Geofluids

Special Issue on
Multidisciplinary Approaches in
Advancing Landslide Hydrology and
Science

CALL FOR PAPERS

Landslides have major impacts worldwide, directly and indirectly posing threats Lead Guest Editor
to safety, infrastructure, property, and the environment. The increased occurrences Ching Hung, National Cheng Kung
of disastrous landslides are underestimated globally, down to the local level. Most University, Tainan, Taiwan
decisively, it is undeniable that fluids, such as water infiltration, precipitation, fluid- chinghung@gs.ncku.edu.tw
structure interaction, fluid dynamics, erosion, scouring, unsaturated characteristics,
and liquefaction interplayed an endemic role in the failure mechanisms behind these Guest Editors
rapidly increased disasters. Guan-Wei Lin, National Cheng Kung
University, Tainan, Taiwan
To manifest the interplay of fluids and mitigate damages concerning the contem- gwlin@mail.ncku.edu.tw
porary landslide challenges globally and locally, this Special Issue aims to provide a
timely platform to draw on new research supported by advanced physical science, Chi-Wen Chen, University of Tokyo,
technological, and multi-disciplinary perspectives. Tokyo, Japan
cwchen@csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Stemming and extending from the interplays of fluids, the special issue will
encompass innovative explorations of landslide science, cutting-edge techniques of Nejan Huvaj Sarihan, METUMiddle
inventory and early warning systems, advanced field and susceptibility examinations, East Technical University, Ankara,
and revelations of failure mechanism and runout process modeling. Contributions Turkey
documenting detailed investigations into hydrological and geomaterial characteriza- nejan@metu.edu.tr
tion of regions prone to landslides, exercising interdisciplinary concepts, data-driven
methods, hydrodynamic simulations, three-dimensional studies, machine-learning Submission Deadline
models, physically-based or benchmarking conceptual approaches are also of interest Friday, 31 July 2020
to this comprehensive Special Issue.
Publication Date
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: December 2020
Roles and interplays of fluids in large-scale landslides
Science issues connected with large-scale landslides
Fluid-structure interaction, real-time monitoring, and early warning systems
Phenomenon associated with driving factors and countermeasures
Data-driven methods, machine-learning strategies, and innovative
applications
Analytical, computational, and physical-based analyses using cutting-edge
concepts
Scientific strategies, forensic investigations, geophysical technologies, and
integrated approaches

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Papers are published upon acceptance, regardless of the Special Issue publication
date.