Frictional relaxation in avalanches

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 98-104

  Bartelt, Perry ^a   Buser, Othmar ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW AVALANCHE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

SIONNE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77957555637     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791386607     Document Type: Article

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