我的研究興趣主要為應用地質及遙測的方法來了解地質構造的發育以及不斷形塑地表景觀的地表作用過程。地質構造的發育涉及廣泛的主題，包括構造幾何學、運動學和動力學。通過調查老的或是活動的地質構造，有助於理解大地構造的樣貌以及大地構造是如何活動的。除了使用構造地質學的研究方法，我還利用攝影測量/LiDAR遙測技術、開發新的方法或作業程序，以提高我們在地質構造變形及發育領域的知識。另一方面，地表作用也涉及廣泛的主題，例如侵蝕作用、搬運作用和沈積作用，我特別有興趣使用高精度與高解析度的數值地形模型、各類的航遙測影像、和數值模擬技術來研究地表作用過程，特別是在深層山崩滑坡的特徵描述、監測和電腦模擬。我對構造地質作用與地表作用之間的相互作用主題深感興趣，這已是近年來地質與地球物理學家的熱門研究主題。

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Current four topics that I work with my students range from evolving landslide topography, effective 3D geologic mapping, landslide hazard modeling, and structural geology & tectonics. The details of the research topics and recent leading contributions are as follows:

Topic I: Multi-period and multi-source high-resolution DEMs for studies of landslide and erosion processes.
[主題一：多期多源高解析度數值高程模型應用於山崩特性與侵蝕過程研究]
Two representative papers for this topic are as follows:

• Hsieh, Y.-C., Chan*, Y.-C., Hu, J.-C., 2016, “Digital Elevation Model Differencing and Error Estimation from Multiple Sources: A Case Study from the Meiyuan Shan Landslide in Taiwan”, Remote Sensing, 8, 199:1-20.  [*corresponding author]
• Hsieh, Y.-C., Chan*, Y.-C., Hu, J.-C., Chen, Y.-Z., Chen, R.-F., Chen, M.-M., 2016, “Direct Measurements of Bedrock Incision Rates on the Surface of a Large Dip-slope Landslide by Multi-Period Airborne Laser Scanning DEMs”, Remote Sensing, 8(11), 900. [*corresponding author]

Topic II: Problems and solutions in high-resolution geological mapping using LiDAR data in 3D environments.
[主題二：應用光達資料及3D系統討論與解決高精度地質圖之產製問題]
Two representative papers for this topic are as follows:

• Yeh, C.-H., Chan*, Y.-C., Chang, K.-J., Lin, M.-L., Hsieh, Y.-C., 2014, “Derivation of strike and dip in sedimentary terrain using 3D image interpretation based on airborne LiDAR data”, Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 6, 775-790. [*corresponding author]
• Yeh, C.-H., Lin, M.-L., Chan*, Y.-C., Chang, K.-J., Hsieh, Y.-C., 2017, “Dip-slope mapping of sedimentary terrain using polygon auto-tracing and airborne LiDAR topographic data”, Engineering Geology, 222, 236-249. [*corresponding author]

Topic III: Assessing the landslide process and its potential hazard by remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling.
[主題三：應用遙測技術與數值模擬研究山崩作用過程及評估可能之山崩災害]
Two representative papers for this topic are as follows:

• Lu, C.-Y., Chan*, Y.-C., Hu, J.-C., Tseng, C.-H., Liu, C.-H., Chang, C.-H., 2021, "Seasonal surface fluctuation of a slow-moving landslide detected by multitemporal interferometry (MTI) on the Huafan University campus, northern Taiwan", Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 4006. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13194006 [*corresponding author]
• Tseng, C.-H., Chan, Y.-C., Jeng, C.-J., Rau, R.-J., Hsieh, Y.-C., 2021, "Deformation of landslide revealed by long-term surficial monitoring: A case study of slow movement of a dip slope in northern Taiwan", Engineering Geology, 284, 10602.
• Lu, Chiao-Yin, Tang, C.-L., Chan*, Y.-C., Hu, J.-C., Chi, C.-C., 2014, “Forecasting landslide hazard by the 3D discrete element method: A case study of the unstable slope in the Lushan hot spring district, central Taiwan”, Engineering Geology, 183, 14-30. [*corresponding author]
• Tseng, C.-H., Chan, Y.-C., Jeng, C.-J., Hsieh, Y.-C., 2017. Slip monitoring of a dip-slope and runout simulation by the discrete element method: a case study at the Huafan University campus in northern Taiwan. Natural Hazards, doi: 10.1007/s11069-017-3016-y.

Topic IV: Surface deformation patterns and structural development of active mountain belts.
[主題四：地表變形型態與造山帶的構造發育研究]
Three representative papers for this topic are as follows:

• Dinh, T.-H., Chan*, Y.-C., Chang, C.-P., Chen, C.-T., Hsu, Y.-C., 2021, "Deformation patterns and potential active movements of the Fansipan mountain range, northern Vietnam", International Journal of Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01931-8. [*corresponding author]
• Chen, C.-T., Chan, Y.-C., Beyssac, O., Lu, C.-Y., Chen, Y.-G., Malavieille, J., Kidder, S. B., Sun, H.-C., 2019, "Thermal history of the northern Taiwanese slate belt and implications for wedge growth duriing the Neogene arc-continent collision", Tectonics, 10.1029/2019TC005604.
• Chen, S. K., Chan*, Y.-C., Hu, J.-C., Kuo, L.-C., 2014, “Current crustal deformation at the junction of collision to subduction around the Hualien area, Taiwan.” Tectonophysics, 617, 58-78. [*corresponding author]
• Chen, C.-T., Chan*, Y.-C., C.-Y. Lu, M. Simoes, O. Beyssac, 2011. “Nappe structure revealed by thermal constraints in the Taiwan metamorphic belt.” Terra Nova, 23, 85–91. [*corresponding author]
• Chen, C.-T., Chan, Y.-C., Lo, C.-H., Lu, C.-Y., 2016, “Growth of mica porphyroblasts under low-grade metamorphism -- A Taiwanese case using in-situ 40Ar/39Ar laser microprobe dating”, Journal of Structural Geology, 92, 1-11.