Field measurements of sintering after fracture of snowpack weak layers
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Field Study on Fracture Propagation in Weak Snowpack Layers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2005gl025104