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Peer reviewedButler, David R. – Journal of Geography, 1988
Illustrates the importance of studying the snow avalanche as a natural hazard. Describes the various kinds of snow avalanches, the types of triggering mechanisms that produce them, the typical avalanche terrain, and the geomorphic and the vegetative evidence for snow avalanching. Depicts methods of human adjustment to the avalanche hazard.…
Descriptors: Climate, Earth Science, Global Approach, Human Geography
