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Title: A Mechanism for Cooling-Related Slab Avalanche Release
Date: 2012
Authors: James A. Floye
Description: Strong anecdotal evidence exists suggesting cooling is an important factor for slab avalanche release. Despite this, a viable mechanism for it has no...
Object ID: issw-2012-252-255.pdf
Keywords: slab release, strain rate, weak layer, near-surface temperature change
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Title: Discussion of Deformation Measurements in Relation to Snow Slab Release
Date: 1976
Authors: D.M. McClung
Description: Snow stratigraphy studies at avalanche fracture lines indicate that the situation may be viewed essentially as a thick slab overlying a thin failure p...
Object ID: issw-1976-186-192.pdf
Keywords: snow stratigraphy, slab release, fracture lines
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