Full-depth avalanche occurrences caused by snow gliding, Coquihalla, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 151, 1999, Pages 539-546

  Clarke, Jennifer ^a   Mcclung, David ^b  

^a EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; SLIP; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COQUIHALLA;

EID: 0033497536     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000001404     Document Type: Article

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