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Title: Stability Index Considering Slab Strength
Date: 2012
Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Takafumi Katsushima, Yasuhiko Ito, Yukari Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Noro
Description: When a slab avalanche is triggered, the weak layer and all sides of the slab (crown, flank, and stauchwall) are fractured. Wet slab avalanches frequen...
Object ID: issw-2012-121-126.pdf
Keywords: slab avalanche, slab strength, shear strength, stability index
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Title: The Swiss Rutschblock Snow Stability Evaluation Test
Date: 1986
Authors: Danny Whitmore, Susan A. Burak, James Malone, Robert E. Davis
Description: Conventional backcountry shear tests of the snow pack are compared with the Swiss Rutschblock test on steep, stable slopes. Conventional tests use a v...
Object ID: issw-1986-207-209.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, rutschblock, slab strength, backcountry skiing
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