Publications

Recent Journal Articles:

- Carrasco, J., Sepúlveda, S.A., Lara, M., Rosales, V., 2023. Evidencias de expansión del deslizamiento activo de Yerba Loca, Andes centrales Revista Asociación Geológica Argentina, 80(2), 273-279.

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Tobar, C., Rosales, V., Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Lara, M. 2023. Megalandslides and deglaciation: modelling of two case studies in the central Andes. Natural Hazards, 118, 1561-1572, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06067-x

- Donati, D., Stead, D., Onsel, E., Mysiorek, J., Chang, O., 2023. Remote sensing and geovisualization of rock slopes and landslides. Remote Sensing 15, 3702, DOI:10.3390/rs15153702

- Soto, M.V., Arriagada, J., Molina-Benavides, M., Cabello, M., Contreras, M., Ibarra, I. Guevara, G., Sepúlveda, S.A., Maerker, M. 2023. Geodynamic hotspots in a periglacial landscape: natural hazards and impacts on productive activities in Chilean fjordlands, Northern Patagonia. Geosciences, 13, 209, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13070209

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Ward, B.C., Cosman, S.B., Jacobs, R., 2023. Preliminary investigations of ground failures triggered during the mid-November 2021 atmospheric river event along the Southwestern British Columbia highway corridors. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 60:580-586, https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cgj-2022-0093.

-Sharif, L. K., Elmo, D., Stead, D. 2023. New approaches to quantify progressive damage and associated dynamic rock mass blockiness. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,15 (2) , 285-295 .

- Donati, D., Stead, D., Borgatti, L., 2023. The importance of rock mass damage in the kinematics of landslides. Geosciences 13 (2), doi: 10.3390/geosciences13020052.

- Donati, D., Stead, D., Borgatti, L. The influence of slope damage on the kinematics of landslides. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 1, 39-47, DOI10.4408/IJEGE.2023-01.S-06

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Moreiras, S.M., Chacón, D., Villaseñor, T., Jeanneret, P., Poblete, F., 2022. The Pangal landslide complex, Cachapoal basin, central Chile (34°S): an example of a multi-temporal slope instability cluster in the Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 115:103769

- García-Delgado, H., Petley, D.N., Bermúdez, M.A., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2022. Fatal landslides in Colombia (from historical times to 2020) and their socio-economic impacts. Landslides 19, 1689-1716, doi 10.1007/s10346-022-01870-2.

- Rabus, B., Engelbrecht, J., Clague, J.J., Donati, D., Stead, D., Francioni, M., 2022. Response of a large deep-seated gravitational slope deformation to meteorological, seismic, and deglaciation drivers as measured by InSAR. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.918901.

- Donati, D., Stead, D., Geertsema, M., Bendle, J.M., Menounos, B., Borgatti, L., 2022. Kinematic Analysis of the 2020 Elliot Creek Landslide, British Columbia, Using Remote Sensing Data. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.916069

- Muhammad, M., Williams-Jones, G., Stead, D., Tortini, R., Falorni, G., & Donati, D. , 2022. Applications of Image-Based Computer Vision for Remote Surveillance of Slope Instability. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.909078

- Elmo, D., Stead, D., Yang, B., Marcato, G., & Borgatti, L., 2022. A new approach to characterise the impact of rock bridges in stability analysis. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(5), 2551-2569.

- Yang, B., Mitelman, A., Elmo, D., Stead, D., 2022. Why the future of rock mass classification systems requires revisiting their empirical past. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 55, qjegh2021-039.

- He, L.F., Coggan, J., Stead, D., Francioni, M., Eyre, M., 2022. Modelling discontinuity control on the development of Hell's Mouth landslide. Landslides 19, 277-295. 

- Araya, J., De Pascale, G.P., Mardel, R., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2021. The likely Quaternary active El Arrayan fault, Santiago, Chile. Andean Geology 48(3): 529-545.  doi: 10.5027/andgeoV48n3-3256

- Brain, M.J., Moya, S., Kincey, M.E., Tunstall, N., Petley, D.N., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2021. Controls on post-seismic landslide behaviour in brittle rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 126 126, e2021JF006242. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006242

-  De Pascale, G., Froude, M., Penna, I., Hermanns, R.L., Sepúlveda, S.A., Moncada, D., Persico, M., Easton, G., Villalobos, A., Gutiérrez, F., 2021. Liquiñe‑Ofqui’s fast slipping intra‑volcanic arc crustal faulting above the subducted Chile Ridge. Scientific Reports 11:7069.

- Donati , D., Rabus, B, Engelbrecht, J., Stead, D., Clague, J., Francioni, M. 2021. A robust SAR speckle tracking workflow for measuring and interpreting the 3D surface displacement of landslides,  Remote Sensing13 (15), 3048; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13153048

-  Donati, D., Westin, A.M., Stead, D., Clague, J.J., Stewart, T.W., Lawrence, M.L., Marsh, J. 2021. A reinterpretation of the Downie Slide (British Columbia, Canada) based on slope damage characterization and subsurface data interpretation, Landslides, 18, 1561-1583.

-  Elmo, D. and Stead, D. 2021. The role of behavioural factors and cognitive biases in rock engineering.  Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 54, 2109-2128.

-  Elmo, D., Stead, D., Yang, B., Marcato, G., Borgatti, L., 2021. A new approach to characterise the impact of rock bridges in stability analysis. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 55, 2551-2569.

-  Francionii, M., Stead, D., Sharma, J., Clague, J.J., Brideau, M-A. 2021 An integrated InSAR-borehole inclinometer-sumerical modelling approach to the assessment of a slow-moving landslide. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 27(3), 287-305.

-  Junquera-Torrado, S., Moreiras, S.M., Rodríguez-Peces, M., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2021. Linking earthquake-triggered paleolandslides to their seismic source and to the possible seismic event that originated them in a portion of the Argentine Precordillera (31°–33°S). Natural Hazards 106, 43-78.

-  Moreiras, S.M., Sepúlveda, S.A., Correas-González, M., Lauro, C., Vergara, I., Jeanneret, P., Junquera-Torrado, S., Cuevas, J.G., Maldonado, A., Antinao, J.L., Lara, M., 2021. Debris flows occurrence in the semiarid Central Andes under climate change scenario. Geosciences 11(2), 43.

-  Sepúlveda, S.A., Alfaro, A., Lara, M., Carrasco, J., Olea-Encina, P., Rebolledo, S., Garcés, M., 2021. An active large rock slide in the Andean paraglacial environment: the Yerba Loca landslide, central Chile. Landslides, 18, 697-705.

- Wang, X.,  Crosta, G.B., Clague, J.J., Stead, D., Sun, J.,  Qi, S., Liu, H. 2021. Fault controls on spatial variation of fracture density and rock mass strength within the Yarlung , Tsangpo Fault damage zone (southeastern Tibet), Engineering Geology 291, 106238.

-  Wang, X., Clague, J.J., Crosta, G.B., Sun, J., Stead, D., Qi, S., Zhang, L., 2021. Relationship between the spatial distribution of landslides and rock mas strength, and implications for the driving mechanism of landslides in tectonically active mountain ranges. Engineering Geology 292, 106281.

-  Zhao, K., Stead. D., Kang, H, Gao, F., Donati, D. 2021. Three-dimensional numerical investigation of the interaction of multiple hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 246, 107620.

- Zhao, K. Stead, D., Kang, H., Gao, F., Donati, D. 2021. Three-dimensional simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation height in layered formations, Environmental Earth Sciences, 80:12:1-15.

Recent Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:   

Book Chapters:

-  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.

Conference Proceedings:

- 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, accepted.

- Montanez-Munoz, S. Sepúlveda, S.A., Williams-Jones, G., Bahreyni, B., 2023. Detailed 3D geophysics in a terrestrial analog: The key to understanding lunar lava tubes. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 2023, accepted.

- Singh, J., Sepúlveda, S.A., 2023. Landslide failure surface and volume estimation using a Sloping Local Base Level (SLBL) method: A Case Study. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, December 2023, accepted.

- Montanez-Munoz, S. Sepúlveda, S.A., Williams-Jones, G., Bahreyni, B., 2023. De la Tierra a la Luna: Escaneo láser y modelamiento 3D de tubos de lava para análisis de habitabilidad lunar. Chilean Geological Congress, Santiago, November 2023, accepted

- Connelly, J.P., Sepúlveda, S.A., Williams-Jones, G., 2023. Statistical landslide susceptibility assessment in the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, British Columbia: Results and lessons learned. Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 66th Annual Meeting, Portland, September 2023, 75.

- Carrigan, J., Ward, B., Geertsema, M. Sepúlveda, S.A. 2023. The geology and evolution of the Brenot Creek landslide.  Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 66th Annual Meeting, Portland, September 2023, 74.

- Sepúlveda,S.A. 2023. Earthquake-induced landslides in subduction zones: Insights from the Central-Southern Andes.  Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 66th Annual Meeting, Portland, September 2023, 102.

- Moreiras, S.M., Junquera-Torrado, S., Rodríguez-Peces, M., Sepúlveda, S.A 2023. Linking Andean paleo-landslides to the probable triggering seismic source (31°–33°S). XXI INQUA Congress, Rome, June 2023, session 184.

- Ugalde, F., Sepúlveda, S.A., Marangunic, C. 2023. Susceptibility assessment for glacier hazards in the Rio Volcan basin, Central Andes of Chile. IUGG 28th General Assembly, Berlin, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-2517.

-  Montanez, S., Williams-Jones, G., Sepúlveda, S.A., Bahreyni, B. 2023. Gravity modeling of lunar lava tubes: insights from Ape Cave as a terrestrial analogue, 2nd Canadian Lunar Workshop, online, May 2023.

- Ugalde, F., Sepúlveda, S.A., Marangunic, C. 2023. Susceptiblidad ante remociones en masa de origen glacial en la cuenca del rio Volcan, Andes centrales de Chile. V Congreso Sociedad Chilena de la Criosfera, Valparaiso, May 2023.  

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Moreiras, S.M., Jeanneret, P., Correas Gonzalez, M., Bravo, K., Azanero, J., Lara, M. 2023. Investigation of prehistoric landslide dams in the central Andes of Chile and Argentina. European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting, Vienna, April 2023, paper EGU23-8382. 

- Piñero, L., Leyton., F., Sepúlveda, S.A., González’Mondaca, P., 2022. Soil dynamic response for seismic microzonation purposes: Rancagua-Machalí and Rengo cities, Chile. 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Serey, A., 2022. Lessons from recent earthquake-induced landslides in Chile and some considerations applicable to British Columbia. 8th Canadian Conference on Geotechnique and Natural Hazards, 155-161.

- Sepúlveda, S.A., Junquera-Torrado, S., Moreiras, S.M., Pinto, L., Urrejola, J.T., 2022. Landslides as paleoseismological indicators: Experiences using geotechnical back-analyses in the Andes. 2022 Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seismological Research Letters, 93:2B, 1214-1215.