Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States

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Size: 96 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1990

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Committee on Ground Failure Hazards Mitigation Research, National Research Council
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The present mortality as a result of snow avalanches exceeds the average mortality caused by earthquakes as well as all other forms of slope failure combined. Snow avalanches can range from small amounts of loose snow moving rapidly down a ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
1. Snow Avalanche Problems	5-8	(skim)
2. The Avalanche Phnomenon	9-19	(skim)
3. Avalanche Management Policy in the United States	20-26	(skim)
4. An International Perspective on Avalanche Management	27-36	(skim)
5. Avalanche Control	37-46	(skim)
6. Forecasting Avalanches	47-50	(skim)
7. Avalanche Research	51-61	(skim)
8. Problems in Communications	62-68	(skim)
9. Conclusions and Recommendations	69-74	(skim)
References	75-84	(skim)

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The present mortality as a result of snow avalanches exceeds the average mortality caused by earthquakes as well as all other forms of slope failure combined. Snow avalanches can range from small amounts of loose snow moving rapidly down a slope to slab avalanches, in which large chunks of snow break off and destroy everything in their path. Although considered a hazard in the United States since the westward expansion in the nineteenth century, in modern times snow avalanches are an increasing concern in recreational mountainous areas. However, programs for snow avalanche hazard mitigation in other countries are far ahead of those in the United States.
The book identifies several steps that should be taken by the United States in order to establish guidelines for research, technology transfer, and avalanche legislation and zoning.

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