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Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas

University of Geneva

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (14)

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1.

Rockfall Induce Debris Flow Extreme Event in the Pyrenees: The Case of Pineta Valley of September 2022

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Nov 2024
Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Ishel Marsal Twose, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, José Carlos Robredo Sánchez, Tamir Grodek, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, Miguel Bartolomé and Gerardo Benito
University of Geneva, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Debris Flow, supply-limited catchments, sediment availability, rockfall, Pyrenees, tree-ring records, climate warming

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250 Years of Flash Flood Frequency and Discharge in an Ungauged Corsican Mountain Catchment: A Dendrogeomorphic Reconstruction

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Feb 2023
Yihua Zhong, Adrien Favillier, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Jiazhi Qie, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Sébastien Guillet, Frederic Huneau, Christophe Corona and Markus Stoffel
University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University de Corse Pascal Paoli, University of Geneva and University of Geneva
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dendrogeomorphology, paleostage indicators, peak discharge, tree position, hydraulic modeling

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Hurricane-Triggered Cascading Hazards: Geomorphic Responses and Flood Hazard Dynamics in a Tropical Mountain Region

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 03 Jun 2025
Yenny Alejandra Jiménez Donato, Carla Restrepo, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Miguel Antonio Ávila Mora, Michelle Catalán Armas and Markus Stoffel
University of Vienna, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras - Biology Department, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, TopoSIG, TopoSIG and University of Geneva
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Mountain hazard processes, Hydrometeorological hazards, Geomorphic impact, Flood hazard dynamics

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Geomorphic Memory Gates Climate Pulses in Post-Earthquake Debris Flows

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Oct 2025
Yi hua Zhong, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Radek Tichavský, Baofeng Di, Guoxiong Zheng, Dongfeng Li, Guillaume Piton, siming he, Ruihua Nie and Ya Tang
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva, University of Ostrava, Sichuan University, Lanzhou University, Peking University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan University and Sichuan University
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Earthquakes, Post-earthquake debris flows, Geomorphic memory, Climate pulses, Sediment supply

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Deforestation Controls Landslide Susceptibility in Far-Western Nepal

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Mar 2022
Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Simon Allen and Markus Stoffel
University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva and University of Geneva
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Landslides, Land-Cover/Land-Use, Deforestation, susceptibility

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Tree-ring, geomorphic and historical records reveal snow avalanches dynamics and climate forcings in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Sep 2025
Osvaldo Franco Ramos, Jaime Boyano-Galiano, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno and Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas
UNAM, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-Spanish National Research Center, University of Geneva, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva
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Canfranc, Snow avalanches, dendrogeomorphology, Structural Equation Model, Snowpack, NAO

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Tree Rings Suggest Contrasting Rockfall Trigger Dynamics in North and South Faces of the Pyrenees

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Jul 2025
Jaime Boyano-Galiano, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, José Carlos Robredo Sánchez, Santiago Fábregas Reigosa and Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-Spanish National Research Center, University of Geneva, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva
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rockfall, dendrogeomorphology, climate triggers, freeze-thaw

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Historical Flood Reconstruction in a Torrential Alpine Catchment and its Implication for Flood Hazard Assessments: Saltina River, Brig-Glis, Swiss Alps

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 May 2023
Yihua Zhong, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Adrien Favillier, Christophe Corona, Gregor Zenhäuserne, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Sébastien Guillet, Florie Giacona, Nicolas Eckert, Jiazhi Qie, Georges Tscherrig and Markus Stoffel
University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, Forschungsinstitut zur Geschichte des Alpenraums (FGA), University of Geneva, University of Geneva, Univ Grenoble Alpes, Univ Grenoble Alpes, University of Geneva, Villenweg and University of Geneva
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Flood hazard; Flood frequency; Historical floods; Check dam; Torrential catchment; Swiss Alps

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Reconstructing a Hitherto Neglected, Massive Glacier Lake Outburst Flood from the 1950s at Grosse Glacier, Chilean Patagonia

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2024
Sandra Gorsic, Christophe Corona, Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Jérôme Lopez-Saez, Simon Allen, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Alejandro Dussaillant and Markus Stoffel
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, University of Geneva, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Geneva
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GLOFHazardDendrogeomorphologyOBIARemote sensing

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Combining Exposed Tree Roots and Uav Imagery to Quantify Land Denudation in Central Mexico

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Feb 2023
Osvaldo Franco Ramos, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Teresa Terrazas, Lorenzo Vázquez-Selem, José Ernesto Figueroa García and Markus Stoffel
UNAM, University of Geneva, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva
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Badlands, erosion, gully, exposed roots, UAV, dendrogeomorphology.

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Full-Scale Rockfall Impact Testing on Untreated Logs from Protective Mixed Forests in the Pyrenees

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jan 2025
Paula Gómez-García, Francisco Arriaga, José Carlos Robredo Sánchez, Eduardo Fernández Parkin, Santiago Fábregas Reigosa and Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva
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Rockfall, forest protection, full-scale experiments, natural hazard, mitigation, Pyrenees

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Linking forest dynamics and tree mechanical resistance: insights from channel-driven geomorphology

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Feb 2026
Paula Gómez-García, Jaime Madrigal-González, José Carlos Robredo Sánchez and Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and University of Geneva
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Quantifying the Resistance of Mixed-Forest Against Natural Hazards in the Pyrenees

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Mar 2024
Paula Gómez-García, Jaime Madrigal-González, Francisco Arriaga, José Carlos Robredo Sánchez, Ernesto Tejedor and Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva
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Tree failure, Pulling Test, Protective forest, Forest management, Natural Hazard, Pyrenees

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The Potential of Dendrogeomorphology for Reconstructing Geological Disasters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Mar 2026
Shuhan Zhang, Yi hua Zhong, Radek Tichavský, Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas, Baofeng Di, Guoxiong Zheng, Huanle Zhao, siming he, Ya Tang, Jiawen Zhou and Xiaozhang Lei
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Ostrava, University of Geneva, Sichuan University, Lanzhou University, Chengdu University of Technology - State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan University, Sichuan University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Dendrogeomorphology, Coniferous Forest, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Geological disaster