Measurement of the deformation field associated with fracture propagation in weak snowpack layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Van Herwijnen, A ^a   Schweizer, J ^a   Heierli, J ^b,c  

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

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CRACKING; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; ICE CORE; POROSITY; SNOWPACK; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 77957726488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001515     Document Type: Article

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