California Geological Survey

Recent papers from California Geological Survey

1. Grain size and sediment storage explain why postfire debris flows are absent in some mountainous landscapesScience Advances · 2026
2. Impact of Mapper Experience and Data on the Quality of Geomorphic Fault MappingSeismica · 2026
3. Optimal Sensor Placement in Buildings: Earthquake ExcitationSensors · 2026
4. Multi‐Site Evaluation of a Postfire Debris‐Flow Runout Forecast MethodEarth s Future · 2026
5. Optimal Sensor Placement in Buildings: Stationary ExcitationSensors · 2025
6. Improved Prediction of Postfire Debris Flows Through Rainfall Anomaly MapsGeophysical Research Letters · 2025
7. Revisiting an Enigma on California’s North Coast: The Mw 6.5 Fickle Hill Earthquake of 21 December 1954Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 2025
8. Landsliding follows signatures of wildfire history and vegetation regrowth in a steep coastal shrublandGeosphere · 2025
9. Fault Displacement Hazard Initiative research programEarthquake Spectra · 2025
10. Fault displacement model for surface principal rupture of strike-slip faultsEarthquake Spectra · 2025
11. Rainfall Thresholds for Postfire Debris‐Flow Initiation Vary With Short‐Duration Rainfall ClimatologyJournal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · 2025
12. Coronae on Venus: An Updated Global Database and Insights Into Morphology, Spatial Distribution, Geological Setting, and Lithospheric PropertiesJournal of Geophysical Research Planets · 2025
13. Technoeconomic Potential for Carbon Mineralization with Enhanced Recovery of Critical Minerals in the Pacific NorthwestACS Sustainable Resource Management · 2025
14. Comparisons of FDHI fault displacement models for principal and aggregate displacementEarthquake Spectra · 2025
15. Characterizing the scale of regional landslide triggering from storm hydrometeorologyNatural hazards and earth system sciences · 2025
16. Developing a Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment Framework for Pacific Sources: USGS Powell Center Meeting SummaryEnvironmental and Engineering Geoscience · 2025
17. Post‐Fire Sediment Yield From a Western Sierra Nevada Watershed Burned by the 2021 Caldor FireEarth and Space Science · 2025
18. Rapid Hydrological Responses Following Process‐Based Restoration in a Degraded Sierra Nevada MeadowHydrological Processes · 2024
19. A Robust Quantitative Method to Distinguish Runoff‐Generated Debris Flows From FloodsGeophysical Research Letters · 2024
20. Postfire Sediment Mobilization and Its Downstream Implications Across California, 1984–2021Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · 2024