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Like a house of cards, buried weak snow layers buckle under pressure and unleash slab avalanches
- April 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Although the fundamental constitutive laws for steel and concrete were established more than a century ago, weak layers in snow remain a mystery. There are currently two theories about how they fail. A study published in Geophysical Research Letters has now identified a clear favorite.
Originally published at Phys.org