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by Robert C. Szaro, Burchard H. Heede, Carleton B. Edminster, Charles F. Leaf, Daniel L. Noble, David F. Van Haverbeke, David G. Sabo, David L. Sturges, Dennis M. Donnelly, Dwight R. Cable, Earle F. Layser, Gerald J. Gottfried, J. M. Schmid, John G. Goodwin, K. L. Dawson, Kay Franzreb, L. J. Heidmann, Michael A. Fosberg, Pat O. Currie, R. A. Schmidt, Ralph Edmund Campbell, Robert R. Alexander, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), Stanley L. Ponce, Stephen S. Sackett, Theodore Edmund Lang, Thomas E. Hinds, Thomas John Mills, W. L. Minckley, William H. Moir, Eugene M. Wengert
1977
Avalanche dynamics equations are used to estimate flow heights, velocities, specific thrust pressure, maximum specific weight of avalanche debris, and runout distance for 12 avalanche case studies from the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Suggestions are made for using this engineering approach for avalanche zoning and land use planning.