Paula M Burgi (Former Employee)
Science and Products
Remote Sensing Change Detection and Deformation Datasets Imaging Landslides Triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence Remote Sensing Change Detection and Deformation Datasets Imaging Landslides Triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence
This data release contains optical and radar-based remote sensing products used to assess ground failure and surface deformation triggered by the February 6, 2023, magnitude 7.8 and magnitude 7.5 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake doublet and subsequent aftershocks. The datasets span the northern portion of the earthquake rupture zone and were produced to assist with the U.S. Geological...
Field photographs of landslides triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence Field photographs of landslides triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence
This dataset contains 212 geotagged photographs documenting landslides and other ground failure triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence. The photographs were primarily taken by USGS scientists during field reconnaissance conducted with Turkish colleagues from 10-20 June 2023. The primary objective of the reconnaissance was to identify and investigate...
Preliminary Landslide Inventory for Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Helene (September 2024) Preliminary Landslide Inventory for Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Helene (September 2024)
We present a preliminary point inventory of landslides triggered by Hurricane Helene, which impacted southern Appalachia between September 25 and 27, 2024. This inventory is a result of a rapid response mapping effort led by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landslide Assessments, Situational Awareness, and Event Response Research (LASER) project. LASER collaborated with state surveys and...
Insights into widespread landsliding in southern Appalachia from Hurricane Helene Insights into widespread landsliding in southern Appalachia from Hurricane Helene
Between 23 and 27 September 2024, antecedent rain followed by Hurricane Helene produced one of the most damaging weather events in southern Appalachia history. The back-to-back storm events resulted in a maximum cumulative rainfall of 848 mm and hurricane-force wind gusts over 170 km/h in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia. The resulting regional...
Authors
Lauren N. Schaefer, Francis K. Rengers, Benjamin Mirus, Liam Toney, Kate E. Allstadt, Richard Wooten, Patrick Moore, Paula Madeline Burgi, Anne Witt, Eric Leland Bilderback, Jennifer Bauer, David Korte, Matthew Crawford
The influence of anthropogenic regulation and evaporite dissolution on earthquake-triggered ground failure The influence of anthropogenic regulation and evaporite dissolution on earthquake-triggered ground failure
Remote sensing observations of Searles Lake following the 2019 moment magnitude 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake reveal an area where surface ejecta is arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern that is collocated with a solution-mining operation. By analyzing geologic and geotechnical data, here we show that the hexagonal surface ejecta is likely not a result of liquefaction...
Authors
Paula Madeline Burgi, Eric M. Thompson, Kate E. Allstadt, Kyle Dennis Murray, Henry Mason, Sean Kamran Ahdi, Devin Katzenstein
Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence
The devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence occurred on February 6, 2023. Two main events, Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 occurred 9 hours apart, affected 11 cities in Turkey, and subjected an area of ∼90,000 km2 to shaking levels known to trigger landslides (peak ground acceleration > 0.08 g). Extensive landsliding was expected given the hilly terrain affected by this significant ground...
Authors
Tolga Gorum, Hakan Tanyas, Furkan Karabacak, Abdussamet Yilmaz, Serkan Girgin, Kate E. Allstadt, M. Lutfi Suzen, Paula Madeline Burgi
DisasterNet: Causal Bayesian networks with normalizing flows for cascading hazards DisasterNet: Causal Bayesian networks with normalizing flows for cascading hazards
Sudden-onset hazards like earthquakes often induce cascading secondary hazards (e.g., landslides, liquefaction, debris flows, etc.) and subsequent impacts (e.g., building and infrastructure damage) that cause catastrophic human and economic losses. Rapid and accurate estimates of these hazards and impacts are critical for timely and effective post-disaster responses. Emerging remote...
Authors
Xuechun Li, Paula Madeline Burgi, Wei Ma, Haeyoung Noh, David J. Wald, Susu Xu
Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard
Eastern Bangladesh sits on the seismically active Chittagong-Myanmar fold and thrust belt (CMFB), a north-trending accretionary wedge on the eastern side of the India-Eurasia collision. Earthquakes on the basal décollement and associated thrusts within the CMFB present a hazard to this densely populated region. In this study, we interpret 28 seismic reflection profiles from both...
Authors
Paula Burgi, Juddith Hubbard, Syed Humayun Akhter, Dana E. Peterson
Science and Products
Remote Sensing Change Detection and Deformation Datasets Imaging Landslides Triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence Remote Sensing Change Detection and Deformation Datasets Imaging Landslides Triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence
This data release contains optical and radar-based remote sensing products used to assess ground failure and surface deformation triggered by the February 6, 2023, magnitude 7.8 and magnitude 7.5 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake doublet and subsequent aftershocks. The datasets span the northern portion of the earthquake rupture zone and were produced to assist with the U.S. Geological...
Field photographs of landslides triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence Field photographs of landslides triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence
This dataset contains 212 geotagged photographs documenting landslides and other ground failure triggered by the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye earthquake sequence. The photographs were primarily taken by USGS scientists during field reconnaissance conducted with Turkish colleagues from 10-20 June 2023. The primary objective of the reconnaissance was to identify and investigate...
Preliminary Landslide Inventory for Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Helene (September 2024) Preliminary Landslide Inventory for Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Helene (September 2024)
We present a preliminary point inventory of landslides triggered by Hurricane Helene, which impacted southern Appalachia between September 25 and 27, 2024. This inventory is a result of a rapid response mapping effort led by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landslide Assessments, Situational Awareness, and Event Response Research (LASER) project. LASER collaborated with state surveys and...
Insights into widespread landsliding in southern Appalachia from Hurricane Helene Insights into widespread landsliding in southern Appalachia from Hurricane Helene
Between 23 and 27 September 2024, antecedent rain followed by Hurricane Helene produced one of the most damaging weather events in southern Appalachia history. The back-to-back storm events resulted in a maximum cumulative rainfall of 848 mm and hurricane-force wind gusts over 170 km/h in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia. The resulting regional...
Authors
Lauren N. Schaefer, Francis K. Rengers, Benjamin Mirus, Liam Toney, Kate E. Allstadt, Richard Wooten, Patrick Moore, Paula Madeline Burgi, Anne Witt, Eric Leland Bilderback, Jennifer Bauer, David Korte, Matthew Crawford
The influence of anthropogenic regulation and evaporite dissolution on earthquake-triggered ground failure The influence of anthropogenic regulation and evaporite dissolution on earthquake-triggered ground failure
Remote sensing observations of Searles Lake following the 2019 moment magnitude 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake reveal an area where surface ejecta is arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern that is collocated with a solution-mining operation. By analyzing geologic and geotechnical data, here we show that the hexagonal surface ejecta is likely not a result of liquefaction...
Authors
Paula Madeline Burgi, Eric M. Thompson, Kate E. Allstadt, Kyle Dennis Murray, Henry Mason, Sean Kamran Ahdi, Devin Katzenstein
Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence
The devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence occurred on February 6, 2023. Two main events, Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 occurred 9 hours apart, affected 11 cities in Turkey, and subjected an area of ∼90,000 km2 to shaking levels known to trigger landslides (peak ground acceleration > 0.08 g). Extensive landsliding was expected given the hilly terrain affected by this significant ground...
Authors
Tolga Gorum, Hakan Tanyas, Furkan Karabacak, Abdussamet Yilmaz, Serkan Girgin, Kate E. Allstadt, M. Lutfi Suzen, Paula Madeline Burgi
DisasterNet: Causal Bayesian networks with normalizing flows for cascading hazards DisasterNet: Causal Bayesian networks with normalizing flows for cascading hazards
Sudden-onset hazards like earthquakes often induce cascading secondary hazards (e.g., landslides, liquefaction, debris flows, etc.) and subsequent impacts (e.g., building and infrastructure damage) that cause catastrophic human and economic losses. Rapid and accurate estimates of these hazards and impacts are critical for timely and effective post-disaster responses. Emerging remote...
Authors
Xuechun Li, Paula Madeline Burgi, Wei Ma, Haeyoung Noh, David J. Wald, Susu Xu
Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard
Eastern Bangladesh sits on the seismically active Chittagong-Myanmar fold and thrust belt (CMFB), a north-trending accretionary wedge on the eastern side of the India-Eurasia collision. Earthquakes on the basal décollement and associated thrusts within the CMFB present a hazard to this densely populated region. In this study, we interpret 28 seismic reflection profiles from both...
Authors
Paula Burgi, Juddith Hubbard, Syed Humayun Akhter, Dana E. Peterson