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Nikita N Avdievitch

Nikita Avdievitch joined the USGS Landslide Hazards Program as a geologist in March 2020. 

Nikita uses a variety of geospatial tools to better understand landslide and rockfall hazard, particularly in post-glacial and coastal environments.

Professional Experience

  • Geologist, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO (2020 - Present)

  • Cartographic Technician, Denali National Park and Preserve, AK (2019)

  • Physical Science Technician, Yosemite National Park, CA (2018- 2019)

  • Geologist, USGS Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA (2014)

Education and Certifications

  • M.S., Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (2017)

  • B.A., Geology, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (2013)

Science and Products

Filter Total Items: 13

Inventory map of submarine and subaerial-to-submarine landslides in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska Inventory map of submarine and subaerial-to-submarine landslides in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Mass-wasting events that displace water, whether they initiate from underwater sources (submarine landslides) or subaerial sources (subaerial-to-submarine landslides), have the potential to cause tsunami waves that can pose a significant threat to human life and infrastructure in coastal areas (for example towns, cruise ships, bridges, oil platforms, and communication lines). Sheltered...
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Recovery Activities

Non-USGS Publications**

Guerin, A., Stock, G.M., Radue, M.J., Jaboyedoff, M., Collins, B.D., Matasci, B., Avdievitch, N. and Derron, M.H., 2020. Quantifying 40 years of rockfall activity in Yosemite Valley with historical Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning. Geomorphology, 356, p.107069.
Avdievitch, N.N., Ehlers, T.A. and Glotzbach, C., 2018. Slow long‐term exhumation of the West Central Andean plate boundary, Chile. Tectonics, 37(7), pp.2243-2267.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Science and Products

Filter Total Items: 13

Inventory map of submarine and subaerial-to-submarine landslides in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska Inventory map of submarine and subaerial-to-submarine landslides in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Mass-wasting events that displace water, whether they initiate from underwater sources (submarine landslides) or subaerial sources (subaerial-to-submarine landslides), have the potential to cause tsunami waves that can pose a significant threat to human life and infrastructure in coastal areas (for example towns, cruise ships, bridges, oil platforms, and communication lines). Sheltered...
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Recovery Activities

Non-USGS Publications**

Guerin, A., Stock, G.M., Radue, M.J., Jaboyedoff, M., Collins, B.D., Matasci, B., Avdievitch, N. and Derron, M.H., 2020. Quantifying 40 years of rockfall activity in Yosemite Valley with historical Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning. Geomorphology, 356, p.107069.
Avdievitch, N.N., Ehlers, T.A. and Glotzbach, C., 2018. Slow long‐term exhumation of the West Central Andean plate boundary, Chile. Tectonics, 37(7), pp.2243-2267.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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