Engineering Geology

Papers
(The TQCC of Engineering Geology is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Experimental study on the design of a fault-resistant buffer layer for diversion tunnels traversing active faults258
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Experimental study on the mechanism of sand boils and associated settlements due to soil liquefaction in loose sand153
Robustness evaluation of the probability-based HTCA model for simulating debris-flow run-out extent: Case study of the 2010 Hongchun event, China134
Probabilistic life-cycle landslide assessment subjected to nonstationary rainfall based on alternating stochastic renewal process131
Development and impact analysis of ground motion datasets for potential strong-to-great seismic scenarios in Chinese mainland117
Experimental investigation and analysis of monotonic and cyclic behaviour of a natural sand in intact and reconstituted states112
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A multiscale simulation method for natural rough rock joint morphologies using frequency domain analysis100
Elastoplastic model of statistical mechanics of rock masses (SMRM): Theory and verification98
Spatial multi criteria analysis of ground conditions in early stages railway planning using analytical hierarchy process applied to viaduct-type rail in Southern Sweden.97
A complex function model for foundation pit slope excavation, incorporating stress interaction among densely karst caves in the underground space95
Geotechnical characterisation of coal spoil piles using high-resolution optical and multispectral data: A machine learning approach89
Machine learning techniques for relating liquid limit obtained by Casagrande cup and fall cone test in low-medium plasticity fine grained soils [Eng. Geol. (2021) 294, 106381]86
Toppling stability of partially buried blocks in granite residual soil slope under extremely heavy rainfall condition85
Experimental study on the influence of rock pore structure on pressure stimulated voltage variations based on nuclear magnetic resonance84
Study of the damage and cracking of heterogeneous rocks based on the FFT method - A comparison of computer generation and image reconstruction models81
Modelling the swelling of a bentonite pellet using a triple porosity model79
Graphical comparison of numerical analysis, slope mass rating, and kinematic analysis for the effects of weak plane orientations on rock slope stability79
Efficient Class C prediction of PVD-improved soft clay settlements79
Fluctuation characteristics of probability density function and first-passage dynamic reliability of slope systems under seismic excitations78
Investigation of morphological features and mechanical behavior of jointed limestone subjected to wet-dry cycles and cyclic shear in drawdown areas of the Three Gorges Reservoir78
X-ray CT-based interpretation of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation and local hydraulic behaviors78
Noise-resistant automatic seismic framework for monitoring rockslide slope73
STGCN-based inversion of landslide creep parameters using GNSS displacement time series73
Solidification of high water content marine deposits by a novel in-situ treatment of magnesia-based bio-cement: Insight from clay content effect73
A comparison of shear modulus of unsaturated sand in triaxial and simple shear tests under different strains and suctions72
Effective stress-based nonlinear ground response analysis of Holocene deposits of Kolkata, India72
Field and numerical investigations of canal damage characteristics and mechanisms under coupled drying-wetting and freezing-thawing cycles72
Fragility and vulnerability curves of masonry buildings on slow-moving landslides: A comparative study on intensity parameters from MT-InSAR71
Integrated structural, geophysical and remote sensing data for characterizing extensional linked fault systems and related land deformation hazards at Cairo-Suez District, Egypt71
Influence of metal cations on the yield stress of montmorillonite debris flow: Double layer analysis and novel model establishment71
Stress-dependent water retention behaviour of two intact aeolian soils with multi-modal pore size distributions70
Effect of initial fabric from sample preparation on the mechanical behaviour of a carbonate sand from the South China Sea67
Monitoring land subsidence induced by tectonic activity and groundwater extraction in the eastern Gediz River Basin (Türkiye) using Sentinel-1 observations67
Mitigating rainfall induced erosion of rammed earth in Great Wall by protective coating: Insights from laboratory study67
Fatigue-creep damage in salt rock for CAES: Multi-scale mechanisms, evolution model, and early warning66
Evolution of pore structure and analysis of freeze damage in granite during cyclic freeze-thaw using NMR technique65
CFD-DEM-based evaluation of main-channel sediment transport processes subject to supplement from a steep tributary65
Permeability characteristics, structural failure characteristics, and triggering process of loess landslides in two typical strata structures65
Confinement-dependent behavior of a jointed rock mass: Insights from a 3D numerical perspective64
Enhanced rock mass rating prediction from tunnel face imagery: A decision-supportive ensemble deep learning approach64
A high resolution detection approach combining probe drilling and horizontal cross-hole resistivity tomography to interpret water conducting channels ahead of the tunnel: A case study in Yunnan, China63
Impact of diatoms on the load-deformation response of marine sediments during drained shear: Small-to-large strain stiffness63
Dynamic analysis of multi-block rockfalls using improved 3-D discontinuous deformation analysis: Effect of coefficient of restitution63
Residual state rate effects of shear-zone soil regulating slow-to-fast transition of catastrophic landslides63
A new approach to the correlation of SPT-CPT depending on the soil behavior type index63
Sequential probabilistic back analyses of spatially varying soil parameters and slope reliability prediction under rainfall62
Hydro-mechanical behavior of a deep excavation with dewatering and recharge in soft deposits62
A hybrid saturated-unsaturated framework for modeling land subsidence under the combined effects of water exploitation and environmental conditions62
Shear behavior of loess: The role of drainage condition61
Unravelling failure mechanisms of rainfall-induced debris slides through material characterisation and reduced-scale flume experiments61
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A novel voxel-particle energy approach to predict 3D microscopic fracture surface of porous geomaterials and fracture permeability modeling59
Enhanced borehole stability analysis for geological waste disposal under conditions of in-situ stress uncertainty: The case of Yamin Plain, Israel59
Integrating DInSAR and detailed mapping for characterizing ground displacement in the Cardona salt extrusion related to diapiric uplift, disolutional lowering, landsliding and sinkholes59
Characteristics of the impact pressure of an outburst debris flow: Insights from experimental flume tests58
Comparison between the Neo-deterministic Seismic Hazard and FEM approach to assessing 2D local seismic response at Chieti's city site (Abruzzo, Italy)58
Crack initiation stress of thermally damaged rock under uniaxial compression58
Particle size distribution (PSD) of mine waste dump via unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image recognition and sieving58
Study on the extension mechanism of fissures in expansive soil based on fracture mechanics test method58
Online probabilistic forecast of landslide failure time via multi-information fusion57
Creep behavior of rocks under coupled high stress and water pressure56
Acoustic emission and splitting surface roughness of sandstone in a Brazilian splitting test under the influence of water saturation56
Effects of consolidation conditions on the dynamic shear modulus of saturated coral sand over a wide strain range55
Quantitative risk assessment of road exposed to landslide: A novel framework combining numerical modeling and complex network theory55
Failure process analysis of a catastrophic landslide in Zhenxiong triggered by prolonged low-intensity rainfall using centrifuge tests55
Time-series InSAR with phase gradient stacking and slope-constrained clustering for large-scale landslide detection in the Sichuan-Tibet Region55
A closer look into variables controlling hillslope deformations in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area54
On the use of biocementation to treat collapsible soils54
Engineering geological characterization of micaceous residual soils considering effects of mica content and particle breakage54
Effect of ocean environmental particles on compressibility, electrical resistivity, and stiffness characteristics of mixtures53
An improved quick predictive model for earthquake-induced landslide movement based on energy conservation: A case study53
Microbially mediated rock fine fracture mineralization sealing: Evolution of flow channels and the resulting transmissivity reduction53
Erosion processes in dry granular rock-ice avalanches with varying ice content: Insights from flume experiments53
Regional-scale inventory and initial analysis of liquefaction triggered by the 2025 Mw 7.7 Mandalay earthquake, Myanmar53
Evolution of mechanical behavior in granular soil during fine particle loss simulated by salt dissolution: Insights from ring shear tests52
Sealing performance of air plugs in abandoned coal mine tunnels for compressed air energy storage52
Liquefaction evaluation on sand-like gravelly soil deposits based on field Vs measurements during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake52
Thaw slump development in permafrost regions alters the soil hydrothermal processes and responses to precipitation51
Three-dimensional reconstruction of subsurface stratigraphy using machine learning with neighborhood aggregation51
Hydrologic-geotechnical modelling of shallow landslide and flood hazards caused by heavy rainfall51
3D geological modeling of tunnel alignment in the complex mountainous region of Yongshan, China, based on multisource data fusion51
Water content imaging during capillary rise within a rammed earth structure51
A micromechanical investigation of sand–rubber mixtures using the discrete element method51
Pore structure effects on the water retention behaviour of a compacted silty sand soil subjected to drying-wetting cycles50
Development of a preparation method of transparent soil-rock mixture for geotechnical laboratory modeling50
Comparison of different hydrological and stability assumptions for physically-based modeling of shallow landslides50
Numerical simulation on potential landslide–induced wave hazards by a novel hybrid method49
Progressive failure and critical slowing-down characteristics of bedrock–overburden slope based on shaking table tests49
Diffusion migration behavior of gas in unsaturated fractured soils: Fractal analytical study49
Hanging wall effects on cross-fault slope failures: Shaking table experiment insights49
An improved rock damage model from a cyclic temperature – triaxial loading experiment for compressed air energy storage caverns49
Seismic and environmental controls on slow-moving landslides: Insights from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake49
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Dynamic behaviour of un-grouted and grouted jointed samples of a brittle rock in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar tests: Insights from experiments and DEM modelling48
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Quantifying rock weathering process by solar tidal analysis and the effect of nonlinear thermal responses48
Multi-source data analysis for conceptual modelling of slow landslide mechanisms: Application to the Pianello hillslope in the Daunia Appenines48
Automatic characterization of rock blocks in jointed exposures using 3D point clouds48
Two-phase SPH-DEM modeling of the superelevation phenomenon of debris and mud flows48
Rising speed not just value of water level in observation hole: Indicator highly synchronized with rain-induced clayey landslide movement48
Laboratory investigation of the effect of the pore pressure on argillaceous siltstone permeability47
Experimental study on the failure mechanisms of non-cohesive soil landslide dams with different scales47
Erratum to “A SEM–FEM–SPH framework for physics-based source-to-slope simulation of earthquake-induced landslides” [Engineering Geology Volume 353, 2025, 108127]47
Modeling the bimodal SWCC of highly weathered tropical soils using grain-size information47
A new insight into failure mechanism of granular plugging zone for wellbore strengthening in deep fractured reservoirs based on force chains energy dissipation47
Coupling grid nanoindentation and surface chemical analysis to infer the mechanical properties of shale mineral phases46
Field experiments: How well can seismic monitoring assess rock mass falling?46
Deciphering the relationship between post-fire ground deformation and debris flow activity influenced by lithological heterogeneity: Insights from a comparative analysis in southwestern China46
Optimization study on separate-layer fracturing of a coal–rock composite based on inter-fracture interference effect45
Numerical simulation method for the process of rockburst45
On the reliability of time domain induced polarization for contaminated site: Partial integral vs full decay45
An IFS-based fractal discrete fracture network for hydraulic fracture behavior of rock mass45
Experimental and numerical investigation on grout in geotechnical two-dimensional random fracture network of rock mass45
Practical classification of geotechnically complex formations with block-in-matrix fabrics45
Do environmental conditions determine whether salt driven decay leads to powdering or flaking in historic Reigate Stone masonry at the Tower of London?45
Scale-dependent connectivity behavior in multi-clustered fracture systems44
Model test study of soil grouting effect on shield tunnel longitudinal structural behavior44
Evolution of debris flow activities in the epicentral area, 10 years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake44
Retraction notice to “Characterization of pore structure and the impact of key pore nodes on seepage in coral reef limestones” [Engineering Geology 353 (2025) 108119].44
Rock anchor testing on sandstone from the Botucatu Formation, Paraná River Basin, Brazil: Insights for climbing safety procedures at the Corumbataí Geopark Project44
Space-time susceptibility modeling of hydro-morphological processes at the Chinese national scale43
Effects of temperature on the time-dependent compression and shear behaviour of a soft marine clayey soil43
Characterizing frost heave pressure distribution on rock crack surfaces during freeze–thaw43
Evolution characteristics and mechanisms of shear bands in Yellow River Delta silt and their impact on submarine landslide stability43
Study on mechanical properties and acoustic emission characteristics of mudstone-clay composites under uniaxial compression43
A laboratory observation for gas-rock mechanics and gas transport mechanism in low-permeability rocks42
3D modelling of rock mass heterogeneities in unsaturated karst using geophysics, clustering and geostatistics42
Co-seismic hillslope weakening42
Investigation of thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupling model for in-situ transformation of oil shale considering pore structure and anisotropy42
Microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio based on input-energy spectra42
Learning from prior geological information for geotechnical soil stratification with tree-based methods42
Seismic amplification of Late Quaternary paleovalley systems: 2D seismic response analysis of the Pescara paleovalley (Central Italy)42
Soil-water characteristic curve of expansive soils considering cumulative damage effects of wetting and drying cycles42
Study on the deformation mechanism of chair-like bedding rock landslides under the coupling effect of geological and hydrological factors41
Rockburst tendency prediction based on an integrating method of combination weighting and matter-element extension theory: A case study in the Bayu Tunnel of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway41
Quantitative and dynamic predictive model for mining-induced movement and deformation of overlying strata41
Development mechanism of radial chain rockbursts in a deep tunnel excavated by TBM41
Static-disturbance shear properties and failure mechanisms of karst limestone under different hydrochemical corrosions41
3D geological modelling of the Bologna urban area (Italy)41
Numerical study of cone penetration tests to predict effective internal friction angles of cohesive soils41
A novel framework for landslide displacement prediction using MT-InSAR and machine learning techniques41
Simulation of dynamic pulsing fracking in poroelastic media by a hydro-damage-mechanical coupled cohesive phase field model41
A system for inspecting karst voids during construction of cast-in-place pile foundations40
Impact of discontinuity data acquisition methods on rockfall susceptibility assessment using high-resolution 3D point cloud40
Injection-induced seismic moment in layered rock formations40
A single surface slope effects on seismic response based on shaking table test and numerical simulation40
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A creep model for soil-rock mixture considering the effect of rock contents and freeze-thaw cycles40
Seepage and stability analysis of hydraulically anisotropic unsaturated infinite slopes under steady infiltration40
Fluid-driven particle erosion promotes the frictional instability of Granular Shear-Zone gouge40
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The variation of micro-current in rock under loads and its microcosmic influence mechanism39
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The Mdesign for engineering applications of Neo-Deterministic Seismic Hazard Assessment (NDSHA) within the China Seismic Experimental Site (CSES)38
Liquefaction hazard mapping in DMDP area of Bangladesh: A comprehensive assessment using SCPT data and multiple severity indices38
Influence of flow dynamics on the trapping efficiency and pile-up geometries of multiple-surge granular mass flow38
Experimental study on mechanical properties, permeability and energy characteristics of limestone from through-coal seam (TCS) tunnel38
Laminar and turbulent groundwater flows in confined two- and three-dimensional discrete fracture networks38
An automated machine learning approach for near-real-time rockfall classification via distributed acoustic sensing along linear infrastructure38
Groundwater vulnerability modelling in landfill-affected areas: From conventional GOD and DRASTIC models to the novel DRASTIC-LPBM approach38
Probabilistic inversion of shear wave velocity profile based on the dispersion curve from multichannel analysis of surface waves and inequality constraints on layer thicknesses37
Optimized binarization algorithm-based method for the image recognition and characterization of explosion damage in rock masses37
Corrigendum to “Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Western Mexico” [Engineering Geology 313 (2023) 106959]37
Analytical solutions for annual probability of slope failure induced by rainfall at a specific slope using bivariate distribution of rainfall intensity and duration37
Probabilistic framework for quantifying human flight failure rate to landslides37
Towards a predictive multi-phase model for alpine mass movements and process cascades37
Spatial correlation models of VS30 values: A case study of the Tehran region37
Seasonality of rockfall triggers and conditioning factors interpreted from a lidar-derived rockfall database36
Forecasting CO2 injection-induced fault reactivation: A hybrid approach and its application to the Illinois Basin–Decatur Project36
Analysis of main parameters controlling rock avalanche propagation based on machine learning36
An innovative oxidation–coagulation–cementation strategy for effective and long-term peat soil stabilization36
Multi-source monitoring data helps revealing and quantifying the excavation-induced deterioration of rock mass36
Multiscale observations of diurnal thermal effects on rock failure and crack dynamics in soft marl layers (La Cornalle molasse rock wall, Switzerland)36
Meter-scale MICP improvement of medium graded very gravelly sands: Lab measurement, transport modelling, mechanical and microstructural analysis35
Strain rate effects on intact deep-sea sediments under different confining pressures and overconsolidation ratios35
Evolution of large landslides in tectonically active regions - A decade of observations in the Zhouqu County, China35
Dynamic penetration test-based probabilistic hyperbolic model for evaluating liquefaction potential of gravelly soils35
A regional scale coseismic landslide analysis framework: Integrating physics-based simulation with flexible sliding analysis34
Guidelines from direct shear modeling in centrifuge for TDR landslide monitoring34
Effects of pH and exposure time to alkaline solutions on the mineralogy of the Opalinus Clay from the lower sandy facies of Mont Terri site34
Dynamic characteristics of soil pore structure and water-heat variations during freeze-thaw process34
Influence of fines on the monotonic and cyclic shear behaviour of volcanic soil “Shirasu”34
Variations of entries and bolting technologies, a case study based on a field monitoring of a longwall face34
Correlational fractal characteristics and damage progression of granite with different grain sizes based on acoustic emission monitoring34
Propagation velocity of landslide-induced liquefaction and entrainment of overridden loose, saturated sediments34
Creep–fatigue mechanical characteristics of salt rocks under triaxial loading: An experimental study33
Probabilistic hazard assessment of landslide-induced river damming33
Investigating soil properties and their effects on freeze-thaw processes in a thermokarst lake region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China33
Influences of ink-bottle effect evolution on water retention hysteresis of unsaturated soils: An experimental investigation33
Advanced integration of ensemble learning and MT-InSAR for enhanced slow-moving landslide susceptibility zoning33
Multivariate Gaussian Process Regression for 3D site characterization from CPT and categorical borehole data33
Site-scale bedrock fracture modeling of a spent fuel reprocessing site based on borehole group in Northwest, China33
Directionality of earthquake-induced slope displacements from numerical analysis and sliding block approaches33
Towards physics-informed neural networks for landslide prediction33
Biological factors affecting the evolution of safety barrier materials in the Yeniseisky deep geological repository33
Three-dimensional morphological characterization and quantitative roughness classification of loess joint surfaces32
Evaluation of horizontal ground motion waveforms at Sedongpu Glacier during the 2017 M6.9 Mainling earthquake based on the equivalent Green's function32
Hydro-mechanical behavior of mineralized faults in granite during fluid injection: Insights from triaxial shear-flow experiments32
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Impacts of plant roots on debris-flow bed erosion in laboratory experiments32
Assessing the rock failure return period on an unstable Alpine rock wall based on volume-frequency relationships: The Brenva Spur (3916 m a.s.l., Aosta Valley, Italy)32
Assessment of the rock fall geo-hazards of the sub-vertical rock cliffs behind the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (MTH), Luxor, Egypt32
SHAKER: A selector of consistent and energetically equalized natural ground motions using the Italian earthquake database32
Shallow shear-wave velocity profiling using microtremor arrays in the Nile Delta, Egypt32
Evaluation indicators and classification system for rock mass boreability based on rock mass chip image processing32
Mapping and characterization of the liquefaction impacts of the July and October 2022 earthquakes in Northwestern Luzon, Philippines32
Microstructure-based insight into different swelling pressure determination methods32
Flow of non-Newtonian fluids in single fractures and fracture networks: Current status, challenges, and knowledge gaps31
Evolution of dilation with time based on the molecular microkinetics of red-bed argillaceous sandstone in Hubei Province, China31
Mechanical behaviors of coral sand and relationship between particle breakage and plastic work31
Soil fluidisation induced by fine particles migration: Insights from the Shenzhen 2015 landfill landslide31
Probabilistic framework to evaluate scenario-based building vulnerability under landslide run-out impacts31
The damage and response of some underground structures by the 2023 February 6 Great Turkish Earthquakes and some considerations31
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Frost heave and water-heat behavior of coarse-grained fill in HSR subgrade considering vapor migration31
Seismic performance and failure mechanism of interbedded slopes with steep rock layers31
Effects of Wooden Embers Cover on thermo-hydrological response of silty volcanic cover and implications to post-wildfire slope stability30
The 3D basin effect on the seismic response estimation at sites with liquefiable layers: Case study of Volos basin (Thessaly, Central Greece)30
Control of natural fractures in historical quarries via 3D point cloud analysis30
A unified van Genuchten-type water retention model for compacted bentonite30
An implicit feature learning approach for automatic digital twinning of three-dimensional subsurface stratigraphy from limited boreholes30
Method for analyzing the evolution characteristics of in-situ stress field considering rheology and degradation: A deeply incised valley in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, case study30
Combined electrical resistivity tomography and ground penetrating radar to map Eurasian badger (Meles Meles) burrows in clay-rich flood embankments (levees)30
Shaking table tests on the failure behavior of a class of anti-dip bedding rock slopes30
Contribution of time-evolving landslide sources to the anomalous tsunami observed in the 2024 Noto earthquake30
Routine bathymetric mapping of tidal inlets using Sentinel-229
A new rainfall Intensity−Duration threshold curve for debris flows using comprehensive rainfall intensity29
Sediment stacking pattern effect on sand liquefaction inferred from full-scale experiments in the Emilia alluvial plain (Italy)29
Extracting acoustic emission features that precede hard rock instability with unsupervised learning29
Comparative study of decoupled- and coupled-based predictive models for seismically-induced slope displacements during shallow crustal earthquakes29
Influence of physical properties and shear rate on static liquefaction of saturated loess29
Challenges with using empirically determined geotechnical parameters for borehole stability evaluation in horizontal directional drilling29
Tailored clustering method to identify quasi-regional sites29
A real-time prediction method of slope failure using Bayesian approach based on slope surface tilting measurements29
Detection and characterization of slow-moving landslides in the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake area by combining satellite SAR observations and airborne Lidar DSM29
Can satellite InSAR innovate the way of large landslide early warning?29
Modifying the Tailored Clustering Enabled Regionalization (TCER) framework for outlier site detection and inference efficiency29
Critical state behaviour of an unsaturated kaolin mixture29
Investigation on the frost heave-induced pressure and hydro-thermal processes in freezing soil under rigid constraint and hydraulic pressure29
Seismic demand amplification in earth dam by dynamic dam-reservoir interactions (DRI) under near fault pulse type ground motions29
Spatial and temporal distribution of landslide-dammed lakes in Purlung Tsangpo29
Integration of seepage modelling and electrical resistivity monitoring data for the Älvkarleby test embankment dam, Sweden29
Multi-scale particle morphology evolution in rotating drum tests: Role of particle shape and pore fluid28
Fully coupled conditional simulation of geological and geotechnical variabilities for sparse geotechnical data in three dimensions28
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