Abstract
A wedge-shaped mass of snow or soil on a flat mountain slope is simulated in a connected formulation by a thermoelastic medium acted upon by gravity, a uniform surface load, and a heat flux. An exact solution of the problem of equilibrium of the mass is obtained. Two criteria for the descent of an avalanche or a landslide are derived from the conditions of impossibility of equilibrium. This result can be used to predict soil landslides and the descent of avalanches in the mountains.
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