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Title: On the Sustainability and Arrest of Weak Layer Fracture in Whumpfs and Avalanches
Date: 2010
Authors: Dave Gauthier, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Recent theoretical and practical descriptions of weak layer fracture have focused on the mechanics of achieving a state of propagation, which is assum...
Object ID: ISSW_O-043.pdf
Keywords: whumpfs, avalanches, en-echelon slab fractures,
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Title: Snow Cornice Development and Failure Monitoring
Date: 2006
Authors: Robert A. Burrows, David M. McClung
Description: Snow cornices are significant winter alpine and snow avalanche hazards. A cornice is a leeward growing mass of snow overhanging from a ridge or sharp ...
Object ID: issw-2006-129.pdf
Keywords: cornice failure, monitoring, slab fractures, solar radiation
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