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Reginald L. Hermanns

Reginald L. Hermanns

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
4350
World Ranking
8329
National Ranking
124

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Geoscience
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Geoscience

Overview

Reginald L. Hermanns is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Norway in Norway. Their research contributions focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a substantial portfolio covering various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

They have published extensively in several specialized venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Landslides
  • Scientific Reports
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Naturen

Recent notable papers include:

  • "The formation and impact of landslide dams - State of the art" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Recent technological and methodological advances for the investigation of landslide dams" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Integration of landslide hazard into urban planning across Europe" (2020), published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Permafrost as a first order control on long-term rock-slope deformation in (Sub-)Arctic Norway" (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Permafrost in monitored unstable rock slopes in Norway - new insights from temperature and surface velocity measurements, geophysical surveying, and ground temperature modelling" (2022), published in Earth Surface Dynamics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ivanna Penna
  • Martina Böhme
  • Bernd Etzelmüller
  • John Dehls
  • Pierrick Nicolet

Reginald L. Hermanns has been recognized as a Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the field of Geoscience.

Best Publications

  • Giant landslides, topography, and erosion

    Oliver Korup;John J. Clague;Reginald L. Hermanns;Kenneth Hewitt

  • The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art

    Xuanmei Fan;Anja Dufresne;Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian;Alexander Strom

  • Structural and lithological controls on large Quaternary rock avalanches (sturzstroms) in arid northwestern Argentina

    Reginald L. Hermanns;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Landslides from massive rock slope failure

    Stephen G. Evans;Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza;Alexander Strom;Reginald L. Hermanns

  • Climate change and mass movements in the NW Argentine Andes

    Martin H. Trauth;Ricardo Narciso Alonso;Kirk R. Haselton;Reginald L. Hermanns

  • Rock avalanching into a landslide-dammed lake causing multiple dam failure in Las Conchas valley (NW Argentina) — evidence from surface exposure dating and stratigraphic analyses

    Reginald L. Hermanns;Samuel Niedermann;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Peter W. Kubik

  • Neotectonics in the foothills of the southernmost central Andes (37°–38°S): Evidence of strike‐slip displacement along the Antiñir‐Copahue fault zone

    Andrés Folguera;Víctor A. Ramos;Reginald L. Hermanns;José Naranjo

  • Landslides: Types, Mechanisms and Modeling

    John J. Clague;Douglas Stead

  • Regional 10Be production rate calibration for the past 12ka deduced from the radiocarbon-dated Grøtlandsura and Russenes rock avalanches at 69° N, Norway

    Cassandra R. Fenton;Reginald L. Hermanns;Lars H. Blikra;Peter W. Kubik

  • Landslide databases in the Geological Surveys of Europe

    Gerardo Herrera;Rosa María Mateos;Juan Carlos García-Davalillo;Gilles Grandjean

  • Neotectonics and catastrophic failure of mountain fronts in the southern intra-Andean Puna Plateau, Argentina

    Reginald L. Hermanns;Samuel Niedermann;Arturo Villanueva Garcia;Jose Sosa Gomez

  • Natural and artificial rockslide dams

    Stephen G. Evans

  • LANDSLIDES FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA

    S.G. Evans;G. Scarascia Mugnozza;A.L. Strom;R.L. Hermanns

  • Examples of multiple rock-slope collapses from Kofels (Otz valley, Austria) and western Norway

    R.L. Hermanns;L.H. Blikra;M. Naumann;B. Nilsen

  • Recent technological and methodological advances for the investigation of landslide dams

    Xuanmei Fan;Anja Dufresne;Jim Whiteley;Jim Whiteley;Ali P. Yunus

  • Tephrochronologic Constraints on Temporal Distribution of Large Landslides in Northwest Argentina.

    Reginald L. Hermanns;Martin H. Trauth;Samuel Niedermann;Michael McWilliams

  • Integration of landslide hazard into urban planning across Europe

    Rosa María Mateos;Juan López-Vinielles;Eleftheria Poyiadji;Dimetrios Tsagkas

  • The Formation and Behaviour of Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams; Implications for Engineering Performance and Hazard Management

    Stephen G. Evans;Keith B. Delaney;Reginald L. Hermanns;Alexander Strom

  • Hazard investigation of the Portillo Rock Avalanche site, central Andes, Chile, using an integrated field mapping and numerical modelling approach

    D. Welkner;E. Eberhardt;R.L. Hermanns

  • Permafrost as a first order control on long-term rock-slope deformation in (Sub-)Arctic Norway

    Paula Hilger;Paula Hilger;Reginald L. Hermanns;Justyna Czekirda;Kristin S. Myhra;Kristin S. Myhra

  • Permafrost distribution in steep rock slopes in Norway: measurements, statistical modelling and implications for geomorphological processes

    Florence Magnin;Bernd Etzelmüller;Sebastian Westermann;Ketil Isaksen

  • Analyses of past and present rock slope instabilities in a fjord valley: Implications for hazard estimations

    M. Böhme;T. Oppikofer;O. Longva;M. Jaboyedoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni B. Crosta
Giovanni B. Crosta University of Milano-Bicocca
John C. Gosse
John C. Gosse Dalhousie University
Michel Jaboyedoff
Michel Jaboyedoff University of Lausanne
Samuel Niedermann
Samuel Niedermann Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
John J. Clague
John J. Clague Simon Fraser University
Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Galderic Lastras
Galderic Lastras University of Barcelona
Stephen G. Evans
Stephen G. Evans University of Waterloo
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Kenneth Hewitt
Kenneth Hewitt Wilfrid Laurier University

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