Gina Belair
Gina works on the Alaska Landslide Hazards Project and the National Landslide Hazard Maps Project. She works on subprojects that range from landslide inventory development and compilation, susceptibility analyses, and structural mapping for rock mass characterization.
Professional Experience
Geologist – U.S. Geological Survey, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center (May 2021-present)
Education and Certifications
M.S., Geosciences – University of Montana
B.A., Physics and Geophysics - University of California, Berkeley
Science and Products
Slope-Relief Threshold Landslide Susceptibility Models for the United States and Puerto Rico Slope-Relief Threshold Landslide Susceptibility Models for the United States and Puerto Rico
Landslide susceptibility maps are essential tools in infrastructure planning, hazard mitigation, and risk reduction. Susceptibility maps trained in one area have been found to be unreliable when applied to different areas (Woodard et al., 2023). This limitation leads to the need for a national map that is higher resolution and rigorous, but simple enough to be applied to diverse terrains...
Rock mass quality and structural geology observations in northwest Prince William Sound, Alaska from the summer of 2021 Rock mass quality and structural geology observations in northwest Prince William Sound, Alaska from the summer of 2021
Multiple subaerial landslides adjacent to Prince William Sound, Alaska (for example, Dai and others, 2020; Higman and others, 2023; Schaefer and others, 2024) pose a threat to the public because of their potential to generate ocean waves (Dai and others, 2020; Barnhart and others, 2021; Barnhart and others, 2022) that could impact towns and marine activities. One bedrock landslide on the...
Inventory of Large Slope Instabilities, Prince William Sound, Alaska Inventory of Large Slope Instabilities, Prince William Sound, Alaska
Steep glacial and paraglacial landscapes often exhibit evidence of gravitationally-driven slope deformation. In recently deglaciated coastal environments, catastrophic failures of these bedrock instabilities as rapid landslides have the potential to generate tsunamis that may pose hazards for communities, infrastructure, mariners, and important natural and cultural resources. We present...
Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 2.0, June 2022) Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 2.0, June 2022)
Landslides are damaging and deadly, and they occur in every U.S. state. However, our current ability to understand landslide hazards at the national scale is limited, in part because spatial data on landslide occurrence across the U.S. varies greatly in quality, accessibility, and extent. Landslide inventories are typically collected and maintained by different agencies and institutions...
Science and Products
Slope-Relief Threshold Landslide Susceptibility Models for the United States and Puerto Rico Slope-Relief Threshold Landslide Susceptibility Models for the United States and Puerto Rico
Landslide susceptibility maps are essential tools in infrastructure planning, hazard mitigation, and risk reduction. Susceptibility maps trained in one area have been found to be unreliable when applied to different areas (Woodard et al., 2023). This limitation leads to the need for a national map that is higher resolution and rigorous, but simple enough to be applied to diverse terrains...
Rock mass quality and structural geology observations in northwest Prince William Sound, Alaska from the summer of 2021 Rock mass quality and structural geology observations in northwest Prince William Sound, Alaska from the summer of 2021
Multiple subaerial landslides adjacent to Prince William Sound, Alaska (for example, Dai and others, 2020; Higman and others, 2023; Schaefer and others, 2024) pose a threat to the public because of their potential to generate ocean waves (Dai and others, 2020; Barnhart and others, 2021; Barnhart and others, 2022) that could impact towns and marine activities. One bedrock landslide on the...
Inventory of Large Slope Instabilities, Prince William Sound, Alaska Inventory of Large Slope Instabilities, Prince William Sound, Alaska
Steep glacial and paraglacial landscapes often exhibit evidence of gravitationally-driven slope deformation. In recently deglaciated coastal environments, catastrophic failures of these bedrock instabilities as rapid landslides have the potential to generate tsunamis that may pose hazards for communities, infrastructure, mariners, and important natural and cultural resources. We present...
Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 2.0, June 2022) Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 2.0, June 2022)
Landslides are damaging and deadly, and they occur in every U.S. state. However, our current ability to understand landslide hazards at the national scale is limited, in part because spatial data on landslide occurrence across the U.S. varies greatly in quality, accessibility, and extent. Landslide inventories are typically collected and maintained by different agencies and institutions...