Publications
RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES:
- Singh, J., Sepúlveda, S.A. , 2025. Assessing the landslide failure surface depth and volume: a new spline interpolation method. Engineering Geology, 357:108319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.108319.
- Shintassova, M., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2025. Estimating joint properties from drill cores using 3D scanning technology. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 43:230, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-025-03183-2.
- Fatolahzadeh, S., Sepúlveda, S.A, 2025. Comparison between two new ground-based remote sensing techniques for rock mass characterization, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 51:1, 2470710, DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2025.2470710.
- Ugalde, F., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2025. Susceptibility assessment for glacier hazards in the Rio Volcan basin, Central Andes of Chile, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 163: 105581, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105581
- Serey, A., Sepúlveda, S.A., Murphy, W., De Pascale, G., Petley, D.N., 2025. Revised comprehensive inventory of landslides induced by the 2007 Aysén earthquake, Patagonia. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84:142, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-04057-2.
- Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Palma-Munita, S., Sepúlveda, S.A., Lara, M., Burgos, K., Duhart, P., 2025. Rock slides in paraglacial environments in South America: three-dimensional modeling of glacier retreat and landslide inducing the 2017 Santa Lucía disaster in the Chilean Patagonia. Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-024-02419-1.
- Urrejola-Sanhueza, J.T.G., Sepúlveda, S.A., Pinto, L., Moreiras, S.M., 2025. Linking large-volume landslides with potential neotectonic activity of the Pocuro Fault System, Central Andes (32°-33°S), Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 152: 105320. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105320
- Pinto, L., Sepúlveda, S.A., Lefeuvre, C., Albornoz, C., Rhodes, J., Jara, P., Muñoz, P., Deckart, K., 2025. Analogue modeling of landslide dynamics: Case study from the Andean Mesón Alto deposit, Central Chile (~33°40’S). Geomorphology, 471, 109564, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109564.
- Fustos-Toribio, I., Basualto, D., Gatica, A., Bravo-Alarcón, A., Palma, J-L., Fuentealba, G., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2025. Controls over debris flow initiation in glacio-volcanic environments in the Southern Andes. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 25, 4843–4861, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-4843-2025.
- Hosseini, F., Rabus, B., Meyer, F.J., Donati, D., Stead, D., Clague, J.J., 2025. Three-Dimensional Minute-Scale Displacement of Fels Slide Measured With Multistation Ku-Band Ground-Based Radar. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 18, 18721-18721. 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3581503
- Serey, A., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2024. Comprehensive earthquake-induced landslide inventory dataset of the 2010 Chile megathrust earthquake. Data in Brief, 57: 111078, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111078
- Connelly, J.P., Sepúlveda, S.A, Williams-Jones, G., 2024. Q̓welq̓welústen/ Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, British Columbia: Inter-eruptive landslide susceptibility assessment using statistical machine learning techniques. Volcanica, 7 (2), 639-663
- Singh, J., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2024. Understanding the failure mechanisms of the 2017 Santa Lucía landslide, Patagonian Andes, using remote sensing and 3D numerical modelling techniques. Landslides, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02346-1
- Donati, D., Lambertini, A., Stead, D., Ghirotti, M., Borgatti, L., 2024. Multi-temporal analysis of the geomorphic evolution of the failure surface of the Vajont landslide. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Special Issue 1, 105-113.
- Donati, D., Stead, D., Rabus, B., Engelbrecht, J., Clague, J.J., Newman, S.D., Francioni, M., 2024. Characterization of the Fels Landslide (Alaska) Using Combined Terrestrial, Aerial, and Satellite Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing 16(1), 117.
- Donati, D., Guerra, C., Bonaga, G., Ghirotti, M., Stead, D., Borgatti, L., 2024. Application of numerical methods for the study of the 2014 San Leo landslide (Northern Italy): challenges and lessons learned. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Special Issue 2: 45-56. DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2024-02.S-04
Recent Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:
Book Chapters:
- Prakash, N., Santi, P., Strouth, A. Sepúlveda, S.A., Dowling, C., 2024. Fatalities from Debris Flow: Worldwide Distribution and Trends. In Jackob, M., McDougall, S., Santi, P., (Eds), Advances in Debris-flow Science and Practice. Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction Series, Springer, Cham, 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48691-3_3.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., 2022. Earthquake-induced landslide susceptibility and hazard assessment approaches. In: Ikuo Towhata, Gonghui Wang, Qiang Xu, Chris Massey (Editors). Coseismic Landslides - Phenomena, Long-Term Effects and Mitigation. Springer Nature Singapore, 543-571.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Serey, A. 2022. Earthquake-induced landslides and ground failure in Chile: The cases of Aysen 2007 and Maule 2010 earthquakes. In: Ikuo Towhata, Gonghui Wang, Qiang Xu, Chris Massey (Editors). Coseismic Landslides - Phenomena, Long-Term Effects and Mitigation.Springer Nature Singapore, 41-57.
- Moreiras, S.M., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2022. Landslides in Arid and Semi-Arid environments. Treatise on Geomorphology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Vol. 5 "Mass Movement Geomorphology", 322-337, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00105-X.
- Stead, D., Donati, D., Brideau, M-A. 2022. Mass-Movement Types and Processes: Rock Slides and Rock Topples, Treatise on Geomorphology Vol. 5 “Mass-Movement Geomorphology”, 114-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00060-2.
Selected Conference Proceedings:
- Brideau, M.A., Stead, D., Donati, D., Chang, O., Sepúlveda, S.A., fatolahzadeh, S., 2025. Uncertainties in displacement data and failure surface properties for large rock slope hazard characterization. Rock Slope and Gravity conference, Lausanne, November 2025 Abstract booklet p. 18-19.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., Fatolahzadeh, S., Shintassova, M., Singh, J., 2025. Applying hand-held laser scanners for joint properties estimation and rock mass characterization. 23rd Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ROCKENG 2025), Montreal, August 2025, paper RE2025-025.
- Fatolahzadeh, S., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2025. Application and limitations of UAV LiDAR remote sensing techniques for DEM generation in steep, densely forested mountain hillslopes. 45th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium – IGARSS, Brisbane, August 2025, paper 1112.
- Fatolahzadeh, S., Sepúlveda, S.A., Singh, J., 2025. Applicability and limitations of terrestrial and UAV-based remote sensing techniques for slope rock mass characterization. 59th U.S. Rock Mechanics and Geomechanics Symposium – ARMA, Santa Fe, June 2025, paper ARMA-2025-0610, https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2025-0610.
- Pino-Rivas, C., Sepúlveda, S.A., LeSueur, P., 2025. Earthquake-induced landslides susceptibility and controlling factors in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, April 2025. Seismological Research Letters 96(2B), 1372.
- Sepúlveda, S.A, Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Lara, M., Palma, S., Singh, J., Burgos, K., 2024. The origins and controlling factors of the Santa Lucia landslide, Patagonia. XVII Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 2nd Latin American Conference of the IAEG, La Serena, November 2024, paper 98.
- Pino-Rivas, C., Le Sueur, P., Sepúlveda, S.A., Huntley, D. 2024.Analysis of coseismic landslides in Vancouver Island, British Columbia. XVII Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 2nd Latin American Conference of the IAEG, La Serena, November 2024, paper 368.
- Fatolahzadeh, S, Sepúlveda, S.A., 2024. Applicability of New Remote Sensing Techniques for Rock Mass Characterization in Slope Cuts. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, September 2024, paper GEOM28.
- Jaimes, N., Sepúlveda, S.A., Ward, B.C., Allen, D. 2024. Rock slide hazards under atmospheric rivers: the 2021 Seabird Island case study in southern B.C. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, September 2024, paper GEOM108.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., Pino-Rivas, C., Le Sueur, P. McDougall, S., 2024. Challenges in the investigation of earthquake-induced landslides in the mountain terrains of westernmost Canada. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, September 2024, paper GEOM99.
- Connelly, J., Sepúlveda, S.A, Williams-Jones, G., 2024. Multi-scale slope stability investigations in the Mount Meager volcanic complex. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, September 2024, paper GEOM36.
- Singh, J., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2024. Failure surface reconstruction of the Frank landslide, Alberta, using Spline interpolation method. XIV International Symposium on Landslides, Chambery, July 2024.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., Jaimes, N., Singh, J., Duhart, P., Ward, B.C., 2024. Rock slides induced by atmospheric rivers in deglaciated valleys: Three case studies from Patagonia and British Columbia. XIV International Symposium on Landslides, Chambery, July 2024.
- Shintassova, M., Sepúlveda, S.A., Fatolahzadeh, S., 2024. Enhanced method for measuring joint roughness using sub-millimeter resolution 3D laser scanning. ARMA 58th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, June 2024.
- Pino-Rivas, C., Sepúlveda, S.A., Ward, B.C., 2024. Investigating potential earthquake-induced landslides in Kluane Lake area, southwest Yukon. Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, June 2024, Vol. 2, 161-162.
- Sepúlveda, S.A., Urrejola, J.T., Pinto, L., Moreiras, S.M., 2024. Relating large-volume landslides and potentially active faults using geotechnical analyses in the Pocuro Fault System, central Andes (32°-33°S).Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Anchorage, May 2024. Seismological Research Letters, 95 (2B), 1335.