Analysis of an artificially triggered avalanche at the nepheline syenite mine on Stjernøya, Alta, Northern Norway

• Main Authors: Frauenfelder, Regula, Jónsson, Árni, Lied, Karstein, Schwerdtfeger, Dirk, Bergum, Guro, Bühler, Yves, Stoffe, Lukas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University Library 2014
• Subjects: Avalanche-RnD; Snøskred-FoU; Alta; Lillebukt; Nabbaren; Norway; Stjernøya; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083292; https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2134

Since 1961, a Nepheline Syenite mine is operated on the island of Stjernøya in the Altafjord, Northern Norway. The facilities are located in Lillebukt, on the southern side of the island. Above the facilities, the Nabbaren mountain is rising to a height of 727 m a.s.l. Rockfall during summer season...