Thierry Oppikofer

Dr. Thierry Oppikofer
Terranum Sàrl
Rue de l'Industrie 35b
CH-1030 Bussigny
Switzerland


Phone: +41763177993
E-mail: thierry.oppikofer(at)terranum.ch
URL Institution: www.terranum.ch


Key Publications of Thierry Oppikofer (up to ten) :
Oppikofer, T., Hermanns, R.L., Roberts, N.J. & Böhme, M. (2019) SPLASH: semi-empirical prediction of landslide-generated displacement wave run-up heights. In: Lintern, D.G. et al. (eds.) Subaqueous Mass Movements and Their Consequences: Assessing Geohazards, Environmental Implications and Economic Significance of Subaqueous Landslides. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 477, 353-366.
Oppikofer, T., Saintot, A., Hermanns, R.L., Böhme, M., Scheiber, T. & Gosse, J. (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, 289, 96-116.
Oppikofer, T., Norddahl, B., Bunkholt, H., Nicolaisen, M., Jarna, A., Iversen, S., Hermanns, R.L., Böhme, M. & Yugsi Molina, F.X. (2015): Database and online map service on unstable rock slopes in Norway – from data perpetuation to public information. Geomorphology, 249, 69-81.
Oppikofer, T., Hermanns, R.L., Redfield, T.F., Sepúlveda, S., Duhart, P. & Bascuñan, I. (2012): Morphologic description of the Punta cola rock avalanche and associated minor rockslides caused by the 21 April 2007 Aysén earthquake (Patagonia, southern Chile). Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 69, 339-353.
Oppikofer, T., Jaboyedoff, M., Pedrazzini, A., Derron, M.-H. & Blikra, L.H. (2011): Detailed DEM analysis of a rockslide scar to improve the basal failure surface model of active rockslides. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F02016. doi:10.1029/2010JF001807.
Oppikofer, T., Jaboyedoff, M., Blikra, L. H., Derron, M.-H. and Metzger, R. (2009): Characterization and monitoring of the Åknes rockslide using terrestrial laser scanning. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 1003-1019.
Oppikofer, T., Jaboyedoff, M., and Keusen, H.-R. (2008): Collapse at the eastern Eiger flank in the Swiss Alps. Nature Geosciences, 1, 531-535.


Expertise of Thierry Oppikofer:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic LithosphereLithosphere
Morphodynamics
Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
Mountain / Highland
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Regional
National / Cultural
Local / Community
Time FrameTime Frame
Past: Historical / Archeological
Past: Quarternary
Recent / Today
Future
MethodsMethod
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Applied Research / Technology
GeoForum General-TechnologyTechnologies, Engineering, Physics
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyRock and Soil Mechanics
Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Geoinformatics
Geotechnics, Geomatics, Geophysics

Specialties of Thierry Oppikofer:
  • Geological, geomorphological and engineering geological field mapping of landslides

  • Long experience with acquisition and analysis of terrestrial laser scanning data

  • Integration of displacement monitoring data with structural geology and ground-based, airborne and satellite-based remote-sensing data

  • Advanced GIS data analysis and development of databases and GIS tools

    Last update: 11/14/19
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