or Switzerland the circumstances need to be investigated by l...; Object ID: issw-2006-709-713.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, law, litigation, criminal proceedings; View additional details about Legal Consequences of Fatal Avalanche Accidents in the European Alps

Title: Snow Avalanche Dynamics as a Granular Fluid Phenomenon: Date: 1990; Authors: Jimmie D. Dent; Description: Theory and experiment are combined to produce a picture of how stresses in idealized granular materials depend upon the flow kinematics and material p...; Object ID: issw-1990-227-233.pdf; Keywords: flow kinematics, shearing flow, constitutive law, nonuniform particles; View additional details about Snow Avalanche Dynamics as a Granular Fluid Phenomenon