Personal Information

Position : Physicien Adjoint (Associate Professor)

Affiliations :
UMR 7063 - Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg
UMS 830 - Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre
5 rue René Descartes, 67084 STRASBOURG Cedex, France

Team : Active Deformation

Observatory :  OMIV

Research Interests

Seismology

  • Seismic investigation of non-tectonic processes (landslides, volcanoes, glaciers, etc.)
  • Automated methods for detection and location of non-tectonic events
  • Machine Learning in seismology

Landslides

  • Dynamics of mass wasting processes
  • Spatio-temporal reconstruction of landslide activity
  • Impact of forcings (climate, tectonic, etc.)

Volcanoes

  • Gravitational instabilites and volcanic activity (collapses, rockfalls, lahars)
  • Eruptive tremor

Positions

  • September 2018 – : Physicien Adjoint (Associate Professor), Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. 
  • January 2016 – August 2018 : Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. 
  • February 2013 – April 2015 : Post-Doctoral fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York, USA.
  • January 2009 – September 2012 : Ph.D. candidate, Institut du Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Paris, France.

Education

  • 2012 : Ph.D. in Seismology, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, under the supervision of Anne Mangeney and Gilles Grandjean. Title : "Seismic monitoring of rockfalls  at Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, la Réunion Island", pp 197.
  • 2008 : EOST, Strasbourg – Degree in Geophysical engineering
  • 2006-2007 : Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg – Master 1 in Geophysics
  • 2003-2006 : Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg – Bachelor in Science of Earth and Universe

 

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kvDprOYAAAAJ&hl=en

- last update 13/11/2023 -

[P36]  Durand, V., Mangeney, A., Bernard, P., Jia, X., Bonilla, F., Satriano, C., Saurel, J.-M., El Madani A, Pletier A., Ferrazzini V., Kowalski P., Lauret F., Brunet C. & Hibert C. (2023). Repetitive small seismicity coupled with rainfall can trigger large slope instabilities on metastable volcanic edifices. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 383.

[P35]  Pirot, E., Hibert, C., & Mangeney, A. (2023). Enhanced glacial earthquake catalogs with supervised machine learning for more comprehensive analysis. Geophysical Journal International, ggad402.

[P34] Provost, F., Zigone, D., Le Meur, E., Malet, J. P., & Hibert, C. (2023). Surface dynamics and history of the calving cycle of the Astrolabe glacier (Antarctica) derived from optical imagery. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-736

[P33]  Liao, W. Y., Lee, E. J., Wang, C. C., Chen, P., Provost, F., Hibert, C., Malet, J.-P., Chu, C.-R. & Lin, G. W. (2023). RockNet: Rockfall and earthquake detection and association via multitask learning and transfer learning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3284008

[P32] Domel, P., Hibert, C., Schlindwein, V., & Plaza-Faverola, A. (2023). Event recognition in marine seismological data using Random Forest machine learning classifier. Geophysical Journal International, ggad244. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad244

[P31] Abi Nader, A., Albaric, J., Steinmann, M., Hibert, C., Malet, J. P., Sue, C., ... & Boetsch, A. (2023). Machine learning prediction of groundwater heights from passive seismic wavefield. Geophysical Journal International, 234(3), 1807-1818. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad160

[P30] Bachelet, V., Mangeney, A., Toussaint, R., de Rosny, J., Arran, M. I., Farin, M., & Hibert, C. (2023). Acoustic emissions of nearly steady and uniform granular flows: A proxy for flow dynamics and velocity fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4), e2022JF006990. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006990

[P29] Noël, F., S. F. Nordang, M. Jaboyedoff, J. Travelletti, B. Matasci, M. Digout, M.-H. Derron, A. Caviezel, C. Hibert, D. Toe, M. Talib, E. Wyser, F. Bourrier, R. Toussaint, J.-P. Malet, J. Locat (2023). Highly energetic rockfalls: back analysis of the 2015 event from the Mel de la Niva, Switzerland. Landslides, 1-22. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10346-023-02054-2

[P28] Noël, F., Jaboyedoff, M., Caviezel, A., Hibert, C., Bourrier, F., & Malet, J. P. (2022). Rockfall trajectory reconstruction: A flexible method utilizing video footage and high-resolution terrain models. Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2022-16

[P27] Huynh, C., Hibert, C., Jestin, C., Malet, J. P., Clément, P., & Lanticq, V. (2022). Real‐time classification of anthropogenic seismic sources from distributed acoustic sensing data: Application for pipeline monitoring. Seismological Society of America, 93(5), 2570-2583. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220078

[P26] Renouard, A., Maggi, A., Grunberg, M., Doubre, C., & Hibert, C. (2021). Toward False Event Detection and Quarry Blast versus Earthquake Discrimination in an Operational Setting Using Semiautomated Machine Learning. Seismological Society of America, 92(6), 3725-3742.

[P25] Kuehnert, Julian, A. Mangeney, Y. Capdeville, J.-P. Métaxian, L. Bonilla, E. Stutzmann, E Chaljub, P. Boissier, C. Brunet, P. Kowalski, F. Lauret, C. Hibert (2020). Simulation of Topography Effects on Rockfall‐Generated Seismic Signals: Application to Piton de la Fournaise Volcano. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125.10. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019874

[P24] Chmiel, M., Walter, F., Wenner, M., Zhang, Z., Brian W, M., & Hibert, C. (2020). Machine Learning improves warning systems of debris flows. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(3), e2020GL090874. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090874

[P23] Wenner, M., Hibert, C., Meier, L., & Walter, F. (2020). Near Real-Time Automated Classification of Seismic Signals of Slope Failures with Continuous Random Forests. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-23. doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2020-200

[P22] A. Perttu, C. Caudron, J.D. Assink, D. Metz, D. Tailpied, B. Perttu, C. Hibert, D. Nurfiani, C. Pilger, M. Muzli, D. Fee, O.L. Andersen, B. Taisne, (2020). Reconstruction of the 2018 tsunamigenic flank collapse and eruptive activity at Anak Krakatau based on eyewitness reports, seismo-acoustic and satellite observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 541, 116268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116268

[P21] Hibert, C., D. Michéa, F. Provost, J.-P. Malet, M. Geertsema (2019), 20 years of landside activity in Alaska from automated machine-learning based seismic detection., Geophysical Journal International, 219(2), 1138-1147. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz354

[P20] Dufresne, A., Wolken, G. J., Hibert, C., Bessette-Kirton, E. K., Coe, J. A., Geertsema, M., & Ekström, G. (2019). The 2016 Lamplugh rock avalanche, Alaska: deposit structures and emplacement dynamics. Landslides, 1-19. doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01225-4

[P19] Provost, F., C. Hibert, J.-P. Malet, A. Helmstetter, D. Amitrano, M. Radiguet, G. Le Roy, N. Langet, J. Gomberg, N. Rosser, C. Abanco, C. Levy, M. Hurlimann, T. Lebourg, M. Vidal, B. Vial (2018). Typology of landslide seismic sources, Earth surface dynamics, 6(4), 1059-1088. doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-1059-201

[P18] Durand, V., A. Mangeney, F. Haas, F., J. Xiaoping, A. Peltier, C. Hibert, V. Ferrazzini, P. Kowalski, F. Lauret, C. Brunet, C. Satriano, K. Wegner, A. Delorme, L. Bonilla, N. Villneuve. On the link between external forcings and slope instabilities in the Piton de la Fournaise summit crater, Reunion Island (2018).  J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface. doi.org/10.1029/2017JF004507

[P17] Hibert, C., J.-P.  Malet, F. Bourrier, F. Provost, F. Berger, P. Bornemann, P. Tardif & E. Mermin (2017). Single-block rockfall dynamics inferred from seismic signal analysis. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5(2), 283. doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-283-2017

[P16] Maggi, A., V. Ferrazzini, C. Hibert, F. Beauducel, P. Boissier & A. Amemoutou (2017). Implementation of a multistation approach for automated event classification at Piton de la Fournaise volcano. Seismological Research Letters, 88(3), 878-891. doi:10.1785/0220160189

[P15] Hibert, C., F. Provost, J.-P. Malet, A. Maggi, A. Stumpf & V. Ferrazzini. (2017). Automatic identification of rockfalls and volcano-tectonic earthquakes at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano using a Random Forest algorithm. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 340, 130-14. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.04.015

[P14] Hibert, C., G. Ekström, and C. P. Stark (2017). The relationship between bulk-mass momentum and short-period seismic radiation in catastrophic landslides, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 122, 1201–1215, doi:10.1002/2016JF004027

[P13] Hibert, C., A. Mangeney, G. Grandjean, A. Peltier, N.M. Shapiro, V. Ferrazzini, A. DiMuro, V. Durand, P. Boissier and T. Staudacher (2017).Spatio-temporal evolution of rockfall activity from 2007 to 2011 at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano inferred from seismic data. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 333, 36-52. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.01.007

[P12] F. Provost, C. Hibert, J.-P. Malet, Automatic classification of endogenous landslide seismicity using the Random Forest supervised classifier (2017). Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 1, 113-120. doi: 10.1002/2016GL070709

[P11] Farin, M., A. Mangeney, R. Toussaint, J. De Rosny, N. Shapiro, T. Dewez, C. Hibert, C. Mathon, O. Sedan, F. Berger (2015). Characterization of rockfalls from seismic signal: insights from laboratory experiments, J. Geophys. Res. – Solid Earth, 120 (10), 7102–7137. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012331

[P10] Lévy, C., A. Mangeney, F. Bonilla, C. Hibert, E.S. Calder, P.J. Smith. Friction weakening in granular flows deduced from seismic records at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat volcano (2015).J. Geophys. Res.  – Solid Earth, 120(11), 7536-7557. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012151

[P9] Hibert, C., A. Mangeney, M. Polacci, V. Ferrazzini, A. Dimuro, S. Vergniolle, A. Peltier, G. Grandjean, T. Dewez, B. Taisne, M. Burton, T. Staudacher, F. Brenguier, A. Dupont, P. Kowalski, P. Boissier, P. Catherine, F. Lauret. Towards continuous quantification of lava extrusion rate: results from the multidisciplinary analysis of the 2 January 2010 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion (2015). J. Geophys. Res. - Solid Earth., 120.  doi: 10.1002/2014JB011769

[P8] J. Zhao, L. Moretti, A. Mangeney, E. Stutzmann, H. Kanamori, Y. Capdeville, E. S. Calder, C. Hibert, P.J. Smith, P. Cole, and A. LeFriant (2015). Model space exploration for determining landslide source history from long period seismic data. Pure and Applied Geophysic, 1–25. doi:10.1007/s00024-014-0852-5

[P7] Hibert, C., C.P. Stark and G. Ekström.Seismology of the Oso-Steelhead landslide (2015). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2 (12), 7309–7327. doi:10.5194/nhessd-2-7309-2014

[P6] Hibert, C., G. Ekström and C.P. Stark (2014). Dynamics of the Bingham Canyon mine landslides from broadband signal analysis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 4535–4541. doi: 10.1002/2014GL060592

[P5] Hibert, C.,  A. Mangeney, G. Grandjean, C. Baillard, D. Rivet, W. Crawford, N.M. Shapiro, C. Satriano, A. Maggi, P. Boissier and V. Ferrazzini (2014). Automated identification, location and volume estimation of rockfalls at Piton de la Fournaise volcano. J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface., 119, 1082–1105. doi: 10.1002/2013JF002970

[P4] Baillard, C., W. Crawford, V. Ballu, C. Hibert and A. Mangeney (2014). Automatic P-S phase picking procedure based on Kurtosis: Vanuatu region case study. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 1. doi: 10.1785/0120120347

[P3] Hibert, C.,  G. Grandjean, A. Bitri, J. Travelletti and J-P. Malet. (2012). Geophysical data fusion for characterizing landslides: case of the La Valette landslide (France). Engineering Geology, 128, 23–29. doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.05.001

[P2] Hibert, C.,  A. Mangeney , G. Grandjean and N.M. Shapiro (2011). Slopes instabilities in the Dolomieu crater, la Réunion island : from the seismic signal to the rockfalls characteristics. J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, 116, F04032. doi: 10.1029/2011JF002038

[P1] G. Grandjean, C. Hibert, F. Mathieu, J. Travelletti, J.-P. Malet and E. Garel (2009). Hydrological properties determination and waterflows monitoring in mudslides from geophysical data fusion based on a fuzzy logic approach. Comptes Rendus Geosciences, 341, 10, 937–948. doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2009.08.003