Publications
Recent Journal Articles:
- Fatolahzadeh, S., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Serey, A., Sep煤lveda, S.A., Murphy, W., De Pascale, G., Petley, D.N., 2025. Revised comprehensive inventory of landslides induced by the 2007 Ays茅n earthquake, Patagonia. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84:142, .
- Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Palma-Munita, S., Sep煤lveda, 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 Luc铆a disaster in the Chilean Patagonia. Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-024-02419-1.
- Urrejola-Sanhueza, J.T.G., Sep煤lveda, S.A., Pinto, L., Moreiras, S.M., 2025. Linking large-volume landslides with potential neotectonic activity of the Pocuro Fault System, Central Andes (32掳-33掳S), Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 152: 105320. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105320
- Pinto, L., Sep煤lveda, S.A., Lefeuvre, C., Albornoz, C., Rhodes, J., Jara, P., Mu帽oz, P., Deckart, K., 2025. Analogue modeling of landslide dynamics: Case study from the Andean Mes贸n Alto deposit, Central Chile (~33掳40鈥橲). Geomorphology, 471, 109564, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109564.
- Serey, A., Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, S.A, Williams-Jones, G., 2024. Q虛welq虛wel煤sten/ Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, British Columbia: Inter-eruptive landslide susceptibility assessment using statistical machine learning techniques. Volcanica, 7 (2), 639-663
- Singh, J., Sep煤lveda, S.A., 2024. Understanding the failure mechanisms of the 2017 Santa Luc铆a landslide, Patagonian Andes, using remote sensing and 3D numerical modelling techniques. Landslides, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02346-1
- 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
- Carrasco, J., Sep煤lveda, S.A., Lara, M., Rosales, V., 2023. Evidencias de expansi贸n del deslizamiento activo de Yerba Loca, Andes centrales Revista Asociaci贸n Geol贸gica Argentina, 80(2), 273-279.
- Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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
- Sep煤lveda, 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., 2023. 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
- Sep煤lveda, S.A., Moreiras, S.M., Chac贸n, D., Villase帽or, T., Jeanneret, P., Poblete, F., 2022. The Pangal landslide complex, Cachapoal basin, central Chile (34掳S): an example of a multi-temporal slope instability cluster in the Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 115:103769
- Garc铆a-Delgado, H., Petley, D.N., Berm煤dez, M.A., Sep煤lveda, 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.
Recent Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:
Book Chapters:
- Prakash, N., Santi, P., Strouth, A. Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, S.A., 2022. Landslides in Arid and Semi-Arid environments. Treatise on Geomorphology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Vol. 5 "Mass Movement Geomorphology", 322-337, .
- Stead, D., Donati, D., Brideau, M-A. 2022. Mass-Movement Types and Processes: Rock Slides and Rock Topples, Treatise on Geomorphology Vol. 5 鈥淢ass-Movement Geomorphology鈥�, 114-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00060-2.
Conference Proceedings:
- Pino-Rivas, C., Le Sueur, P., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Fatolahzadeh, S, Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, S.A., 2024. Failure surface reconstruction of the Frank landslide, Alberta, using Spline interpolation method. XIV International Symposium on Landslides, Chambery, July 2024.
- Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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掳-33掳S).Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Anchorage, May 2024. Seismological Research Letters, 95 (2B), 1335.
- Montanez-Munoz, S. Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Singh, J., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Montanez-Munoz, S. Sep煤lveda, S.A., Williams-Jones, G., Bahreyni, B., 2023. De la Tierra a la Luna: Escaneo l谩ser y modelamiento 3D de tubos de lava para an谩lisis de habitabilidad lunar. Chilean Geological Congress, Santiago, November 2023.
- Connelly, J.P., Sep煤lveda, 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. Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda,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., Rodr铆guez-Peces, M., Sep煤lveda, S.A 2023. Linking Andean paleo-landslides to the probable triggering seismic source (31掳鈥�33掳S). XXI INQUA Congress, Rome, June 2023, session 184.
- Ugalde, F., Sep煤lveda, 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, .
- Montanez, S., Williams-Jones, G., Sep煤lveda, 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., Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Pi帽ero, L., Leyton., F., Sep煤lveda, S.A., Gonz谩lez鈥橫ondaca, P., 2022. Soil dynamic response for seismic microzonation purposes: Rancagua-Machal铆 and Rengo cities, Chile. 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition
- Sep煤lveda, 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.
- Sep煤lveda, 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.