An analytical model for fracture nucleation in collapsible stratifications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Heierli, J ^a   Zaiser, M ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

COLLAPSIBLE INTERMEDIATE LAYER; COLLAPSIBLE STRATIFICATIONS; ELASTIC SURFACE LAYER; FRACTURE NUCLEATION; RIGID BASAL LAYER; SNOW STRATIFICATIONS;

SNOW;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 33646457859     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025311     Document Type: Article

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