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Matt Crawford

Research Interests:
landslides
slope stability
GIS
landslide susceptibility and risk
engineering geology
Education

B.A., Geology, Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana.

M.S., Geology, Eastern Kentucky University; Richmond, Kentucky

Ph.D., Geology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Research

Landslides, other geologic hazards, and geophysics; understanding slope stability and geotechnical engineering properties of landslides, application of LiDAR for assessing landslide hazard and risk in Kentucky.

Selected Publications:

Woodard, J.B., Mirus, B.B., Crawford, M.M., Or, D., Leshchinsky, B.A., Allstadt, K.E., and Wood, N.J., 2023, Mapping Landslide Susceptibility Over Large Regions with Sparse Data–A Reality Check, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006810

Johnson, S.E., Haneberg, W.C., Bryson, L.S., and Crawford, M.M., 2023, Measuring ground surface elevation changes in a slow-moving colluvial landslide using combinations of regional airborne lidar, UAV lidar, and UAV photogrammetric surveys, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, http://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2022-078

Crawford, M.M., Dortch, J.M., Koch, H.J., Zhu, Y., Haneberg, W.C., Wang, Z., and Bryson, L.S., 2022, Landslide risk assessment in eastern Kentucky, USA: Developing a regional scale, limited resource approach, Remote Sensing, 14, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246246

Dashbold, B., Bryson, L.S., and Crawford, M.M., 2022, Landslide hazard and susceptibility maps derived from satellite and remote sensing data using limit equilibrium analysis and machine learning model, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05671-7

Ahmed, F.S., Bryson, L.S., and Crawford, M.M., 2021, Prediction of seasonal variation of in-situ hydrologic behavior using an analytical transient infiltration model, Engineering Geology, 294, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106383

Crawford, M.M., Dortch, J.M., Koch, H.J., Killen, A.A., Zhu, J., Zhu, Y., Bryson, L.S., and Haneberg, W.C., 2021, Using landslide-inventory for a combined bagged-trees and logistic regression approach to landslide susceptibility in eastern Kentucky, United States, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology http://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2020-177

Mirus, B.B., Jones, E., Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., Slaughter, S., Crawford, M.M., Lancaster, J., Stanley, T., Kirschbaum, D., Burns, W.J., Schmitt, R., Lindsey, K.O., McCoy, K., 2020, Landslides across the United States: Occurrence, susceptibility, and data limitations, Landslides, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01424-4

Crawford, M.M., Bryson, L.S., Woolery, E.W., and Wang, Z., 2019, Long-term monitoring using soil-water relationships and electrical data to estimate suction stress, Engineering Geology, 251, p. 146–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.02.015

Crawford, M.M., Bryson, L.S., Woolery, E.W., and Wang, Z., 2018, Using 2-D electrical resistivity imaging for joint geophysical and geotechnical characterization of shallow landslides, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 157, p. 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2018.06.009

Crawford, M.M., and Bryson, L.S., 2018, Assessment of active landslides using field electrical measurements, Engineering Geology, v. 233, p. 146–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.11.012

Crawford, M.M., Carpenter, Wang, Z., and Carpenter, N.S., 2016, Earthquake and Landslide Hazard Assessment, Communication, and Mitigation in Kentucky, In: Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development: Toward a Sustainable Future, Wessel G. and Greenburg, J., (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 520, p. 359–369. https://doi.org/10.1130/2016.2520(31)

Crawford, M.M., Zhu, J., and Webb, S.E., 2015, Geologic, geotechnical, and geophysical investigation of a shallow landslide, eastern Kentucky, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 21, no. 3, p. 181–195. https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.21.3.181   

Zhu, J., Taylor, T.P., Currens, J.C., and Crawford, M.M., 2014, Improved karst sinkhole mapping in Kentucky using LiDAR techniques: a pilot study in Floyds Fork Watershed, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 76, no. 3, p. 207–216. https://doi.org/10.4311/2013ES0135

Fei, S., Crawford, M., and Schibig, J., 2010, Assisting natural resource management in Mammoth Cave National Park using geospatial technology, In: Hoalst-Pullen, N., and Patterson, M.W., (eds.), Geospatial technologies in environmental management: New York, Springer, p. 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9525-1_4