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Avalanche Propagation

Avalanche Propagation is a physical process in snow mechanics whereby a localized failure in a snowpack spreads rapidly through stress transfer, leading to the dynamic expansion of a fracture across a slope and resulting in the release of an avalanche.

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711

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333

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2017–2026

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Relaxation at the Angle of Repose

Heinrich M. Jaeger, Chu-heng Liu, Sidney R. Nagel · Physical Review Letters · 1989 · 572 citations

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Avalanche dynamics in a pile of rice

Vidar Frette, Kim Christensen, Anders Malthe‐Sørenssen et al. · Nature · 1996 · 479 citations

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Spreading of rock avalanche debris by mechanical fluidization

Timothy R. H. Davies · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 1982 · 319 citations

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Two types of avalanche behaviour in granular media

Adrian Daerr, Stéphane Douady · Nature · 1999 · 285 citations

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Processes and behaviors of block topple avalanches resulting from carbonate slope failures due to underground mining

Bin Li, Zhen Feng, Guozhang Wang et al. · Environmental Earth Sciences · 2016 · 278 citations

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Authors

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  1. JS
    Jürg Schweizer

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

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. AV
    Alec van Herwijnen

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    17 publications · 850 citations

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  3. JG
    Johan Gaume

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 publications · 338 citations

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  4. KW
    Karl W. Birkeland

    US Forest Service, United States

    7 publications · 452 citations

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  5. BR
    Benjamin Reuter

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    7 publications · 292 citations

    7

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Institutions

333

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    44 publications

    2.6K citations

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

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    32 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    9 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    3.8K citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    586 citations

  7. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    780 citations

  8. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Glaciology

    12 publications · 321 citations

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