New Advances in Landslide Mechanisms and Prediction Models
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: landslide; debris flow; geohazards; numerical simulation; material point method; CFD
Interests: landslide; discrete element method; dynamic process; numerical simulation
Interests: geotechnical hazards; soil landslides; landslide–structure interactions; numerical models; discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA); material point method (MPM)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the Special Issue “New Advances in Landslide Mechanisms and Prediction Models” is now open to submissions.
Understanding the triggering and dynamic mechanisms of landslides and developing efficient prediction models are crucial for mitigating landslide-related disasters and supporting sustainable development. This Special Issue will focus on cutting-edge research on the mechanisms of landslides, as well as the development and application of advanced models for predicting them. We encourage submissions from multidisciplinary perspectives, including geology engineering, hydrology, remote sensing, computer science, and geophysics, with particular emphasis on new methods and technologies that decode the entire landslide process—from initiation to movement and deposition.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following: landslide-triggering mechanisms, dynamic mechanisms of phenomena associated with landslide movement (e.g., entrainment, particle segregation), physically based (e.g., thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling) prediction models combined with data-driven approaches, new early warning systems, applications of high-spatiotemporal-resolution monitoring technologies (e.g., InSAR, UAVs), and back-analysis of typical landslides.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and technical notes that align with the scope of this Special Issue and contribute to advancing understanding and practice in this field.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Dr. Wei Shen
Dr. Jian Guo
Dr. Qiang Li
Dr. Zhitian Qiao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landslide
- debris flow
- triggering mechanism
- prediction model
- risk assessment
- numerical simulation
- early warning
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