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Jacques Locat

Jacques Locat

Jacques Locat publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacques Locat sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Jacques Locat D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacques Locat sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Jacques Locat is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover landslides and related hazards, hydrology and sediment transport processes, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geological formations and processes, grouting, rheology and soil mechanics, soil and unsaturated flow, as well as cryospheric studies and observations.

Locat's frequent coauthors include François Noël, Michel Jaboyedoff, Synnøve Flugekvam Nordang, Michaël Digout, and Battista Matasci, reflecting a collaborative research network across various related disciplines.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on rockfall dynamics, sedimentation processes, and geotechnical instrumentation. Key papers include:

  • Impact-Detection Algorithm That Uses Point Clouds as Topographic Inputs for 3D Rockfall Simulations, 2021, Geosciences
  • Comparing Flow-R, Rockyfor3D and RAMMS to Rockfalls from the Mel de la Niva Mountain: A Benchmarking Exercise, 2023, Geosciences
  • Highly energetic rockfalls: back analysis of the 2015 event from the Mel de la Niva, Switzerland, 2023, Landslides
  • Rapid glacial sedimentation and overpressure in oozes causing large craters on the mid-Norwegian margin: integrated interpretation of the Naust, Kai and Brygge formations, 2023, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Field performance of four vibrating-wire piezometer installation methods, 2022, Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Locat frequently publishes in several venues, notably the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Geosciences, and Geological Society London Special Publications, with additional work appearing in Landslides and Géotechnique.

Best Publications

  • Submarine landslides: advances and challenges

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  • Slope failure dynamics and impacts from seafloor and shallow sub-seafloor geophysical data: case studies from the COSTA project

    M. Canals;G. Lastras;R. Urgeles;J.L. Casamor

  • Influence of the nature of organic compounds on fine soil stabilization with cement

    Hélène Tremblay;Josée Duchesne;Jacques Locat;Serge Leroueil

  • Laboratory investigations on the lime stabilization of sensitive clays: shear strength development

    Jacques Locat;Marc-André Bérubé;Marc Choquette

  • VISCOSITY, YIELD STRESS, REMOLDED STRENGTH, AND LIQUIDITY INDEX RELATIONSHIPS FOR SENSITIVE CLAYS

    Jacques Locat;Denis Demers

  • Mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of a soft inorganic clay treated with lime

    Jacques Locat;Hélène Trembaly;Serge Leroueil

  • Distinguishing sediment waves from slope failure deposits: Field examples, including the 'humboldt slide', and modelling results

    Homa J Lee;James P.M Syvitski;Gary Parker;Daniel Orange

  • Mercury intrusion and permeability of Louiseville clay

    Clément Lapierre;Serge Leroueil;Jacques Locat

  • 1D Numerical Model of Muddy Subaqueous and Subaerial Debris Flows

    Jasim Imran;Gary Parker;Jacques Locat;Homa Lee

  • A microstructural investigation of Osaka Bay clay: the impact of microfossils on its mechanical behaviour

    Hiroyuki Tanaka;Jacques Locat

  • New insight techniques to analyze rock-slope relief using DEM and 3D-imaging cloud points: COLTOP-3D software

    M. Jaboyedoff;R. Metzger;T. Oppikofer;R. Couture

  • Mechanical improvement and vertical yield stress prediction of clayey soils from eastern Canada treated with lime or cement

    Hélène Tremblay;Serge Leroueil;Jacques Locat

  • Mineralogical and microtextural changes associated with lime stabilization of marine clays from eastern Canada

    Marc Choquette;Marc-André Bérubé;Jacques Locat

  • Mineralogy, chemistry, and physical properties interrelationships of some sensitive clays from Eastern Canada

    Jacques Locat;Guy Lefebvre;Gérard Ballivy

  • INFLUENCES OF DIATOM MICROFOSSILS ON ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOILS

    D. R. Shiwakoti;Hiroyuki Tanaka;Masanori Tanaka;J. Locat

  • Instability conditions of marly hillslopes: towards landsliding or gullying? The case of the Barcelonnette Basin, South East France

    Olivier Maquaire;Jean-Philippe Malet;Alexandre Remaître;Jacques Locat

  • Fragmentation energy in rock avalanches

    Pascal Locat;Réjean Couture;Serge Leroueil;Jacques Locat

  • Rheological properties of fine-grained sediment: the roles of texture and mineralogy.

    Sueng Won JeongS.W. Jeong;Jacques LocatJ. Locat;Serge LeroueilS. Leroueil;Jean-Philippe MaletJ.-P. Malet

  • Characterization of Singapore, Bangkok and Ariake clays

    Hiroyuki Tanaka;Jacques Locat;Satoru Shibuya;Tan Thiam Soon

  • Submarine Mass Movements on Continental Margins

    Homa J. Lee;Jacques Locat;Priscilla Desgagnés;Jeffrey D. Parsons

  • Numerical analysis of the mobility of the Palos Verdes debris avalanche, California, and its implication for the generation of tsunamis

    Jacques Locat;Homa J Lee;Pascal Locat;Jasim Imran

  • Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

    Vasilios Lykousis;Dimitris Sakellariou;Jacques Locat

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Leroueil
Serge Leroueil Université Laval
Guillaume St-Onge
Guillaume St-Onge Université du Québec à Rimouski
Michel Jaboyedoff
Michel Jaboyedoff University of Lausanne
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg
Roger Urgeles
Roger Urgeles Spanish National Research Council
Gary Parker
Gary Parker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christophe Ancey
Christophe Ancey École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Gaston Desrosiers
Gaston Desrosiers Université du Québec à Rimouski

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