Snow avalanche energy estimation from seismic signal analysis

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 72-85

  Vilajosana, I ^a   Surinach E ^a   Khazaradze, G ^a   Gauer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy; Seismic record; Snow avalanche; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SEISMOMETERS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOMETRY; SNOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548682308     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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