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Avalanche Entrainment

Avalanche Entrainment is a geomorphological process in which a moving snow avalanche incorporates additional snow, ice, or debris from the underlying substrate through mechanical scouring and thermal erosion, thereby increasing its mass and volume during propagation.

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2017–2026

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Field experiments and numerical modeling of mass entrainment in snow avalanches

Betty Sovilla, Paolo Burlando, Perry Bartelt · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 230 citations · Full text

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Assessment of snow transport in avalanche terrain

Michael Lehning, Charles Fierz · Cold Regions Science and Technology · 2007 · 138 citations

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Avalanche Mode of Motion: Implications from Lunar Examples

Keith A. Howard · Science · 1973 · 137 citations

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Possible erosion mechanisms in snow avalanches

Peter Gauer, Dieter Issler · Annals of Glaciology · 2004 · 111 citations · Full text

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A Model Study of Powder-Snow Avalanches

E. J. Hopfinger, J.-C. Tochon-Danguy · Journal of Glaciology · 1977 · 87 citations

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Authors

170

  1. DI
    Dieter Issler

    Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway

    5 publications · 209 citations

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  2. PB
    Perry Bartelt

    Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

    5 publications · 493 citations

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  3. BS
    Betty Sovilla

    Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

    4 publications · 387 citations

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  4. PG
    Peter Gauer

    Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway

    3 publications · 155 citations

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  5. EJ
    E. J. Hopfinger

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 103 citations

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Institutions

72

  1. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

    Oslo, Norway

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    437 citations

  3. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    312 citations

  4. Universität Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    154 citations

  5. Austrian Research Centre for Forests

    Vienna, Austria

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    288 citations

  6. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    233 citations

  7. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    100 citations

  8. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    161 citations

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  1. Annals of Glaciology

    9 publications · 369 citations

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  2. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    6 publications · 374 citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    4 publications · 234 citations

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  4. Engineering Geology

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  5. Landslides

    2 publications · 127 citations

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