Article: Avalanche of Wonders.(Brief article)(Book review)

Encyclopedia entry: avalanches
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ... ... here upon snow avalanches, which are popularly ... term ‘avalanche’ and ... and the 1995 avalanche in Flateyri, Iceland ... fatalities. Snow avalanches are commonly classified ... particular the dry slab avalanche, that is of primary ... the importance of avalanches as a natural ...

Article: Avalanches on slopes claiming more victims.
The Washington Times;  February 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... slow potential avalanches. "It's a combination of avalanche ignorance and ... misconceptions about avalanches, he said ... misconception is that an avalanche is just a bunch ... percent of all avalanche accidents, the avalanches are triggered ...

Article: Avalanche!
Rocky Mountain Construction;  September 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Director, Colorado, Avalanche Information Center ... snowslides in the Rockies Avalanches are common occurrences ... triggered an intense avalanche cycle with about 760 avalanches reported (and in ... estimated that for every avalanche seen or discovered ...

Article: Avalanche
World of Earth Science;      564 words ... ... referred to simply as avalanches, are classified ... layers (surface avalanche) or the ground ... complicated for avalanches than most landslides ... snow and ice in an avalanche prone slope are ... deliberately trigger avalanches under controlled ... aftermath of an avalanche is an ...

Article: Avalanche researcher.(Career of the Month: Science in the ...
The Science Teacher;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to dangerous avalanche conditions, how avalanches release (including ... know more about avalanches to increase the safety of avalanche researchers ... snowmobile) and avalanche-safety knowledge ... interested in avalanches should participate ...

Article: Avalanche -- Snowballing Into Danger -- As more people hit ...
Yakima Herald-Republic;  February 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... minutes by a 1998 avalanche in central Oregon. Or avalanches might bring ... buried by an avalanche while backcountry ... leveled by avalanches less than two ... in U.S. avalanches in 2001-2002 ... all U.S. avalanche fatalities ...

Article: Avalanches -- Don't Count on Beacons to Save You -- ...
Yakima Herald-Republic;  January 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... people trapped beneath avalanches don't have long to ... in an Alaska Range avalanche near Cantwell. He ... trapped beneath an avalanche is amazingly short ... buried and survived the avalanche incident is about 11 ... the people caught in avalanches in Switzerland end ...