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Randall W. Jibson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on landslides and related hazards, earthquake and tectonic studies, and seismic performance and analysis. Their work spans the fields of environmental science, engineering, and earth and planetary sciences, with subfields including management, monitoring, policy and law, civil and structural engineering, and geophysics.

The main topics addressed in Jibson's research include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic performance and analysis
  • Tree root and stability studies
  • Dam engineering and safety
  • Geotechnical engineering and analysis
  • Soil and unsaturated flow

Jibson has published papers in a range of scientific venues, including:

  • Engineering Geology
  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Some of the recent published papers authored or coauthored by Jibson are:

  • The influence of frequency and duration of seismic ground motion on the size of triggered landslides-A regional view, 2020, Engineering Geology
  • Types and Areal Distribution of Ground Failure Associated with the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jibson include:

  • Hakan Tanyaş
  • Kate E. Allstadt
  • Eric M. Thompson
  • David J. Wald
  • Michael Hearne

Best Publications

  • A method for producing digital probabilistic seismic landslide hazard maps

    Randall W Jibson;Edwin L Harp;John A Michael

  • Earthquake-Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts

    Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Oliver Korup;A. Joshua West

  • Regression models for estimating coseismic landslide displacement

    Randall W. Jibson

  • Methods for assessing the stability of slopes during earthquakes—A retrospective

    Randall W. Jibson

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Predicting earthquake-induced landslide displacements using Newmark's sliding block analysis

    Randall W Jibson

  • Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake

    Edwin L. Harp;Randall W. Jibson

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • A seismic landslide susceptibility rating of geologic units based on analysis of characteristics of landslides triggered by the 17 January, 1994 Northridge, California earthquake

    Mario Parise;Randall W. Jibson

  • A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area

    Randall W. Jibson;Edwin L. Harp;John A. Michael

  • Analysis of the seismic origin of landslides: Examples from the New Madrid seismic zone

    Randall W. Jibson;David K. Keefer

  • A coccidioidomycosis outbreak following the Northridge, Calif, earthquake.

    Eileen Schneider;Rana A. Hajjeh;Richard A. Spiegel;Randall W. Jibson

  • Presentation and Analysis of a Worldwide Database of Earthquake-Induced Landslide Inventories

    Hakan Tanyaş;Cees J. van Westen;Kate E. Allstadt;M. Anna Nowicki Jessee

  • 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

  • Inventory of landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake

    Edwin L. Harp;Randall W. Jibson

  • Large rock avalanches triggered by the M 7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska, earthquake of 3 November 2002

    Randall W. Jibson;Edwin L. Harp;William Schulz;David K. Keefer

  • Debris flows in southern Puerto Rico

    Randall W. Jibson

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

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

  • Landslide hazard and risk zoning for urban planning and development

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

  • Assessment of existing and potential landslide hazards resulting from the April 25, 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake sequence.

    Brian D. Collins;Randall W. Jibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin L. Harp
Edwin L. Harp United States Geological Survey
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Brian D. Collins
Brian D. Collins United States Geological Survey
Ellen M. Rathje
Ellen M. Rathje The University of Texas at Austin
David J. Wald
David J. Wald United States Geological Survey
Eric M. Thompson
Eric M. Thompson United States Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers
Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey
Umesh K. Haritashya
Umesh K. Haritashya University of Dayton
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Jeffrey S. Kargel Planetary Science Institute
Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Nagoya University

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