Job title: Lecturer
Phone: 64 9 3737599 ext 85195
Office: Rm 1023, Building 301, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland
Postal: School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland
Email: m.brideau@auckland.ac.nz

B.Sc. (Honors) Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
M.Sc. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Marc-Andre completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. He joined the School of Environment at the University of Auckland as their engineering geology lecturer in the geology programme in May 2010. His main research interests include most things related to rock slope stability. His research projects typically include a fair amount of field mapping (sometimes supplemented by terrestrial LiDAR and photogrammetry) and he uses numerical modelling to test the conceptual slope models that were developed based on field observations. Marc-Andre is the new NZ liaison with the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM).

Research Interest:
Engineering geology, slope stability, geomorphology, rock engineering

Refereed articles

 

Brideau, M.A., Sturzenegger, M., Stead, D., Jaboyedoff, M., Lawrence, M., Roberts, N.J., Ward, B.C., Millard, T.H., Clague, J.J., in press. Stability analysis of the 2007 Chehalis Lake landslide based on long-range terrestrial photogrammetry and airborne-LiDAR data. Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-011-0286-4.

Brideau, M.-A., Pedrazzini, A., Stead, D., Jaboyedoff, M., Froese, C., and van Zeyl, D., 2011. Three-dimensional slope stability analysis of South Peak, Alberta, Canada. Landslides. 8(2): 139-158.

Brideau, M.-A., and Stead, D., 2010. Controls on block toppling using a three-dimensional distinct element approach. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 43(3): 241-260.

Brideau, M.-A., Yan, M., and Stead, D., 2009. The role of tectonic damage and brittle rock fracture in the development of large rock slope failures. Geomorphology. 103(1): 30-49.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., Roots, C., and Orwin, J., 2007. Geomorphology and engineering geology of a landslide in ultramafic rocks, Dawson City, Yukon. Engineering Geology. 89(3/4): 171-194.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., and Couture, R., 2006. Structural and engineering geology of the East Gate Landslide, Purcell Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology. 84(3/4): 183-206.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., Kinakin, D., and Fecova, K., 2005. The influence of tectonic structures at the Hope Slide, Engineering Geology 80 (3/4): 142-159.

Laughton J.R., Thorkelson, D.J., Brideau, M-A, Hunt, J.A., and Marshall, D., 2005. Fall-back vent facies of Wernecke Breccia, Yukon, Canada: implications for Racklan orogeny in northwestern Laurentia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(6): 1033-1044.

Conference proceedings

de Vilder, S., and Brideau, M.-A., abstract accepted/paper submitted. An engineering geological analysis of the Tutira landslide dam, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, July 2012, Melbourne, Australia.

Ritchie, C., and Brideau, M.-A., abstract accepted/paper submitted. Controls on slope failures at the Te Toto Amphitheatre, New Zealand, 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, July 2012, Melbourne, Australia.

Brideau, M.-A., Massey, C.I., Archibald, G., and Jaboyedoff, M., abstract accepted/paper submitted. Terrestrial photogrammetry and LiDAR investigation of the seismically triggered rockfalls during the February and June 2011 Christchurch earthquakes. Joint 11th International Symposium on Landslides (ISL) and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (NASL), June 2012, Banff Canada.

Brideau, M.-A., Chauvin, S., Andrieux, P., Stead, D., abstract accepted/paper submitted. Influence of 3D statistical discontinuity variability on slope stability conditions. Joint 11th International Symposium on Landslides (ISL) and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (NASL), June 2012, Banff Canada.

Brideau, M.-A., and Stead, D., 2011. The influence of three-dimensional kinematic controls on rock slope stability. In: D. Sainsbury, R. Hart, C. Detournay, and M. Nelson (eds). Proceedings of the 2nd International FLAC/DEM Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, February 2011, pp. 213-220.

Brideau, M-A, McDougall, S., Stead, D., Couture, R., Evans, S. and Turner, K. 2010. Three-dimensional numerical modelling of the failure mechanisms and runout at the 2002 McCauley Creek Landslide, British Columbia, Canada, 11th International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment Congress, Auckland, New Zealand. pp. 53-62.

Sivak, T., Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D, and Couture, R., 2010. Preliminary analysis of the failure mechanism at the Nomash River Landslide, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 11th International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment Congress. Auckland, New Zealand. pp. 691-699.

Brideau, M.-A., and Stead, D., 2009. The role of rear release surfaces, block size and lateral confinement on rock slope failure mechanisms. 62nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Halifax, NS, Canada. September 2009, pp. 489-496.

Brideau, M.-A., Pedrazzini, A., Stead, D., Froese, C., Jaboyedoff, M., 2009. Preliminary two- and three-dimensional numerical analyses of the South Peak area, Turtle Mountain, Alberta. 62nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Halifax, NS, Canada. September 2009, pp. 382-389.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D. and Couture, R., 2008. The 1999 Clanwilliam Landslide: A preliminary analysis of the potential failure mechanisms. In: J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers and S. Leroueil (Editors), 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards: From Causes to Management. Presse de l'Université de Laval, Quebec City, pp. 263-270.

Brideau, M.A., Stead, D., Millard, T., and Patton, G., 2006. Runout Characteristics of Open Slope Landslides in Harvested Terrain on Vancouver Island: Preliminary Results of an Integrated Field-Dynamic Modelling Based Study. Sea to Sky; Canadian Geotechnical Society Conference 2006, Vancouver, BC pp. 342-350.

Non-refereed articles

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., Roots, C., Lipovsky, P., in press. Ongoing displacement monitoring at the Dawson City landslide (Dawson map area NTS 116B/3). In: ukon Exploration and Geology 2011. Yukon Geological Survey.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., Bond, J.D., Lipovsky, P.S., and Ward, B.C., 2011. Preliminary stratigraphic and geotechnical investigation of the glaciolacustrine and loess deposits around the city of Whitehorse (NTS 105D/11), Yukon. In: K.E. McFarlane, L.H. Weston and C. Relf (eds), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2010. Yukon Geological Survey pp. 33-53.

Brideau, M-A., Stead, D., Lipovsky, P., Jaboyedoff, M., Hopkinson, C., Demuth, M., Barlow, J., Evans, S. and Delaney, K., 2010. Preliminary description and slope stability analyses of the 2008 Little Salmon Lake and 2007 Mt. Steele landslides, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2009, K.E., MacFarlance, L.H. Weston, and L.R. Blackburn (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey pp. 119-133.

Brideau, M-A., Stead, D., Stevens, V., Roots, C., Lipovsky, P., and VonGaza, P., 2007. Dawson City Landslide (Dawson map-area 1161B/3) Yukon, D.S.Emond, Lewis, L.L.,. Weston, L.H. (eds) Yukon Exploration and Geology 2006, Yukon Geological Survey pp. 123-137.

Brideau, M.-A., Stead, D., Huscroft, C., and Fecova, K., 2005. Quaternary, structural and engineering geology of the Aishihik River landslide (Cracker Creek area 115A/15), D.S. Emond, Lewis, L., Bradshaw, G., (eds) Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004, Yukon Geological Survey pp. 83-94.

Conference abstracts

Baddiley, M., Brideau, M.-A., and Dickson, M., 2011. Rock mass characterization and numerical modelling of coastal cliff failures in weak rocks in the Auckland-region. Geosciences 2011, November 2011, Nelson, New Zealand.

de Vilder, S., and Brideau, M.-A., 2011. The Mangapapa landslide dam: A geological and geotechnical assessment. Geosciences 2011, November 2011, Nelson, New Zealand.

Brideau, M.-A., Sturzenegger, M., Stead, D., Jaboyedoff, M., Lawrence, M., Roberts, N.J., Clague, J.J., Ward, B.C., and Millard, T.H., 2011. Structural controls on the 2007 Chehalis Lake landslide, British Columbia, Canada. EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, EGU2011-5233.

Brideau, M.-A., 2011. Large landslide complex in weak rock at Cape Turnagain, North Island New Zealand. EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, EGU2011-5228.

Linnell, T., Brideau, M.-A., Procter, J.N., 2011. Contrasting the morphology and internal structure of hummocky mounds in two rock avalanche deposits, North Island, New Zealand. EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, EGU2011-5221.

Brideau, M.-A., and Stead, D., 2010. Engineering geological mapping of a large strato-volcano slope failure in northern British Columbia, Canada. GeoNZ 2010, November 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, p. 44.

Ritchie, C., and Brideau, M.-A., 2010. Slope failure in volcanic materials at the Te Toto Amphitheatre, Raglan. GeoNZ 2010, November 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, p. 241.

Matthew Lawrence (Summer Research Scholarship November 2011-February2012)

Max McLean (M.Sc. July 2011-present)

Saskia de Vilder (M.Sc. February 2011-present)

Megan Baddiley (M.Sc. February 2011-present)

Jane Harvey (B.Sc. (Honours) July 2011-November 2011)

Sarah Chauvin (April 2011-August 2011)

Chris Ritchie (M.Sc. July 2010-July 2011)

Tamzin Linnell (Summer Research Scholarship November 2010-February 2011)

Katie Schmidt (Summer Research Scholarship November 2010-February 2011)