Avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid downslope movement of some combination of rock, regolith, snow, slush, and ice. The movement can occur by any combination of sliding, falling, and rolling of pieces w...
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Avalanche
A sudden slide of snow and ice, usually in mountainous areas where there is heavy snow accumulation on moderate to steep slopes. Snow avalanches flow at an average speed of 80 mph (130 km/...
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Avalanches are rapid downhill movements of snow, ice and/or rock. They occur like landslide movements when the weight of the material can overcome the friction. Debris starts to descend at considerab...
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"Field observations reveal the importance of soil and rock volume and composition, as well as 3-D geometry of initiation." This is a quote from a lecture that I attended at the University of Missouri...
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Crews fired artillery shells Sunday to safely trigger avalanches before they could pose a threat to traffic on a mountain highway, a day after a huge snow slide knocked two cars off the road in a h...
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Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.In Montana's Big Belt Mountains...
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Robert Lang and Patrick Kane scored in a shootout to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.Milan Hejduk scored the only shootout goal for Colorado, wh...
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Authorities suspended their search Wednesday for more possible victims of an avalanche that killed two skiers.The bodies of two backcountry skiers were recovered a short time after the slide on Sun...
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Weekend avalanches killed six people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.In Montana's Big Belt Mountains,...
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Avalanches and landslides in Kashmir forced Indian security teams to airlift thousands of people to safe areas, while at least eight Pakistani soldiers were feared dead after they were buried under...
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Paul Stastny scored two goals and Wojtek Wolski added a goal and two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Monday night.Milan Hejduk had three assists for Colorado, ...
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Eight people were rescued after a huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain pass on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas and buried them, authorities said.Witnesses said th...
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Characteristics and Impacts of Avalanche Hazards
RoadWorthy! - 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche
