Reginald Hermanns
Background and activities
Work expereience
2010- Head of Landslides group, Geological Survey of Norway
2008-2010 Senior researcher, Geological Survey of Norway
2008-2012 Project manager "Stability of rock slopes", Excellence Centre ICG
2006-2008 Scientific coordinator, Multinational Andean Project, Geological Survey of Canada
2004-2006 Senior researcher, Geological Survey of Canada
2001-2004 Researcher, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
2000-2001 Post-doc, Coordinator of the Graduate Programm "Natural Disasters", Karlsruhe Technical University, Germany
1999-2000 Post-doc, University of Potsdam, Germany
1995-1999 PhD Position, University of Potsdam
Research Interests:
My research focuses on rock slope stability and integrates neotectonics, paleoseismology, Quaternary landscape development and the technical and societal responds to landslide threat. Research topics include:
- Hazard and rsik classification
- Sedondary effects of rock slope failures such as damming and displacement waves
- Integration of Quaternary dating techniques such as Cosmogenic Nuclide dating, luminescence dating, tephrochronology, carbon 14 dating
- Integration of monitoring data, ground, airborne, and satellite remote sensing data with field baseed structural geology and geomorphology
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2020) Back analysis of shear strength parameters of a large rockslide in Sikkim Himalaya. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology. vol. 26 (2).
- (2020) The formation and impact of landslide dams - State of the art. Earth-Science Reviews. vol. 203:103116.
- (2020) Permafrost as a first order control on long-term rock-slope deformation in (Sub-)Arctic Norway. Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 251.
- (2020) Integration of landslide hazard into urban planning across Europe. Landscape and Urban Planning. vol. 196.
- (2020) Semi-empirical prediction of dam height and stability of dams formed by rock slope failures in Norway. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. vol. 20 (11).
- (2020) Airblasts caused by large slope collapses. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
- (2019) Comparison of monitoring data with paleo–slip rates: Cosmogenic nuclide dating detects acceleration of a rockslide. Geology. vol. 47 (4).
- (2019) How significant is inheritance when dating rockslide boulders with terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating?-a case study of an historic event. Landslides. Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. vol. 16 (4).
- (2019) Anatomy of a mega-rock slide at Forkastningsfjellet, Spitsbergen and its implications for landslide hazard and risk considerations. Norwegian Journal of Geology. vol. 99 (1).
- (2019) Permafrost distribution in steep rock slopes in Norway: measurements, statistical modelling and implications for geomorphological processes. Earth Surface Dynamics. vol. 7 (4).
- (2019) Changes in ground deformation prior to and following a large urban landslide in la Paz, Bolivia, revealed by advanced InSAR. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. vol. 19 (3).
- (2018) Multiple rock-slope failures from Mannen in Romsdal Valley, western Norway, revealed from Quaternary geological mapping and 10Be exposure dating. The Holocene. vol. 28 (12).
- (2018) SPLASH: semi-empirical prediction of landslide-generated displacement wave run-up heights. Geological Society Special Publication. vol. 477 (1).
- (2017) Rock avalanches clusters along the northern Chile coastal scarp. Geomorphology. vol. 289.
- (2017) Landslide databases in the Geological Surveys of Europe. Landslides. Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides.
- (2017) From incipient slope instability through slope deformation to catastrophic failure — Different stages of failure development on the Ivasnasen and Vollan rock slopes (western Norway). Geomorphology. vol. 289.
- (2017) Subaqueous rock-avalanche deposits exposed by post-glacial isostatic rebound, Innfjorddalen, Western Norway. Geomorphology. vol. 289.
- (2016) Gravitational reactivation of a pre-existing post-Caledonian fault system: the deep-seated gravitational slope deformation at Middagstinden, western Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 96 (3).
- (2016) Gravitational slope deformation, not neotectonics: Revisiting the Nordmannvikdalen feature of northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 96 (3).
- (2015) Database and online map service on unstable rock slopes in Norway — From data perpetuation to public information. Geomorphology. vol. 249.