Publications

Recent Journal Articles:

- 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.

- 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., 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., 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., 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

- 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. 

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.

Conference Proceedings:

-  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.

-  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.

-  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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.