Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) is a widely used geophysical technique for imaging subsurface resistivity variations, providing critical insights for geological engineering and hazard assessment applications. While open-source inversion tools such as BERT and PyGIMLi offer accessible solutions for geoelectrical modeling, their comparative performance across different electrode configura…
Rainstorm-induced landslides are a widespread geomorphological hazard that can lead to major emergencies, causing severe damage to life and property. Due to the extent of the areas usually affected by these phenomena (up to thousands of km2) and/or their typical high areal density, in the early stages of the emergency it can be useful to reconstruct a comprehensive, albeit preliminary, overview…
This study presents the first direct cosmogenic 36Cl-based chronology of landscape evolution and ground deformation in the Ionian Islands, focusing on the Thinia Valley in northern Kefalonia, western Greece. At the Zola site, exposure ages indicate that the eastern limb of the associated anticline has undergone intermittent deformation since at least 34 ka, with ongoing exhumation still occurri…
In this study, an ANN-derived innovative model was developed for estimating the failure soil depths of rainfall-induced shallow landslide events, named the SM_EFD_LS model. The proposed SM_EFD_LS model was created using the modified ANN model via the genetic algorithm calibration approach (GA-SA) with multiple transfer functions (MTFs) (ANN_GA-SA_MTF) with a significant number of failure soil d…
One of the most important issues in landslide hazard management is predicting the runout of a landslide event. Current technology and modeling help to analyze landslides in terms of overall stability, triggers, and sensitivity to environmental changes, but the length of the runout remains a difficult variable to predict. In this study, we review how runout is measured and conclude that the land…
The Dead Sea ecosystem, with its hypersaline conditions, base-level fluctuations, and active tectonics, presents a unique challenge for geological studies. Its equilibrium is increasingly unbalanced due to overexploitation of water and mineral resources. Remote sensing, including drone-based photogrammetry and satellite imaging, monitors large-scale surface changes, while geophysical methods li…
Debris flows are rapid, destructive landslides that pose significant risks in mountainous regions. This study presents a novel algorithm to simulate debris flow dynamics, focusing on sediment transport from 0-order basins to depositional zones. The algorithm integrates the D8 flow direction method with an adjustable friction coefficient to enhance the accuracy of debris flow trajectory and depo…
The presented article discusses the possibilities and methods of carrying out evacuation works in the event of an emergency associated with slope deformation in the built-up area of Šalgovík, Slovak Republic. From the point of view of extraordinary events, slope deformations are a negative phenomenon for every country. Besides the most serious natural disasters such as floods, landslides and …
Machine learning (ML) algorithms are frequently used in landslide susceptibility modeling. Different data handling strategies may generate variations in landslide susceptibility modeling, even when using the same ML algorithm. This research aims to compare the combinations of inventory data handling, cross validation (CV), and hyperparameter tuning strategies to generate landslide susceptibilit…
Rapid detection of landslides after an exceptional event is critical for planning effective disaster management. Previous works have typically used machine learning-based methods, including the recently popular deep-learning approaches, to identify characteristics surface features from satellite remote sensing data, especially from optical images. However, data acquisition from optical images i…