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Late Holocene sea-level changes in eastern Québec and potential drivers (2018)
Journal Article
Barnett, R., Bernatchez, P., Garneau, M., Brain, M., Charman, D., Stephenson, D., …Sanderson, N. (2019). Late Holocene sea-level changes in eastern Québec and potential drivers. Quaternary Science Reviews, 203, 151-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.039

Late Holocene sea-level changes can be reconstructed from salt-marsh sediments with decimetre-scale precision and decadal-scale resolution. These records of relative sea-level changes comprise the net sea-level contributions from mechanisms that act... Read More about Late Holocene sea-level changes in eastern Québec and potential drivers.

Relative sea-level change in Newfoundland, Canada during the past ∼3000 years (2018)
Journal Article
Kemp, A., Wright, A., Edwards, R., Barnett, R., Brain, M., Kopp, R., …van de Plassche, O. (2018). Relative sea-level change in Newfoundland, Canada during the past ∼3000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 201, 89-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.012

Several processes contributing to coastal relative sea-level (RSL) change in the North Atlantic Ocean are observed and/or predicted to have distinctive spatial expressions that vary by latitude. To expand the latitudinal range of RSL records spanning... Read More about Relative sea-level change in Newfoundland, Canada during the past ∼3000 years.

Alongshore variability in wave energy transfer to coastal cliffs (2018)
Journal Article
Vann Jones, E., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2018). Alongshore variability in wave energy transfer to coastal cliffs. Geomorphology, 322, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.08.019

The alongshore distribution of wave energy is believed to be an important control on the spatial variability of coastal erosion. There is, however, a lack of field data quantifying the alongshore variability in wave energy on rock coasts, whereby the... Read More about Alongshore variability in wave energy transfer to coastal cliffs.

Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency (2018)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Rosser, N., Hardy, R., Brain, M., & Afana, A. (2018). Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency. Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(1), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-101-2018

We present a monitoring technique tailored to analysing change from near-continuously collected, high-resolution 3D data. Our aim is to fully characterise geomorphological change typified by an event magnitude frequency relationship that adheres to a... Read More about Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency.

Insights into progressive rockfall failure from 4D scanning (2017)
Book Chapter
Rosser, N., Williams, J., Brain, M., & Hardy, R. (2017). Insights into progressive rockfall failure from 4D scanning. In K. Leith, M. Ziegler, M. Perras, & S. Loew (Eds.), Progressive Rock Failure 2017 (Extended abstracts). ETH Zuerich

Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure (2017)
Book Chapter
de Vilder, S., Rosser, N., Brain, M., & Vann Jones, E. (2017). Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure. In J. De Graff, & A. Shakoor (Eds.), Landslides : putting experience, knowledge and emerging technologies into practice (829-839). Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)

The mechanical controls on small (< 10 m3), individual rockfall in jointed rock masses are not well constrained. We use forensic analysis of rockfall detachment surfaces (scars) which display fractured surfaces broken through intact rock, termed rock... Read More about Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure.

Forensic analysis of rockfall scars (2017)
Journal Article
de Vilder, S., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2017). Forensic analysis of rockfall scars. Geomorphology, 295, 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.005

We characterise and analyse the detachment (scar) surfaces of rockfalls to understand the mechanisms that underpin their failure. Rockfall scars are variously weathered and comprised of both discontinuity release surfaces and surfaces indicative of f... Read More about Forensic analysis of rockfall scars.

Exploring mechanisms of compaction in salt-marsh sediments using Common Era relative sea-level reconstructions (2017)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Kemp, A., Hawkes, A., Engelhart, S., Vane, C., Cahill, N., …Horton, B. (2017). Exploring mechanisms of compaction in salt-marsh sediments using Common Era relative sea-level reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 167, 96-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.027

Salt-marsh sediments provide precise and near-continuous reconstructions of Common Era relative sea level (RSL). However, organic and low-density salt-marsh sediments are prone to compaction processes that cause post-depositional distortion of the st... Read More about Exploring mechanisms of compaction in salt-marsh sediments using Common Era relative sea-level reconstructions.

The control of earthquake sequences on hillslope stability (2017)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Rosser, N., & Tunstall, N. (2017). The control of earthquake sequences on hillslope stability. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(2), 865-872. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071879

Earthquakes trigger landslides in mountainous regions. Recent research suggests that the stability of hillslopes during and after a large earthquake is influenced by legacy effects of previous seismic activity. However, the mechanisms that control hi... Read More about The control of earthquake sequences on hillslope stability.