Avalanche Hazard on the Ust-Kamenogorsk-Zyryanovsk Railway

• Main Authors: Isakov,L. M., Anfilofev,B. A.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Surface Transportation and Equipment; (*SNOW; HAZARDS); (*AVALANCHES; *RAILROADS); GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY); PROTECTION; VOLUME; CLIMATE; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); USSR; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0720061; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0720061

The article presents data on formation and descent of avalanches and on their volumes in the vicinity of the Ust'-Kamenogorsk-Zyryanovsk railway. Avalanche protective measures used on the line are analyzed. Included are several recommendations on protection of the railway from avalanches. (Author) Trans. of Institut Inzhenerov Zheleznodorozhnogo Transporta, Novosibirsk. Trudy (USSR) n89 p106-111 1969.