All Outputs (13)

Scenario ensemble modelling of possible future earthquake impacts in Bhutan (2020)
Journal Article
Robinson, T. R. (2020). Scenario ensemble modelling of possible future earthquake impacts in Bhutan. Natural Hazards, 103(3), 3457-3478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04138-x

Recent large earthquakes in the Himalaya have resulted in tens of thousands of fatalities, yet these events are thought to have had relatively moderate magnitudes for the region. Evidence suggests multiple events throughout the Himalaya in the last 1... Read More about Scenario ensemble modelling of possible future earthquake impacts in Bhutan.

Use of scenario ensembles for deriving seismic risk (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Oven, K., Shrestha, S., & Guragain, R. (2018). Use of scenario ensembles for deriving seismic risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(41), E9532-E9541. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807433115

High death tolls from recent earthquakes show that seismic risk remains high globally. While there has been much focus on seismic hazard, large uncertainties associated with exposure and vulnerability have led to more limited analyses of the potentia... Read More about Use of scenario ensembles for deriving seismic risk.

Road impacts from the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: an analogue for a future Alpine Fault earthquake? (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, T. (2018). Road impacts from the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: an analogue for a future Alpine Fault earthquake?. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 61(3), 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2018.1470539

The 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake involved complex rupture of multiple faults for > 170 km, generating strong ground shaking throughout the upper South Island leading to widespread landsliding. As a result of surface fault rupture and landslides, S... Read More about Road impacts from the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: an analogue for a future Alpine Fault earthquake?.

Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake (2018)
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Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Davies, T., Wilson, T., & Orchiston, C. (2018). Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(3B), 1665-1682. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170234

Reliable methods for the near‐real‐time modeling of landslide hazard and associated impacts that follow an earthquake are required to provide crucial information to guide emergency responses. After the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand, we unde... Read More about Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake.

Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes (2018)
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Williams, J., Rosser, N., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., Oven, K., Densmore, A., …Dijkstra, T. (2018). Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, 185-205. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-185-2018

Landslides triggered by large earthquakes in mountainous regions contribute significantly to overall earthquake losses and pose a major secondary hazard that can persist for months or years. While scientific investigations of coseismic landsliding ar... Read More about Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.

Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support (2017)
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Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Williams, J., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., & Bell, H. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(9), 1521-1540. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1521-2017

Current methods to identify coseismic landslides immediately after an earthquake using optical imagery are too slow to effectively inform emergency response activities. Issues with cloud cover, data collection and processing, and manual landslide ide... Read More about Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support.

Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Williams, J., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., & Bell, H. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 17, 1521-1540. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2017-83

Current methods to identify coseismic landslides immediately after an earthquake using optical imagery are too slow to effectively inform emergency response activities. Issues with cloud cover, data collection and processing, and manual landslide ide... Read More about Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support.

Coseismic landsliding estimates for an Alpine Fault earthquake and the consequences for erosion of the Southern Alps, New Zealand (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Davies, T., Wilson, T., & Orchiston, C. (2016). Coseismic landsliding estimates for an Alpine Fault earthquake and the consequences for erosion of the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geomorphology, 263, 71-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.03.033

Landsliding resulting from large earthquakes in mountainous terrain presents a substantial hazard and plays an important role in the evolution of mountain ranges. However estimating the scale and effect of landsliding from an individual earthquake pr... Read More about Coseismic landsliding estimates for an Alpine Fault earthquake and the consequences for erosion of the Southern Alps, New Zealand.

Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge (2015)
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Davies, T., Beaven, S., Conradson, D., Densmore, A., Gaillard, J., Johnston, D., …Wilson, T. (2015). Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 13, 242-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.05.009

Quantitative risk assessment and risk management processes are critically examined in the context of their applicability to the statistically infrequent and sometimes unforeseen events that trigger major disasters. While of value when applied at regi... Read More about Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge.

Evaluation of coseismic landslide hazard on the proposed Haast-Hollyford Highway, South Island, New Zealand (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Davies, T., Wilson, T., Orchiston, C., & Barth, N. (2016). Evaluation of coseismic landslide hazard on the proposed Haast-Hollyford Highway, South Island, New Zealand. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 10(2), 146-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2015.1077974

Coseismic landsliding presents a major hazard to infrastructure in mountains during large earthquakes. This is particularly true for road networks, as historically coseismic landsliding has resulted in road losses larger than those due to ground shak... Read More about Evaluation of coseismic landslide hazard on the proposed Haast-Hollyford Highway, South Island, New Zealand.

Regional coseismic landslide hazard assessment without historical landslide inventories: a new approach (2015)
Journal Article
Kritikos, T., Robinson, T., & Davies, T. (2015). Regional coseismic landslide hazard assessment without historical landslide inventories: a new approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120(4), 711-729. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jf003224

Currently, regional coseismic landslide hazard analyses require comprehensive historical landslide inventories as well as detailed geotechnical data. Consequently, such analyses have not been possible where these data are not available. A new approac... Read More about Regional coseismic landslide hazard assessment without historical landslide inventories: a new approach.

The extremely long-runout Komansu rock avalanche in the Trans Alai Range, Pamir Mountains, southern Kyrgyzstan (2014)
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Robinson, T., Davies, T., Reznichenko, N., & De Pascale, G. (2015). The extremely long-runout Komansu rock avalanche in the Trans Alai Range, Pamir Mountains, southern Kyrgyzstan. Landslides, 12(3), 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-014-0492-y

Massive rock avalanches form some of the largest landslide deposits on Earth and are major geohazards in high-relief mountains. This work reinterprets a previously reported glacial deposit in the Alai Valley of Kyrgyzstan as the result of an extremel... Read More about The extremely long-runout Komansu rock avalanche in the Trans Alai Range, Pamir Mountains, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Review Article: Potential geomorphic consequences of a future great (Mw = 8.0+) Alpine Fault earthquake, South Island, New Zealand (2013)
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Robinson, T., & Davies, T. (2013). Review Article: Potential geomorphic consequences of a future great (Mw = 8.0+) Alpine Fault earthquake, South Island, New Zealand. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 13(9), 2279-2299. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-2279-2013

The Alpine Fault in New Zealand's South Island has not sustained a large magnitude earthquake since ca. AD 1717. The time since this rupture is close to the average inferred recurrence interval of the fault (~300 yr). The Alpine Fault is therefore ex... Read More about Review Article: Potential geomorphic consequences of a future great (Mw = 8.0+) Alpine Fault earthquake, South Island, New Zealand.