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This book provides a critical update of the most recent and innovative developments of avalanche science. It aims at re-founding avalanche science on clear scientific bases, from field observations and experiments up to mathematical and physical analysis and modeling. In this respect, it stands in a still unoccupied but fundamental niche amidst the abundant avalanche literature. In the current context of a accelerated climate warming, the book also discusses possible evolutions of snow cover extent and stability. It also shows how the present analysis can be extended, in mountainous areas, to other gravitationally induced phenomena that are likely to take over from avalanches under specific circumstances. The text is supported by online links to field experiments and lectures on triggering mechanisms, risk management, and decision making.

Book details

• Full title: Snow Avalanches
• Author: Louchet, Francois (Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, Grenoble University)
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9780198866930
• ISBN: 0198866933
• ID: 32847331
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 384 g
• Dimensions: 176 × 252 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. December 2020

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