Measurements of dense snow avalanche basal shear to normal stress ratios (S/N)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Platzer, K ^a   Bartelt, P ^a   Kern, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; MOHR-COULOMB RELATION; NORMAL STRESS; SNOW FLOWS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; BASAL FLOW; COHESION; FRICTION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW;

EID: 34250786803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028670     Document Type: Article

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