A random kinetic energy model for rock avalanches: Eight case studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Preuth, T ^a   Bartelt, P ^a   Korup, O ^a   McArdell, B W ^b  

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

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77957553499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001640     Document Type: Article

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