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Title: The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow
Date: 2012
Authors: Robyn E. Wooldridge, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel A. Miller, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Explosives are a critically important component of avalanche control programs. They are used both to initiate avalanches and to test snowpack instabil...
Object ID: issw-2012-1033-1039.pdf
Keywords: explosives, snow pack, avalanche risk,
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Title: Explosive Shock Wave Compression in Snow: Effects of Explosive Orientation and Snowpack Compresison
Date: 2006
Authors: Christopher Binger, Jared Nelsen, Kristofor A. Olson
Description: Explosives are crucial in the mitigation of avalanche hazards. A greater knowledge of the compressive effects of snow relative to explosive location ...
Object ID: issw-2006-592-597.pdf
Keywords: explosives, layer compression, blasting cap directionality
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Title: Evolution of Air Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bozeman, Montana
Date: 1990
Authors: Ray Dombroski
Description: Aerial detonation of explosives was not practiced at Bridger Bowl Ski Area ten years ago. Today twelve manually operated "bomb wires" are operational ...
Object ID: issw-1990-185-191.pdf
Keywords: explosives, bomb wires, control, starting zone, pulley
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