Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1407-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1407-2014
Research article
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05 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 05 Aug 2014

The influence of edge effects on crack propagation in snow stability tests

E. H. Bair, R. Simenhois, A. van Herwijnen, and K. Birkeland

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