Tracking a limestone bedrock landslide on an urbanized hillslope in Guanica, Puerto Rico

Rodríguez-Feliciano, César A.; Hughes, K. Stephen; Vélez-Santiago, Freddie; Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; Guánica, PR. (2025). Tracking a limestone bedrock landslide on an urbanized hillslope in Guanica, Puerto Rico.

Chemical Weathering and Physical Erosion Fluxes From Serpentinite in Puerto Rico

Angus K. Moore, Kimberly Méndez Méndez, K. Stephen Hughes, Darryl E. Granger. (2025). Chemical Weathering and Physical Erosion Fluxes From Serpentinite in Puerto Rico,https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024JF007776

Dynamic landslide susceptibility for extreme rainfall events using an optimized convolutional neural network approach

Mejia-Manrique, S.A., Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Hughes, K.S., Gonzalez-Cruz, J.E., and Khanbilvardi, R.M., 2025, Dynamic Landslide Susceptibility for Extreme Rainfall Events Using an Optimized Convolutional Neural Network Approach, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11069-025-07396-9.pdf

Neotectonic Mapping of Puerto Rico

Jessica A. Thompson Jobe, Richard Briggs, K. Stephen Hughes, James Joyce, Ryan Gold, Shannon Mahan, Harrison Gray, Laura Strickland, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazard Science Center, Golden, CO, USA, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA, U.S. Geological Survey, Geoscience and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO, USA. (2024). Neotectonic Mapping of Puerto Rico, https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1102

Volcanic arc weathering rates in the humid tropics controlled by the interplay between physical erosion and precipitation

Moore, A. K., Méndez Méndez, K., Hughes, K. S., & Granger, D. E. (2024). Volcanic arc weathering rates in the humid tropics controlled by the interplay between physical erosion and precipitation. AGU Advances, 5, e2023AV001066. https://doi. org/10.1029/2023AV001066

Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Back-Analysis Of Rainfall-Induced Landslides In Utuado, Puerto Rico

Mirna Kassem; Weibing Gong; Dimitrios Zekkos; Marin Clark; et. al; Missouri University of Science and Technology. (2024). Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Back-Analysis Of Rainfall-Induced Landslides In Utuado, Puerto Rico, https://mst.elsevierpure.com/ws/portalfiles/portal/41586365/Pseudo-Three-Dimensional%20Back-Analysis%20Of%20Rainfall-Induced%20Landsl.pdf

Climato-tectonic evolution of siliciclastic sandstones on Puerto Rico: from lithic arenites to quartz-arenitic sands in an oceanic island-arc setting Available

David K. Larue; Kimberly Mendez Mendez; José L. Corchado Albelo; Lauryn N. Martinez; K. Stephen Hughes; Thomas Hudgins; Hernan Santos; Alan L. Smith; Chris Osterberg. (2023). Climato-tectonic evolution of siliciclastic sandstones on Puerto Rico: from lithic arenites to quartz-arenitic sands in an oceanic island-arc setting, https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/jsedres/article/93/11/857/625560/Climato-tectonic-evolution-of-siliciclastic

Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslides in Rural Puerto Rico

West, J., Rodríguez-Cruz, L. A., & Hughes, K. S. (2023). Steep Risks: Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslides in Rural Puerto Rico (Natural Hazards Center Public Health Disaster Research Report Series, Report 34). Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder. https://hazards.colorado.edu/public-health-disaster-research/steep-risks

Geotechnical Impacts of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico

Morales, A.R., Hughes, S.K., Lang, K.D., Rivera-Hernandez, F.M., Vargas Vargas, P.V., Lozano, J.M., Karantanellis, E.P., Kassem, M.L., Gomberg, D.A., Plescher, R.T., Irizarry, E.J., Vicens, E.G., Figueroa, T.L., Friedman, C.M., Cunillera, K.N., Ruiz, A.L., and Ortega, V.J., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, Mar. 2023, Geotechnical Impacts of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, DOI:10.18118/G6Z38B

Principles for collaborative risk communication: Reducing landslide losses in Puerto Rico, Journal of Emergency Management

West, J., Davis, L., Lugo Bendezú, R., Álvarez Gandía, Y.D., Hughes, K.S., Godt, J., and Peek, L., 2021, Principles for collaborative risk communication: Reducing landslide losses in Puerto Rico, Journal of Emergency Management, v. 19, no. 2, p. (pdf) https://hazards.colorado.edu/uploads/documents/principles-of-collaborative-risk-communication-puertorico-west-et-al-2021.pdf

WIDESPREAD SHALLOW MASS WASTING DURING HURRICANE MARIA: LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANCE OF SEDIMENTATION IN THE TROPICS

Edwin O. Irizarry-Brugman, Desiree Bayouth-García, Kenneth S. Hughes. (2021). WIDESPREAD SHALLOW MASS WASTING DURING HURRICANE MARIA: LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANCE OF SEDIMENTATION IN THE TROPICS

Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the January 7, 2020 M6.4 Southwest Puerto Rico Earthquake and Associated Seismic Sequence, Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance

Morales-Vélez, A.C., Bernal, J., Hughes, K.S., Pando, M., Pérez, J., and Rodríguez, L.A., 2020, Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the January 7, 2020 M6.4 Southwest Puerto Rico Earthquake and Associated Seismic Sequence, Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Report No. 066, 55p. (link) http://www.geerassociation.org/administrator/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/GEER_PuertoRico_Report.pdf

Hughes, K.S., and Morales Vélez, A.C., 2020, Landslide Science in Puerto Rico: Past, Present, and Future; Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil, v. 19-20, no. 1, p. 175-187. (pdf) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NelGaHVMEOPSRbBWbDx4KqZiEKVz-vBe/view?usp=sharing

Landslide Science in Puerto Rico: Past, Present, and Future; Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil

Hughes, K.S., and Schulz, W.H., 2020, Map depicting susceptibility to landslides triggered by intense rainfall, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020-1022, 91 p., 1 plate, scale 1:150,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201022

Map depicting susceptibility to landslides triggered by intense rainfall, Puerto Rico

Landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria : Assessment of an extreme event in Puerto Rico

Bessette-Kirton, E.K., Cerovski-Darriau, C., Schulz, W.H., Coe, J.A., Kean, J.W., Godt, J.W., Thomas, M.A., and Hughes, K.S., 2019, Landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria : Assessment of an extreme event in Puerto Rico, GSA Today v. 29, no. 6, p. 4-10. (https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G383A/article.htm)

Map of slope-failure locations in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María

Hughes, K.S., Bayouth García, D., Martínez Milian, G.O., Schulz, W.H., and Baum, R.L., 2019, Map of slope-failure locations in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BVMD74.

Multi-Decadal Earth Dam Deformation Monitoring using Airborne LiDAR and Structure from Motion at Lago Guajataca, Puerto Rico

Villareal Arango, A.F., Hughes, K.S., and Morales-Vélez, A.C., 2019, Multi-Decadal Earth Dam Deformation Monitoring using Airborne LiDAR and Structure from Motion at Lago Guajataca, Puerto Rico : Geocongress, American Society of Civil Engineers, (link). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FAWv0tWDF84OkZpxUiUN8z8ZVsjIN7_2/view?usp=sharing

Comprehensive Hurricane María Mass Wasting Inventory and Improved Frequency Ratio Landslide Hazard Mapping: Status Update From the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez : Dimension, Colegio de Inginieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico

Morales-Vélez, A.C., and Hughes, K.S., 2018, Comprehensive Hurricane María Mass Wasting Inventory and Improved Frequency Ratio Landslide Hazard Mapping: Status Update From the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez : Dimension, Colegio de Inginieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico, v. 1, p. 23-26. (link) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wf6xLHbGjE38L3hGB8s2_R9jEWcXsZBa/view?usp=drivesdk

Geotechnical Impacts of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico : Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance

Silva-Tulla, F., Pando, M.A., Soto, A.E., Morales, A.C., Pradel, D., Inci, G., Sasanakul, I., Bernal, J.R., Kayen, R., Hughes, K.S., Adams, T., and Park, Y., 2018, Geotechnical Impacts of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico : Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Report No. 057, 234 p. (link) http://www.geerassociation.org/administrator/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/180629_GEER_PR_Report_No_GEER-057.pdf