Thierry Oppikofer
Dr. Thierry Oppikofer
Senior geologist
TERRANUM Sàrl
Rue de l'industrie 35 B
CH-1030 Bussigny
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 76 317 79 93
E-mail:
info(at)terranum.chURL Institution:
www.terranum.ch
Key Publications of Thierry Oppikofer (up to ten) :
Oppikofer, T., Hermanns, R.L., Jakobsen, V.U., Böhme, M., Nicolet, P., Penna, I.M. (2020): Semi-empirical prediction of dam height and stability of dams formed by rock slope failures in Norway. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, in press, doi:10.5194/nhess-2020-135.
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. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 477, 353-366.
Oppikofer, T., Saintot, A., Hermanns, R.L., Böhme, M., Scheiber, T., Gosse, J.C., Eiken, T., Dreiås, G.M. (2016): From incipient slope instability through slope deformation to cataclasmic 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., 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. & 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. & Keusen, H.-R. (2008): Collapse at the eastern Eiger flank in the Swiss Alps. Nature Geosciences, 1, 531-535.
Expertise of Thierry Oppikofer:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Hydrosphere |
| Precipitation / Runoff |
| Topic Cryosphere | Cryosphere |
| Permafrost / Solifluction |
| Topic Lithosphere | Lithosphere |
| Morphodynamics |
| Spatial Zones | Spatial Zones |
| Mountain / Highland |
| Spatial Scale | Spatial Scale |
| Global / Hemispheric |
| Continental |
| Regional |
| National / Cultural |
| Local / Community |
| Time Frame | Time Frame |
| Past: Historical / Archeological |
| Past: Quarternary |
Last update: 11/15/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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