Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016
Research article
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11 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2016

Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties

Jürg Schweizer, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, and Johan Gaume

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