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Brian D. Collins
Researcher at United States Geological Survey
Publications - 89
Citations - 3071
Brian D. Collins is an academic researcher from United States Geological Survey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Landslide & Rockfall. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 89 publications receiving 2574 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian D. Collins include University of Colorado Boulder & University of California, Berkeley.
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Stability analyses of rainfall induced landslides
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of both negative and positive pore water pressures on the stability of initially unsaturated slopes are carefully explained and coupled with infinite slope analysis methods in order to present a predictive formulation of slope failures that occur as a result of rainfall events.
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Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake
Jeffrey S. Kargel,Gregory J. Leonard,Dan H. Shugar,Umesh K. Haritashya,Alexandre R. Bevington,Eric J. Fielding,Koji Fujita,Marten Geertsema,Evan S. Miles,Jakob F. Steiner,Eric Anderson,Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya,Gerald W. Bawden,D. F. Breashears,Amy L. Byers,Brian D. Collins,Megh Raj Dhital,Andrea Donnellan,T. L. Evans,M. L. Geai,Margaret Glasscoe,D. Green,Deo Raj Gurung,R. Heijenk,A. Hilborn,Kenneth W. Hudnut,Charles K. Huyck,Walter W. Immerzeel,Jiang Liming,Randall W. Jibson,Andreas Kääb,Narendra Raj Khanal,Dalia Kirschbaum,Philip Kraaijenbrink,Damodar Lamsal,Liu Shiyin,Lv Mingyang,Daene C. McKinney,N. K. Nahirnick,Nan Zhuotong,S. N. Ojha,Jeffrey Olsenholler,Thomas H. Painter,M. Pleasants,K. C. Pratima,Quan Yuan,Bruce Raup,Dhananjay Regmi,David R. Rounce,Akiko Sakai,Shangguan Dong-hui,Joseph M. Shea,Arun Bhakta Shrestha,A. Shukla,D. Stumm,M. van der Kooij,K. Voss,Wang Xin,Brandon J. Weihs,D. Wolfe,Wu Lizong,Yao Xiaojun,M. R. Yoder,Neal Young +63 more
TL;DR: Satellite imaging isolated hazard potential for earthquake-triggered landslides after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal and provided information to relief and recovery officials as emergency operations were occurring, while supported by one of the largest-ever NASA-led campaigns of responsive satellite data acquisitions over a vast disaster zone.
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Landslide mobility and hazards: implications of the 2014 Oso disaster
Richard M. Iverson,David L. George,Kate E. Allstadt,Mark E. Reid,Brian D. Collins,James W. Vallance,Steve P. Schilling,Jonathan W. Godt,Charles M. Cannon,Christopher S. Magirl,Rex L. Baum,Jeffrey A. Coe,William H. Schulz,J. B. Bower +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the causes and effects of landslide mobility and its impacts on a disastrous landslide that occurred on 22 March 2014 near Oso, Washington, USA, following a long period of abnormally wet weather.
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Rockfall triggering by cyclic thermal stressing of exfoliation fractures
Brian D. Collins,Greg M. Stock +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use data from 3.5 years of field monitoring of an exfoliating granite cliff in Yosemite National Park in California, USA, to assess the magnitude and temporal pattern of thermally induced rock deformation.
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Processes of coastal bluff erosion in weakly lithified sands, Pacifica, California, USA
Brian D. Collins,Nicholas Sitar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the spatial and temporal processes responsible for erosion and landsliding in an area of weakly lithified sand coastal bluffs located south of San Francisco, California.