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Avalanche Triggering

Avalanche Triggering is a causal mechanism within avalanche science that initiates the failure and subsequent release of a snowpack slab due to intrinsic or extrinsic stressors exceeding the snowpack’s shear strength.

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2017–2026

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Large rock avalanches triggered by the M 7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska, earthquake of 3 November 2002

Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, William H. Schulz et al. · Engineering Geology · 2005 · 189 citations

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Snow cover properties for skier triggering of avalanches

Jürg Schweizer, J. Bruce Jamieson · Cold Regions Science and Technology · 2001 · 129 citations

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Size effect law and fracture mechanics of the triggering of dry snow slab avalanches

Zdeněk P. Bažant, Goangseup Zi, D. M. McClung · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 113 citations

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The skier’s zone of influence in triggering slab avalanches

Jürg Schweizer, Christian Camponovo · Annals of Glaciology · 2001 · 99 citations · Full text

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Source characteristics of long runout rock avalanches triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China

Shengwen Qi, Qiang Xu, Bing Zhang et al. · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2010 · 84 citations

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Authors

174

  1. JS
    Jürg Schweizer

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

    6 publications · 367 citations

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  2. FL
    F. Louchet

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 75 citations

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  3. RS
    Ron Simenhois

    US Forest Service, United States

    3 publications · 63 citations

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  4. KW
    Karl W. Birkeland

    US Forest Service, United States

    3 publications · 63 citations

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  5. JF
    Jérôme Faillettaz

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    986 citations

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

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    410 citations

  3. Université du Québec à Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    117 citations

  4. Université Joseph Fourier

    Grenoble, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    47 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    156 citations

  6. Chengdu University of Technology

    Chengdu, China

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    260 citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    668 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    200 citations

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  1. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    8 publications · 342 citations

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    5 publications · 224 citations

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  3. Landslides

    5 publications · 167 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 287 citations

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  5. Quaternary International

    2 publications · 90 citations

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