All Outputs (61)

Rapid sequestration of rock avalanche deposits within glaciers (2015)
Journal Article
Dunning, S., Rosser, N., McColl, S., & Reznichenko, N. (2015). Rapid sequestration of rock avalanche deposits within glaciers. Nature Communications, 6, Article 7964. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8964

Topographic development in mountainous landscapes is a complex interplay between tectonics, climate and denudation. Glaciers erode valleys to generate headwall relief, and hillslope processes control the height and retreat of the peaks. The magnitude... Read More about Rapid sequestration of rock avalanche deposits within glaciers.

The effects of normal and shear stress wave phasing on coseismic landslide displacement (2015)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Rosser, N., Sutton, J., Snelling, K., Tunstall, N., & Petley, D. (2015). The effects of normal and shear stress wave phasing on coseismic landslide displacement. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120(6), 1009-1022. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jf003417

Predictive models used to assess the magnitude of coseismic landslide strain accumulation in response to earthquake ground shaking typically consider slope-parallel ground accelerations only and ignore both the influence of coseismic slope-normal gro... Read More about The effects of normal and shear stress wave phasing on coseismic landslide displacement.

Quantifying the environmental controls on erosion of a hard rock cliff (2015)
Journal Article
Vann Jones (née Norman), E., Rosser, N., Brain, M., & Petley, D. (2015). Quantifying the environmental controls on erosion of a hard rock cliff. Marine Geology, 363, 230-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.12.008

Linking hard rock coastal cliff erosion to environmental drivers is challenging, with weak relationships commonly observed in comparisons of marine and subaerial conditions to the timing and character of erosion. The aim of this paper is to bring tog... Read More about Quantifying the environmental controls on erosion of a hard rock cliff.

Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent? (2014)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Rosser, N., Norman, E., & Petley, D. (2014). Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent?. Geomorphology, 207, 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.002

This paper considers the role that microseismic ground displacements may play in fracturing rock via cyclic loading and subcritical crack growth. Using a coastal rock cliff as a case study, we firstly undertake a literature review to define the spati... Read More about Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent?.

Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes (2013)
Journal Article
Norman, E., Rosser, N., Brain, M., Petley, D., & Lim, M. (2013). Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(12), 6807 - 6823. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013jc008963

A two-year dataset of coastal cliff microseismic ground motions is used to explore energy transfer to a cliff. The long-term dataset enables us to characterise cliff motion responses to a wide range of environmental processes and examine whether shor... Read More about Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes.

Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs (2013)
Journal Article
Rosser, N., Brain, M., Petley, D., Lim, M., & Norman, E. (2013). Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs. Geology, 41(8), 939-942. https://doi.org/10.1130/g34371.1

Despite much research on the myriad processes that erode rocky coastal cliffs, accurately predicting the nature, location, and timing of coastline retreat remains challenging, and is confounded by the apparently episodic nature of cliff failure. The... Read More about Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs.

Modeling cliff erosion using negative power law scaling of rockfalls. (2012)
Journal Article
Barlow, J., Lim, M., Rosser, N., Petley, D., Brain, M., Norman, E., & Geer, M. (2012). Modeling cliff erosion using negative power law scaling of rockfalls. Geomorphology, 139-140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.006

Detection of surface change in complex topography using terrestrial laser scanning: application to the Illgraben debris-flow channel. (2011)
Journal Article
Schürch, P., Densmore, A., Rosser, N., Lim, M., & McArdell, B. (2011). Detection of surface change in complex topography using terrestrial laser scanning: application to the Illgraben debris-flow channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(14), 1847-1859. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.2206

Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans (2011)
Journal Article
Schürch, P., Densmore, A., Rosser, N., & McArdell, B. (2011). Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans. Geology, 39(9), 827-830. https://doi.org/10.1130/g32103.1

Debris flows are among the most hazardous and unpredictable of surface processes in mountainous areas. This is partly because debris-flow erosion and deposition are poorly understood, resulting in major uncertainties in flow behavior, channel stabili... Read More about Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans.

Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs (2011)
Journal Article
Cockell, C., Pybus, D., Olsson-Francis, K., Kelly, L., Petley, D., Rosser, N., …Mosselmans, F. (2011). Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs. Microbial Ecology, 61(1), 166-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-010-9730-6

Shales play an important role in many earth system processes including coastal erosion, and they form the foundations of many engineering structures. The geobiology of the interior of pyrite-containing receding shale cliffs on the coast of northeast... Read More about Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs.

Dynamic rock strength in coastal rock cliffs. (2010)
Book Chapter
Brain, M., Rosser, N., Petley, D., Lim, M., Barlow, J., & Norman, E. (2010). Dynamic rock strength in coastal rock cliffs. In A. Williams, G. Pinches, C. Chin, T. McMorran, & C. Massey (Eds.), Geologically Active. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, London

Erosional processes in the hard rock coastal cliffs at Staithes, North Yorkshire (2010)
Journal Article
Lim, M., Rosser, N., Allison, R., & Petley, D. (2010). Erosional processes in the hard rock coastal cliffs at Staithes, North Yorkshire. Geomorphology, 114(1-2), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.011

The processes of change on near-vertical coastal cliffs have been quantified using terrestrial photogrammetry and laser scanning. The approach allows discrete rockfall geometry to be measured, and source located in three dimensions. This paper presen... Read More about Erosional processes in the hard rock coastal cliffs at Staithes, North Yorkshire.

Patterns of precursory rockfall prior to slope failure (2007)
Journal Article
Rosser, N., Lim, M., Petley, D., Dunning, S., & Allison, R. (2007). Patterns of precursory rockfall prior to slope failure. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(F4), https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jf000642

In this paper we examine data generated using high-resolution three-dimensional laser scanning monitoring of coastal rock cliffs. These data are used to identify spatial and temporal patterns in rockfall activity behavior prior to slope failure. Anal... Read More about Patterns of precursory rockfall prior to slope failure.

The surface expression of strain accumulation in failing rock masses (2007)
Book Chapter
Rosser, N., Petley, D., Dunning, S., Lim, M., & Ball, S. (2007). The surface expression of strain accumulation in failing rock masses. In E. Eberhardt, D. Stead, & T. Morrison (Eds.), Rock mechanics : meeting society's challenges and demands : Proceedings of the 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 27–31 May 2007. Taylor and Francis

The Spiral that Vanished: The Application of Non-Contact Recording Techniques to an Elusive Rock Art Motif at Castlerigg Stone Circle in Cumbria (2006)
Journal Article
Díaz-Andreu, M., Brooke, C., Rainsbury, M., & Rosser, N. (2006). The Spiral that Vanished: The Application of Non-Contact Recording Techniques to an Elusive Rock Art Motif at Castlerigg Stone Circle in Cumbria. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33(11), 1580-1587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.02.010

This article describes the recording of stone 11 of the Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria through two different non-contact techniques: laser scanning and ground-based remote sensing. Despite the unproblematic recording of modern graffiti, neither t... Read More about The Spiral that Vanished: The Application of Non-Contact Recording Techniques to an Elusive Rock Art Motif at Castlerigg Stone Circle in Cumbria.

Long Meg: Rock Art Recording Using 3D Laser Scanning (2005)
Journal Article
Díaz-Andreu, M., Hobbs, R., Rosser, N., Sharpe, K., & Trinks, I. (2005). Long Meg: Rock Art Recording Using 3D Laser Scanning

This article focuses on the results obtained from the laser scanning recording of the Long Meg standing stone (NY56933716, CCSMR6154, NMR 23663) (Cumbria). This recording is result of the project “Breaking through rock art recording: three dimensiona... Read More about Long Meg: Rock Art Recording Using 3D Laser Scanning.

Long Meg : rock art recording using 3D laser scanning (2005)
Journal Article
Diaz-Andreu, M., Hobbs, R., Rosser, N., Sharpe, K., & Trinks, I. (2005). Long Meg : rock art recording using 3D laser scanning

Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion (2005)
Journal Article
Rosser, N., Petley, D., Lim, M., Dunning, S., & Allison, R. (2005). Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 38(4), 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/05-008

Hard rock cliffs represent approximately 75% of the world's coastline. The rate and nature of the mechanisms that govern the retreat of these cliffs remain poorly constrained, primarily because conventional approaches employed to monitor these proces... Read More about Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion.

Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution (2005)
Journal Article
Lim, M., Petley, D., Rosser, N., Allison, R., Long, A., & Pybus, D. (2005). Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution. The Photogrammetric Record, 20(110), 109-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9730.2005.00315.x

Although cliffs form approximately 75% of the world's coastline, the understanding of the processes through which they evolve remains limited because of a lack of quantitative data on the morphological changes they undergo. In this paper the combinat... Read More about Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution.

The origin and evolution of footslope ramps in the sandstone desert environment of south-west Jordan (2005)
Journal Article
Migoń, P., Goudie, A., Allison, R., & Rosser, N. (2005). The origin and evolution of footslope ramps in the sandstone desert environment of south-west Jordan. Journal of Arid Environments, 60(2), 303-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.011

In the Cambrian–Ordovician sandstones of south-west Jordan, the spectacular scenery that has developed under arid conditions includes the presence of low-angle (