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Overview

Jordi Corominas is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with particular attention to landslides, rock mechanics, and geotechnical engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several main topics in their field, including:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Within broader fields of study, their work spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with deeper involvement in subfields such as:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Ecology

Corominas has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Geosciences
  • Landslides
  • Engineering Geology
  • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jordi Corominas are:

  • "Definitions and Concepts for Quantitative Rockfall Hazard and Risk Analysis," 2021, Geosciences
  • "Rockfalls: analysis of the block fragmentation through field experiments," 2022, Landslides
  • "Capturing rockfall kinematic and fragmentation parameters using high-speed camera system," 2022, Engineering Geology
  • "Simulation of Full-Scale Rockfall Tests with a Fragmentation Model," 2020, Geosciences
  • "Evaluation of Maximum Rockfall Dimensions Based on Probabilistic Assessment of the Penetration of the Sliding Planes into the Slope," 2020, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Nieves Lantada
  • José Antonio Gili Ripoll
  • Gerard Matas
  • María Amparo Núñez Andrés
  • Roger Ruiz-Carulla

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning for land-use planning

    Robin Fell;Jordi Corominas;Christophe Bonnard;Leonardo Cascini

  • Recommendations for the quantitative analysis of landslide risk

    J. Corominas;C.J. van Westen;P. Frattini;L. Cascini

  • The angle of reach as a mobility index for small and large landslides

    Jordi Corominas

  • Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning for land-use planning. Commentary

    R Fell;J Corominas;Ch Bonnard;Leonardo Cascini

  • Using Global Positioning System techniques in landslide monitoring

    Josep A. Gili;Jordi Corominas;Joan Rius

  • Assessment of shallow landslide susceptibility by means of multivariate statistical techniques

    Cristina Baeza;Jordi Corominas

  • Reconstructing recent landslide activity in relation to rainfall in the Llobregat River basin, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain

    Jordi Corominas;José Moya

  • A review of assessing landslide frequency for hazard zoning purposes

    Jordi Corominas;José Moya

  • Prediction of ground displacements and velocities from groundwater level changes at the Vallcebre landslide (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)

    Jordi Corominas;José Moya;Alberto Ledesma;Antonio Lloret

  • Classic and new dating methods for assessing the temporal occurrence of mass movements

    Andreas Lang;José Moya;Jordi Corominas;Lothar Schrott

  • A GIS-Based Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in La Pobla de Lillet Area (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)

    Núria Santacana;Baeza Baeza;Jordi Corominas;Ana De Paz

  • Quantitative assessment of the residual risk in a rockfall protected area

    Jordi Corominas;Ramon Copons;José Moya;Joan M. Vilaplana

  • Integrated landslide susceptibility analysis and hazard assessment in the Principality of Andorra

    Jordi Corominas;Ramon Copons;Joan Manuel Vilaplana;Joan Altimir

  • Landslide hazard and risk zoning for urban planning and development

    L. Cascini;C. Bonnard;J. Corominas;R. Jibson

  • Measurement of landslide displacements using a wire extensometer

    J Corominas;J Moya;A Lloret;J.A Gili

  • Canelles landslide: modelling rapid drawdown and fast potential sliding

    Núria M. Pinyol;Eduardo E. Alonso;Jordi Corominas;José Moya

  • Atmospheric Phase Screen Compensation in Ground-Based SAR With a Multiple-Regression Model Over Mountainous Regions

    Ruben Iglesias;Xavier Fabregas;Albert Aguasca;Jordi J. Mallorqui

  • Vulnerability assessment for reinforced concrete buildings exposed to landslides

    O. Mavrouli;S. Fotopoulou;K. Pitilakis;G. Zuccaro

  • A fractal fragmentation model for rockfalls

    Roger Ruiz-Carulla;Jordi Corominas;Olga Mavrouli

  • A methodology to obtain the block size distribution of fragmental rockfall deposits

    Roger Ruiz-Carulla;Jordi Corominas;Olga Mavrouli

  • Vulnerability of simple reinforced concrete buildings to damage by rockfalls

    Olga Mavrouli;Jordi Corominas

  • Engineering geology for society and territory – Volume 2: Landslide processes

    Giorgio Lollino;Daniele Giordan;Giovanni B. Crosta;Jordi Corominas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi J. Mallorqui
Jordi J. Mallorqui Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Kyriazis Pitilakis
Kyriazis Pitilakis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Giovanni B. Crosta
Giovanni B. Crosta University of Milano-Bicocca
Marcel Hürlimann
Marcel Hürlimann Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg
Michel Jaboyedoff
Michel Jaboyedoff University of Lausanne
Michele Crosetto
Michele Crosetto Polytechnic University of Milan
Paolo Frattini
Paolo Frattini University of Milano-Bicocca
Albert Soler
Albert Soler University of Barcelona
Alessio Ferrari
Alessio Ferrari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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