Acoustic emission signatures prior to snow failure

Snow slab avalanches are caused by cracks forming and propagating in a weak snow layer below a cohesive slab. The gradual damage process leading to the formation of the initial failure within the weak layer (WL) is still not entirely understood. To this end, we designed a novel test apparatus that a...

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Main Authors: ACHILLE CAPELLI, INGRID REIWEGER, JÜRG SCHWEIZER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143018000436/type/journal_article