Extreme avalanche runout: A comparison of empirical models

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1254-1265

  McClung, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical methods; Runout; Snow avalanche; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STEEPNESS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

AVALANCHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODELING; RUNOUT; SLOPE ANGLE;

EID: 0035544791     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-38-6-1254     Document Type: Article

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