An earthquake or a snow avalanche has its own shape
Saturday, December 21, 2013 - 10:30
in Earth & Climate
Predicting earthquakes or snow avalanches is difficult, but to for instance reduce the related risks it is of high importance to know if an avalanche event is big or small. Researchers found that such events or say the acoustic sound bursts coming from the tearing of paper have a typical form independent of whether they are big or small.