Prof. Peters with his research team are now developing a model that calculates the properties and behaviour of snow masses under high and low strain rates based on the structure of microscopic snow particles. (sciencedaily.com)
Glaciers that have no chance to get snow mass will eventually disappear,» Fujita said. (chimalaya.org)
Scientists understand the conditions that trigger these so - called glide avalanches, but a new analysis of field data stretching back to the 1930s suggests that conditions inside the snow masses — and therefore the forces and stresses that they impose on structures in their paths — have been woefully underestimated in some cases. (sciencemag.org)