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David N. Petley is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering, with particular emphasis on landslides and related hazards.

The main topics in their work include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

The subfields of study associated with their publications cover:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

David N. Petley's recent notable publications include:

  • "A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya," 2021, Science
  • "Landslides in the Andes: Forests can provide cost-effective landslide regulation services," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Volume Characteristics of Landslides Triggered by the MW 7.8 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand, Derived From Digital Surface Difference Modeling," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "The Sikkim flood of October 2023: Drivers, causes, and impacts of a multihazard cascade," 2025, Science
  • "Understanding fatal landslides at global scales: a summary of topographic, climatic, and anthropogenic perspectives," 2024, Natural Hazards

Frequent co-authors of David N. Petley include:

  • Sergio A. Sepúlveda
  • J. Carey
  • Matthew J. Brain
  • Sebastián Moya
  • Mark Kincey

Their contributions have been published multiple times in key venues such as:

  • Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Landslides
  • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016

    Melanie J. Froude;David N. Petley

  • Global patterns of loss of life from landslides

    David Petley

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth

    Robert N. Parker;Alexander L. Densmore;Nicholas J. Rosser;Marcello de Michele

  • Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion

    Nicholas Rosser;David Petley;Michael Lim;Stuart Dunning

  • Forecasting giant, catastrophic slope collapse: lessons from Vajont, Northern Italy

    Christopher R.J Kilburn;David N Petley

  • Trends in landslide occurrence in Nepal

    David N. Petley;Gareth J. Hearn;Andrew Hart;Nicholas J. Rosser

  • Seismically induced rock slope failures resulting from topographic amplification of strong ground motions: The case of Pacoima Canyon, California

    Sergio A. Sepúlveda;Sergio A. Sepúlveda;William Murphy;Randall W. Jibson;David N. Petley

  • The Hattian Bala rock avalanche and associated landslides triggered by the Kashmir Earthquake of 8 October 2005

    Stuart Dunning;Wishart Mitchell;Nicholas Rosser;David Petley

  • Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution

    Michael Lim;David N. Petley;Nicholas J. Rosser;Robert J. Allison

  • Patterns of movement in rotational and translational landslides

    David N. Petley;Mark H. Bulmer;William Murphy

  • Patterns of precursory rockfall prior to slope failure

    Nicholas Rosser;Michael Lim;David Petley;Stuart Dunning

  • Patterns of movement in reactivated landslides

    C. I. Massey;David Petley;M. J. McSaveney

  • Landslides Triggered by the 14 November 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand

    C. Massey;D. Townsend;Ellen M. Rathje;Kate E. Allstadt

  • Development of progressive landslide failure in cohesive materials

    David N. Petley;Toru Higuchi;Derek J. Petley;Mark H. Bulmer

  • Erosional processes in the hard rock coastal cliffs at Staithes, North Yorkshire

    Michael Lim;Nicholas J. Rosser;Robert J. Allison;David N. Petley

  • The use of surface monitoring data for the interpretation of landslide movement patterns

    D.N. Petley;F. Mantovani;M.H. Bulmer;A. Zannoni

  • Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean

    S. A. Sepúlveda;D. N. Petley;D. N. Petley

  • The analysis of global landslide risk through the creation of a database of worldwide landslide fatalities

    D.N. Petley;S.A. Dunning N.J. Rosser

  • Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in the northwest South Island, New Zealand

    Robert Parker;Graham Hancox;David Petley;Christopher Massey

  • Sector collapse forming at Casita volcano, Nicaragua

    Benjamin van Wyk de Vries;Norman Kerle;Dave Petley

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Rosser
Nick Rosser Durham University
Antony J. Long
Antony J. Long Durham University
Alexander L. Densmore
Alexander L. Densmore Durham University
Randall W. Jibson
Randall W. Jibson United States Geological Survey
David A. Rhoades
David A. Rhoades GNS Science
Joseph Wartman
Joseph Wartman University of Washington
Ellen M. Rathje
Ellen M. Rathje The University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers
Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey
Alfred Stein
Alfred Stein University of Twente

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