A fracture-entrainment model for snow avalanches

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 184, 2008, Pages 182-188

  Cherepanov, Genady P ^a   Esparragoza, Ivan E ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; GRAVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIONNE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 41949106595     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784409071     Document Type: Article

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