Modelling rock avalanche propagation onto glaciers

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-40

  Sosio, Rosanna ^a   Crosta, Giovanni B ^a   Chen, Joanna H ^b   Hungr, Oldrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Klohn Crippen Berger   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; British Columbia; European Alps; Forward analysis; Ice melting; Ice rock avalanches; New Zealand; Rheological parameters

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN ALPS; FORWARD ANALYSIS; ICE-MELTING; NEW ZEALAND; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); ELASTICITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FRICTION; MIXING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ICE;

BASAL AREA; FLUIDIZATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MELTING; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE; VOLUME;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MOUNT COOK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861980508     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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