Measuring spatial variations of weak layer and slab properties with regard to snow slope stability

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-241

  Bellaire, Sascha ^a   Schweizer, Jürg ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche formation; Geostatistics; Snow mechanical properties; Snow stability; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE FORMATION; COMPRESSION TESTS; DATA SETS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GRID DESIGN; GRID PATTERN; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIMITED DATA; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WEAK LAYER;

COMPRESSION TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SNOW;

SLOPE STABILITY;

AVALANCHE; GEOSTATISTICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 78649814288     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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