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Title: A REVIEW OF AVALANCHE RELEASE MECHANISMS: FROM ANTICRACK PROPAGATION TO SUPERSHEAR FRACTURE: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer; Description: Dry-snow slab avalanches are responsible for most avalanche fatalities, making understanding of release mechanisms essential for forecasting and hazar...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O1.1.pdf; Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanche, avalanche release, weak layer, failure initiation, crack propagation, anticrack, supershear fracture, slab fracture.; View additional details about A REVIEW OF AVALANCHE RELEASE MECHANISMS: FROM ANTICRACK PROPAGATION TO SUPERSHEAR FRACTURE

Title: FROM WARMING TO FAILURE: TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN SNOW-SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Claudia Binetti, Giuseppe Puglisi, Nicola M. Pugno; Description: Temperature is widely recognized as a key factor in snow-slab avalanche release, and field observations frequently associate warming with reduced snow...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O4.2.pdf; Keywords: snow-slab avalanche, weak layer, mode-ii fracture, temperature, statistical mechanics; View additional details about FROM WARMING TO FAILURE: TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN SNOW-SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE

Title: ON HOW THE TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF SLAB AND WEAK LAYER PROPERTIES AFFECTS FAILURE INITIATION AND CRACK PROPAGATION IN DRY-SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE FORMATION: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Benjamin Reuter, Christoph Mitterer; Description: In the European Alps, the avalanche situation in winter 2025/26 was dominated by persistent weak layers. Very many dry-snow slab avalanches were trigg...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O4.6.pdf; Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanche, failure initiation, crack propagation, snow stability, weak layer, strength, toughness; View additional details about ON HOW THE TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF SLAB AND WEAK LAYER PROPERTIES AFFECTS FAILURE INITIATION AND CRACK PROPAGATION IN DRY-SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE FORMATION

Title: HUNTING MACH CONES IN SNOW:SUPERSHEAR FRACTURE & SHOCK FRONT REFRACTION IN LAYERED SLABS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Alexandre Pellet, Bastian Bergfeld, Alec van Herwijnen, Johan Gaume; Description: Supershear crack propagation has recently been identified as an important mechanism in snow slab avalanche release. In this regime, the crack in the w...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.16.pdf; Keywords: snow slab avalanche, crack propagation, supershear fracture, mach cone, weak layer, propagation saw test, snow stratigraphy.; View additional details about HUNTING MACH CONES IN SNOW:SUPERSHEAR FRACTURE & SHOCK FRONT REFRACTION IN LAYERED SLABS

Title: SUPERSHEAR CRACK PROPAGATION IN SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Grégoire Bobillier, Bertil Trottet, Bastian Bergfeld, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Johan Gaume; Description: The release process of dry-snow slab avalanches begins with a localized failure within a porous, weak snow layer that lies beneath a cohesive slab. Su...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O2.01.pdf; Keywords: supershear crack propagation, numerical modeling, dry-snow slab avalanche release; View additional details about SUPERSHEAR CRACK PROPAGATION IN SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS

Title: Modelling the propagation saw test with discrete elements: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: GrÃ©goire Bobillier, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, JÃ¼rg Dual, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Dry-snow slab avalanche release is a multi-scale fracture process. It starts with the formation of a localized failure in a highly porous weak snow la...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.23.pdf; Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanche, discrete element method, crack propagation; View additional details about Modelling the propagation saw test with discrete elements

Title: Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples: Date: 2009; Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Robert Ernst, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, JÃ¼rg Dual; Description: Natural dry-snow slab avalanches start with a failure within a weak snow layer. In order to understand the mechanical behaviour and the failure mechan...; Object ID: issw-2009-0120-0123.pdf; Keywords: snow mechanical properties, shear strength, acoustic emission, dry-snow slab avalanche, piv; View additional details about Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples

Title: The Use of Time Lapse Photography to Monitor Avalanche Activity and Snow Behaviour: Date: 1984; Authors: H.J. McPherson, F. de Scally, J.S. Gardner; Description: The development and use of a time lapse camera system to continuously monitor avalanche activity on two paths in Kananaskis Country Alberta is describ...; Object ID: ISSW-1984-167-171.pdf; Keywords: time lapse camera, wet snow, dry snow, slab avalanche; View additional details about The Use of Time Lapse Photography to Monitor Avalanche Activity and Snow Behaviour