# Gaume 2021: Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959 > Johan Gaume, Alexander M. Puzrin, 2021. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The leading physical model; the article's explanations section is… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D79D9BW3H96/mechanisms-of-slab-avalanche-release-and-impact-in-the Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Dyatlov Pass incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass)Gaume 2021 **0** # Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959 Johan Gaume, Alexander M. Puzrin, 2021. _Communications Earth & Environment_. An analytical and numerical model of how the group's cut into the slope, followed by hours of wind-loading, could release a small slab avalanche that strikes the tent and produces the rib and skull fractures found, with the delay, the small size and the missing debris accounted for. Communications Earth & Environment 2, 10 (28 January 2021). **Dyatlov Pass incident** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8](https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The leading physical model; the article's explanations section is built on it and on its own list of objections. ## The document 11 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 11 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p11)11] ![Page 1 of Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da/p1) Text taken from the file. Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 11 records [A dense snow slab struck them while they lay on packed skis and gear, which acted as a rigid base.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/answers/ANS0D79DR0M2NT7/a-dense-snow-slab-struck-them-while-they-lay-on-packed-skis) Answer ANS [A small slab avalanche, released from the wind-loaded slope above the cut the group made to level the tent,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/answers/ANS0D79DK4C79EX/a-small-slab-avalanche-released-from-the-wind-loaded-slope) Answer ANS [Slab-avalanche model calculations (Gaume and Puzrin 2021)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D79DWD85H98/slab-avalanche-model-calculations-gaume-and-puzrin-2021) Dataset DAT [No measurement or model of infrasound at the site has been published, and the injuries are unexplained by…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DNTA1AAK/no-measurement-or-model-of-infrasound-at-the-site-has-been) Evidence EVD [Simulations using automotive cadaver data reproduce rib and skull fractures without external wounds for a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DR8E7GCP/simulations-using-automotive-cadaver-data-reproduce-rib-and) Evidence EVD [The 1959 survey put the slope at under 30 degrees.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DMBE2T0P/the-1959-survey-put-the-slope-at-under-30-degrees) Evidence EVD [The model reproduces the delay, the small size, the lack of debris after three weeks of wind, and the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DKC663DJ/the-model-reproduces-the-delay-the-small-size-the-lack-of) Evidence EVD [Gaume and Puzrin publish the slab-avalanche model](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/events/EVT0D79DH5W2GA6/gaume-and-puzrin-publish-the-slab-avalanche-model) EVT [Alexander M. Puzrin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/people/FIG0D79DE0A3WAS/alexander-m-puzrin) FIG [Johan Gaume](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/people/FIG0D79DDRG3HN7/johan-gaume) FIG [The Dyatlov Pass incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Gaume, J., & Puzrin, A. M. (2021). Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8)[Download PDF · 1.9 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/cbe7756bb171defd9511231b761714ff1c55d682971aa113d93d16daf47a94da) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D79D9BW3H96 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. 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