Publications

#Yu, W., Zhan, W., Li, W., Singh, A., & Dong, J. (2026). Linking Fluvial Erosion and Large-Scale Landslide Activity in a Tectonically Active Landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JF008905

Zhao, F., Miao, F., Wu, Y., Xie, Y., Liao, K., & Zhan, W. (2026). System reliability analysis for reservoir landslide considering Spatiotemporal variability of soil shear strength parameters in the sliding zone. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 85(1), 6. [IF=4.2]

Meng, J., Yan, E., Wu, Y., Yang, B., Miao, F., Wang, Y., & Zhan, W. (2025). Long-term stability of landslide considering the strength degradation of slip zone soil under coupled drying-wetting cycles with loading. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(11), 527. [IF=4.2]

Zhou, S., Li, W., Lu, H., Xu, Z., Yu, W., Xu, S., Zhang, P., Wie, C., Li, Y., Wang, D., Zhan, W., & Xu, Q. (2025). Preliminary analysis of a slow-moving high-locality landslide in the Zagunao River Basin, Sichuan Province, China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(11), 1-19. [IF=4.2]

Ruan, Q., Miao, F., Wu, Y., Yang, B., Zhao, F., & Zhan, W. (2025). Hybrid prediction for reservoir landslide deformation based on multi-source InSAR and deep learning. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(6), 290. [IF=4.7] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-025-04345-5

Gao, G., Yan, B., Xing, A., Huang, K., Zhan, W. (2025). Exploring impact dynamics of dry granular flow against rigid barrier using numerical and depth-average analyses. Powder Technology. [IF=4.5] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2025.120624

Lu, H., Xu, Q., Yu, W., Zhou, S., Li, Z., Zhan, W., Li, W., Xu, S., Zhang, P., Dong, X., Liang, J., Ge, D. (2024). Active landslide detection using integrated remote sensing technologies for a wide region and multiple stages: a case study in southwestern China. Science of the Total Environment, 172709. [IF=9.8]

Zhao, F., Miao, F., Wu, Y., Gong, S., Zheng, G., Yang, J., Zhan, W. (2024). Landslide dynamic susceptibility mapping in urban expansion area considering spatiotemporal land use and land cover change. Science of the Total Environment, 949, 175059. [IF=9.8] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175059

Xu, Q., Li, Z., Zhao, W., Li, W., Zhu, X., Dong, X., Yu, C., L, W., Li, X., Wang, X., Lu, H., Wang, S., Zhan, W., Wang, F., Peng, H., Shen, B. (2024). Comprehensive investigation of a dangerous counter-tilt landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River, China. Landslides, 1-16. [IF=7.0]

Wu, R., Guo, C., Ni, J., Song, D., Zhan, W., Zhong, N., Yang, Z., Li, X., Yan, Y. (2023). Ancient landslide river damming event in the Batang fault zone, Tibetan Plateau. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 82(1): 25. [IF=4.4]

Li, W., Zhan, W.*, Lu, H., Xu, Q., Pei, X., Wang, D., Huang, R., Ge, D. (2022). Precursors to large rockslides visible on optical remote-sensing images and their implications for landslide early detection. Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-022-01960-1. [IF=6.7] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-01960-1

Lu, J., Li, W., Zhan, W., Tie, Y. (2022). Distribution and mobility of co-seismic landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido earthquake in Japan. Remote Sensing, 14, 3957. [IF=5.0]

Gao, G., Meguid, M.A., Chouinard, L.E., Zhan, W. (2021). Dynamic disintegration processes accompanying transport of an earthquake-induced landslide. Landslides, 18 (3): 909-933. [IF=7.0] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01508-1

Fan, X., Zhan, W.*, Dong, X., van Westen, C., Xu, Q., Dai, L., Yang, Q., Huang, R., Havenith, H.B. (2018). Analyzing successive landslide dam formation by different triggering mechanisms: The case of the Tangjiawan landslide, Sichuan, China. Engineering Geology, 243: 128-144. [IF=7.9] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.06.016

Fan, X., Scaringi, G., Xu, Q., Zhan, W., Dai, L., Li, Y., Pei, X., Yang. Q., Huang, R. (2018). Coseismic landslides triggered by the 8th August 2017 M s 7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake (Sichuan, China): factors controlling their spatial distribution and implications for the seismogenic blind fault identification. Landslides, 15(5): 967-983. [IF=7.0] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-0960-x

Meng, X., Pei, X., Huang, R., Cui, S., Zhu, L., Zhan, W. (2018). Shear behaviors of rock mass in the interlayer fault zone of Daguangbao landslide. Journal of Engineering Geology, 26 (2): 309-318. (in Chinese) [IF=4.3]

Zhan, W., Fan, X., Huang, R., Pei, X., Xu, Q., Li, W. (2017). Empirical prediction for travel distance of channelized rock avalanches in the Wenchuan earthquake area. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences, 17(6): 833-844. [IF=4.7] https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-833-2017

Zhan, W., Huang, R., Pei, X., Li, W. (2017). Empirical prediction model for movement distance of gully-type rock avalanches. Journal of Engineering Geology, 25 (1): 154-163. (in Chinese) [IF=4.3]

#Kowsher, M., Zhan, W., & Chen, C. (2026). A Benchmark Study of Segmentation Models and Adaptation Strategies for Landslide Detection from Satellite Imagery. Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Washington, DC, USA, 2026.

oMeyer, E., Baise, L., Kaklamanos, J, Nie, S., Zhan, W., & Roberts, M. (2026). Geospatial Site Terms for Central and Eastern U.S. Ground Motion Models Using Physiographic Province and Sediment Thickness. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. [IF=2.9]

oRoberts, M., Baise, L., Kaklamanos, J, Nie, S., Zhan, W., & Meyer, E. (2025). HVSR and VS30 based Adjustment Terms for Geospatial Site Amplification Models for California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. [IF=2.9]

oRoberts, M., Baise, L., Nie, S., Kaklamanos, J, & Zhan, W. (2026). Geospatial Site Amplification Model for California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Accepted. [IF=2.9]

Zhan, W. *, Baise, L.G., Kaklamanos, J. (2025). A geospatial model for site response complexity. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 192, 109282. [IF=4.2] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2025.109282

Zhang, L., Zhan, W., Wang, L. (2023). Probabilistic Seismic Analyses of Earthen Levees with Finite Element Modeling. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 1-8. [IF=2.2]

Zhan, W., Chen, Q. (2022). Nonlinear site response on liquefiable sites: insights from downhole seismic observations. Engineering Geology, Article 106610. [IF=7.9]

Luo, Y., Xu, Q., Zhan, W., Grelle, G. (2022). Seismic hazard prediction using multispectral amplification maps in a complex topographic area: A case study of Qiaozhuang town, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Journal of Mountain Science, 19: 726–739. [IF=2.4]

Baise, L.G., Kaklamanos, J., Meyer, E.H., Guzman, I.M., Sachs-Walor, G., Dioslaki, A.J., Nie, S., Zhan, W. (2024). Basin Effects in the Central and Eastern United States: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Merrimack College, U.S. Geological Survey Award Nos. G23AP00389 and G23AP00390 Final Technical Report. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G23AP00390.pdf

Baise, L.G., Kaklamanos, J., Roberts, M., Nie, S., Zhan, W. (2024). HVSR Site Terms for Nonergodic Ground Motion Models: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Merrimack College, U.S. Geological Survey Award Nos. G23AP00396 and G23AP00397 Final Technical Report. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G23AP00397.pdf

#Sharma, S., Zhan, W. (2026). HVSR-based Seismic Site Classification Using K-Means Clustering. Geo-Congress 2026, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, March 9-12, 2026.

Zhan, W., Chen, Q. (2024). Machine learning ground motion models for a critical site with long-term earthquake records. Geoshanghai 2024, Shanghai, China, May 26-29, 2024.

Zhan, W., Baise L.G., Kaklamanos, J. (2024). Geospatial Site Terms for Nonergodic Ground Motion Models, 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, May 7-10, 2024.

Zhan, W., Baise, L.G., Kaklamanos, J. (2023). Predicting Within-Site Variability of Seismic Site Response Using a Geospatial Modeling Approach, ASCE Geo-Risk 2023, Arlington, Virginia, USA, July 23-26, 2023. (feature paper, 9 of 163 papers)

Zhan, W., Zhang, L., Wang, L. (2023). Probabilistic Assessment of Earthen Levees Considering Soil Spatial Variability, Geo-Risk 2023, Arlington, Virginia, USA, July 23-26, 2023.

Asadi, A., Sanon, C., Cakir, E., Zhan, W., Shirzadi, H., Baise, L., Cetin, K.O., Moaveni, B. (2024). Geospatial liquefaction modeling of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence by an ensemble of global, continental, regional, and event-specific models. Seismological Research Letters, 95(2A), 697-719. [IF=3.3]

Zhan, W. *, Baise, L.G., Moaveni, B. (2023). An uncertainty quantification framework for logistic regression based geospatial natural hazard modeling. Engineering Geology. 324: 107271 [IF=7.9] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107271

Zhan, W., Chen, Q. (2021). Accelerogram-based method for quick assessment of liquefaction occurrence. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147 (8): 04021060. [IF=4.7] https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002577

Baise, L.G., Moaveni, B., Zhan, W., Asadi, A., Chatterjee, S., Chansky, A. (2023). Innovative Data-Driven Frameworks for Geospatial Ground Failure Models, U.S. Geological Survey Final Technical Report, Award No. G22AP00048. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G22AP00048.pdf

#Singh, V., Zhan, W. (2026). An Evaluation of the CPT-Based Lateral Displacement Index (LDI) Using Case Histories from the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 13-17, 2026.

Zhan, W., Rathje, E. (2024). Developing Globally Applicable Lateral Spreading Occurrence Classification Models, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, June 30-July 5, 2024.

Zhan, W., Chen, Q. (2022). Evaluation of an accelerogram-based liquefaction detection method using continuous earthquake recordings. GeoCalgary 2022, Calgary, Canada, October 2-5, 2022.

Zhan, W., Chen, Q. (2021). Assessment of liquefaction effects on ground motion frequency parameters for accelerogram-based liquefaction detection, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geotechnical Engineering for Extreme Events (GeoExtreme) 2021, Savannah, GA, USA, November 7-10, 2021.

Zhan, W., Baise, L.G., Chen, Q., Juang, C.H., Miao, F. (2021). Effects of liquefaction-affected ground motions on building fragility curves, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27-October 2, 2021.

Schueller, A., Gardner, M., Bennett, M., Zhan, W., Shawler, J., & Stark, N. (2026). Surveying the Aftermath: Post-Storm Geotechnical Insights into Barrier Island Breaching during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in Southern Florida: From rapid response to six-month evolution at Midnight Pass and Milton Pass. ASCE Geostrata Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1061/geosek.0000695

#Davies, M., Young, D., Scully, B., Bain, R.; Kress, M., Chen, J., & Zhan, W. (2026). Volume to Dredge Right-sizing Dredging Based on Vessel Demand in South Atlantic Division. ASCE's Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 152 (3). https://doi.org/10.1061/JWPED5.WWENG-2368 [IF=1.7]

Stark, N., M. Gardner, M. Grilliot, A. Lyda, K. Dedinsky, J. Mueller, C. Pezoldt, J. Hubler, C. Castro-Bolinaga, A. Schueller, W. Zhan, M. Haefeli, S. Burghardt, M. Wondolowski, S. Holberg, M. Hassan, J. Parker, J. Laurel-Castillo, L. Eggensberger, E. Nichols, H. Herndon, P. Wang, M. Olabarrieta Lizaso, B. Raubenheimer, Y. Hashash, S. ADUSEI, N. Jafari (2025). "NEER/GEER: Hurricanes Helene & Milton Dataset", in Multidisciplinary Pre, During and Post Storm Data Collection. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-m8h3-5802

Schueller, A., N. Stark, C. Pezoldt, H. Herndon, K. Yamamoto, E. Duman, W. Zhan, S. Adusei, J. Mueller (2026). "Post-Hurricane Field Campaign at Midnight and Milton Pass, FL (June 2025)", in Multidisciplinary Post-Storm Survey of Geomorphology, Sediment, and Flow at Midnight Pass and Milton Pass, FL after Hurricanes Helene & Milton. DesignSafe-CI.

#Nasir, B., Zhan, W. (2026). Automated LiDAR-Based Coastal Morphological Change Assessment of Hurricane Ian: Quantifying Coastal Morphodynamics Using High-Density Transects. Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Washington, DC, USA, 2026.

#Dhakal, K., Zhan, W. (2026). PS-InSAR Time-Series Monitoring of Deformation at a Florida Phosphogypsum Stack Using Sentinel-1. Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Washington, DC, USA, 2026.