Insights into rock-ice avalanche dynamics by combined analysis of seismic recordings and a numerical avalanche model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Schneider, Demian ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^b   Caplan Auerbach, Jacqueline ^c   Christen, Marc ^b   Huggel, Christian ^a   McArdell, Brian W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ICE COVER; ICE MECHANICS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMOGRAPH;

ALASKA; ILIAMNA VOLCANO; MOUNT COOK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649998778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001734     Document Type: Article

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