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Mountain Avalanches

Mountain Avalanches is a natural hazard phenomenon characterized by the rapid, gravity-driven flow of snow, ice, and debris down mountain slopes, distinguished within mountain hydrometeorology by its dependence on atmospheric, topographic, and snowpack conditions that govern initiation, propagation, and impact in high-elevation environments.

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22.9K

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1.1K

Authors

475

Institutions

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2017–2026

103

Variants

Snow Avalanches

Parents

Publications

428

A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

Dan H. Shugar, Mylène Jacquemart, David Shean et al. · Science · 2021 · 810 citations · Full text

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Global landslide and avalanche hotspots

Farrokh Nadim, Oddvar Kjekstad, Pascal Peduzzi et al. · Landslides · 2006 · 603 citations

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Is climate change responsible for changing landslide activity in high mountains?

Christian Huggel, John J. Clague, Oliver Korup · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2011 · 523 citations

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Effects of climate change on mass movements in mountain environments

Markus Stoffel, Christian Huggel · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment · 2012 · 388 citations · Full text

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Complete dynamic modeling calibration for the Thurwieser rock avalanche (Italian Central Alps)

Rosanna Sosio, Giovanni B. Crosta, Oldrich Hungr · Engineering Geology · 2008 · 275 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. NE
    Nicolas Eckert

    Université Grenoble Alpes, France

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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  2. CH
    Christian Huggel

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    17 publications · 3.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  3. JJ
    John J. Clague

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    14 publications · 2.2K citations

    14

    h-index

  4. MS
    Markus Stoffel

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    12

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  5. JS
    Jürg Schweizer

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

    11 publications · 555 citations

    11

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Institutions

475

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    92 publications

    8.7K citations

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

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    24 h-index

    56 publications

    5.1K citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    22 h-index

    48 publications

    9.2K citations

  4. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    19 h-index

    60 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    3.5K citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    5.8K citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    16 h-index

    19 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    2.7K citations

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  1. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    30 publications · 1.4K citations

    23

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  2. Landslides

    28 publications · 2.1K citations

    21

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  3. Geomorphology

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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  4. Natural hazards and earth system sciences

    15 publications · 938 citations

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  5. Natural Hazards

    15 publications · 582 citations

    14

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