Avalanche Dynamics and Precursors of Catastrophic Events ...
Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to capture and move ice, rocks, and trees. A powder snow avalanche in the ...
A Multimethod Analysis of Disasters and Peacemaking in Interstate ...
2004). In this sense, “natural” disasters are not completely exogenous to politics—but since the onset of earthquake disasters inheres in tectonic shifts ...
Avalanche | Definition, Causes, & Facts - Britannica
Avalanche, a mass of material moving rapidly down a slope. An avalanche is typically triggered when material on a slope breaks loose from its surroundings; ...
The Dynamics of Avalanches KITP Chalk Talk by Jim McElwaine
... events and talks at: https ... The work ranges from investigating avalanche disasters in the ...
On interevent time distributions of avalanche dynamics
We measure the force drops with high temporal resolution to resolve the dynamics of both the large and small avalanche events. Previous ...
Avalanches and Landslides - Natural Disasters: A Resource Guide
This book covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches, rescue techniques, and research on understanding and surviving avalanches.