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Resolving uncertainties in foraminifera-based relative sea-level reconstruction: a case study from southern New Zealand (2023)
Journal Article
Garrett, E., Brain, M., Hayward, B., Newnham, R., Morey, C., & Gehrels, W. (2023). Resolving uncertainties in foraminifera-based relative sea-level reconstruction: a case study from southern New Zealand. Journal of foraminiferal research, 53(1), 78-89. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.53.1.78

Since the pioneering work of David Scott and others in the 1970s and 1980s, foraminifera have been used to develop precise sea-level reconstructions from salt marshes around the world. In New Zealand, reconstructions feature rapid rates of sea-level... Read More about Resolving uncertainties in foraminifera-based relative sea-level reconstruction: a case study from southern New Zealand.

Within-region replication of late Holocene relative sea-level change: an example from southern New England, United States (2022)
Journal Article
Stearns, R., Engelhart, S., Kemp, A., Hill, T., Brain, M., & Corbett, D. (2023). Within-region replication of late Holocene relative sea-level change: an example from southern New England, United States. Quaternary Science Reviews, 300, Article 107868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107868

Tide-gauge measurements in the western North Atlantic Ocean show coherent, multi-decadal relative sea-level (RSL) trends across multiple spatial scales. Proxy reconstructions developed from salt-marsh sediment can extend this instrumental record. How... Read More about Within-region replication of late Holocene relative sea-level change: an example from southern New England, United States.

A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA (2022)
Journal Article
Walker, J., Li, T., Shaw, T., Cahill, N., Barber, D., Brain, M., …Horton, B. (2023). A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA. Holocene, 33(2), 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131696

Stratigraphic data from salt marshes provide accurate reconstructions of Holocene relative sea level (RSL) change and necessary constraints to models of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), which is the dominant cause of late Holocene RSL rise along t... Read More about A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA.

Relative sea-level change in South Florida during the past ~5 ka (2022)
Journal Article
Khan, N., Ashe, E., Moyer, R., Kemp, A., Engelhart, S., Brain, M., …Horton, B. (2022). Relative sea-level change in South Florida during the past ~5 ka. Global and Planetary Change, 216, Article 103902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103902

A paucity of detailed relative sea-level (RSL) reconstructions from low latitudes hinders efforts to understand the global, regional, and local processes that cause RSL change. We reconstruct RSL change during the past ~5 ka using cores of mangrove p... Read More about Relative sea-level change in South Florida during the past ~5 ka.

An investigation of the combined effect of rainfall and road cut on landsliding (2022)
Journal Article
Pradhan, S., Toll, D., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2022). An investigation of the combined effect of rainfall and road cut on landsliding. Engineering Geology, 307, Article 106787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106787

The reduction of soil suction and consequent loss of shear strength due to infiltration is known to trigger shallow landslides during periods of concentrated rainfall. In the mountainous terrain of Nepal, the risk of shallow rainfall-induced landslid... Read More about An investigation of the combined effect of rainfall and road cut on landsliding.

Mass Movements (2022)
Book Chapter
Brain, M., & Rosser, N. (in press). Mass Movements. In T. Burt, A. Goudie, & H. Viles (Eds.), The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology. The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/m58-2021-32

In this chapter, we consider key advances in understanding of mass movements between ~1965 and ~2000. This period saw a burgeoning need for a greater level of understanding of mass movement processes in response to a series of high impact mass moveme... Read More about Mass Movements.

Controls on post-seismic landslide behaviour in brittle rocks (2021)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Moya, S., Kincey, M., Tunstall, N., Petley, D., & Sepúlveda, S. (2021). Controls on post-seismic landslide behaviour in brittle rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(9), Article e2021JF006242. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006242

Earthquakes trigger widespread landsliding in tectonically-active landscapes. The effects of strong ground shaking on hillslope stability persist into the post-seismic stage; rates of landsliding remain elevated in the years following an earthquake.... Read More about Controls on post-seismic landslide behaviour in brittle rocks.

Common Era sea-level budgets along the U.S. Atlantic coast (2021)
Journal Article
Walker, J., Kopp, R., Shaw, T., Cahill, N., Khan, N., Barber, D., …Horton, B. (2021). Common Era sea-level budgets along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Nature Communications, 12, Article 1841. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22079-2

Sea-level budgets account for the contributions of processes driving sea-level change, but are predominantly focused on global-mean sea level and limited to the 20th and 21st centuries. Here we estimate site-specific sea-level budgets along the U.S.... Read More about Common Era sea-level budgets along the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Field monitoring of soil-moisture to understand the hydrological response of a road-cut slope (2020)
Book Chapter
Pradhan, S., Toll, D., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2020). Field monitoring of soil-moisture to understand the hydrological response of a road-cut slope. In R. Cardoso, C. Jommi, & E. Romero (Eds.), 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019501029

Rainfall and slope-cutting for road construction are two key landslide causative factors in Nepal, but how they interact to cause failures is poorly understood. To improve understanding of the effects of cut slopes during rainfall, geotechnical inves... Read More about Field monitoring of soil-moisture to understand the hydrological response of a road-cut slope.

Cosmogenic exposure dating reveals limited long-term variability in erosion of a rocky coastline (2020)
Journal Article
Swirad, Z., Rosser, N., Brain, M., Rood, D., Hurst, M., Wilcken, K., & Barlow, J. (2020). Cosmogenic exposure dating reveals limited long-term variability in erosion of a rocky coastline. Nature Communications, 11, Article 3804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17611-9

Predicted sea-level rise and increased storminess are anticipated to lead to increases in coastal erosion. However, assessing if and how rocky coasts will respond to changes in marine conditions is difficult due to current limitations of monitoring a... Read More about Cosmogenic exposure dating reveals limited long-term variability in erosion of a rocky coastline.

Emergent characteristics of rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale (2020)
Journal Article
Benjamin, J., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2020). Emergent characteristics of rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(12), 2773-2787. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4929

High-resolution rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale are scarce. This is partly owing to difficulties in measuring the range of possible rockfall volumes with sufficient accuracy and completeness, and at a scale exceeding the influence o... Read More about Emergent characteristics of rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale.

Organic Pollutants, Heavy Metals and Toxicity in Oil Spill impacted Salt Marsh Sediment Cores, Staten Island, New York City, USA (2020)
Journal Article
Vane, C., Kim, A., Moss-Hayes, V., Turner, G., Mills, K., Chenery, S., …Brain, M. (2020). Organic Pollutants, Heavy Metals and Toxicity in Oil Spill impacted Salt Marsh Sediment Cores, Staten Island, New York City, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, Article 110721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110721

Sediment cores from Staten Island's salt marsh contain multiple historical oil spill events that impact ecological health. Microtox solid phase bioassay indicated moderate to high toxicity. Multiple spikes of TPH (6524 to 9586 mg/kg) and Σ16 PAH (15.... Read More about Organic Pollutants, Heavy Metals and Toxicity in Oil Spill impacted Salt Marsh Sediment Cores, Staten Island, New York City, USA.

The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation (2019)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Rosser, N., Hardy, R., & Brain, M. (2020). The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(12), 2841-2853. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jf005225

The frequency distribution of rockfall sizes ('magnitude-frequency') is important for erosion and hazard modeling. This typically follows a power law, with few larger rockfalls compared to more numerous small events. Advances in LiDAR hardware and al... Read More about The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation.

Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry (2019)
Journal Article
Swirad, Z., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2019). Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(8), 1542-1558. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4591

Shore platforms control wave energy transformation which, in turn, controls energy delivery to the cliff toe and nearshore sediment transport. Insight into shore platform erosion rates has conventionally been constrained at mm-scales using micro-eros... Read More about Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry.

Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering (2019)
Journal Article
de Vilder, S., Brain, M., & Rosser, N. (2019). Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(10), 1910-1929. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4619

Weathering reduces the strength of rocks and so is a key control on the stability of rock slopes. Recent research suggests that the geotechnical response of rocks to weathering varies with ambient stress conditions resulting from overburden loading a... Read More about Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering.

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.

Past, present and future perspectives of sediment compaction as a driver of relative sea-level and coastal change (2016)
Journal Article
Brain, M. (2016). Past, present and future perspectives of sediment compaction as a driver of relative sea-level and coastal change. Current Climate Change Reports, 2(3), 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-016-0038-6

Compaction describes a range of natural syn- and post-depositional processes that reduce the volume of sediments deposited in low-lying coastal areas, causing land-level lowering and a distortion of stratigraphic sequences. Compaction affects our rec... Read More about Past, present and future perspectives of sediment compaction as a driver of relative sea-level and coastal change.

Rockfall detection and volumetric characterisation using LiDAR (2016)
Book Chapter
Benjamin, J., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2016). Rockfall detection and volumetric characterisation using LiDAR. In S. Aversa, L. Cascini, L. Picarelli, & C. Scavia (Eds.), Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Experience, Theory and Practice (389 - 396). CRC Press

What controls the geometry of rocky coasts at the local scale? (2016)
Journal Article
Swirad, Z., Rosser, N., Brain, M., & Vann Jones, E. (2016). What controls the geometry of rocky coasts at the local scale?. Journal of coastal research, 75(sp1), 612-616. https://doi.org/10.2112/si75-123.1

There is a need to understand the controls on rocky coastal form in order to predict the likely response to climate changes and sea-level rise. Spatial variations in coastal geometry result from inheritance and contemporary processes, notably erosive... Read More about What controls the geometry of rocky coasts at the local scale?.

The Effect of Dynamic Loading on the Shear Strength of Pyroclastic Ash Deposits and Implications for Landslide Hazard: The Case of Pudahuel Ignimbrite, Chile (2016)
Journal Article
Sepúlveda, S., Petley, D., Brain, M., & Tunstall, N. (2016). The Effect of Dynamic Loading on the Shear Strength of Pyroclastic Ash Deposits and Implications for Landslide Hazard: The Case of Pudahuel Ignimbrite, Chile. Engineering Geology, 205, 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.02.005

The co-seismic and post-seismic behaviour of pyroclastic ash deposits and its influence on slope stability remains as a challenging subject in engineering geology. Case studies in volcanic areas of the world suggest that soil structural changes cause... Read More about The Effect of Dynamic Loading on the Shear Strength of Pyroclastic Ash Deposits and Implications for Landslide Hazard: The Case of Pudahuel Ignimbrite, Chile.

Compaction (2015)
Book Chapter
Brain, M. (2015). Compaction. In I. Shennan, A. Long, & B. Horton (Eds.), Handbook of Sea-Level Research (452-469). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118452547.ch30

Compaction describes a range of processes that reduce the volume of sediments encountered in coastal stratigraphic sequences. Compaction lowers the depositional surface relative to the intertidal frame, distorts stratigraphic sequences and lowers sea... Read More about Compaction.

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.

Quantifying the contribution of sediment compaction to late Holocene salt-marsh sea-level reconstructions, North Carolina, USA (2015)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Kemp, A., Horton, B., Culver, S., Parnell, A., & Cahill, N. (2015). Quantifying the contribution of sediment compaction to late Holocene salt-marsh sea-level reconstructions, North Carolina, USA. Quaternary Research, 83(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.08.003

Salt-marsh sediments provide accurate and precise reconstructions of late Holocene relative sea-level changes. However, compaction of salt-marsh stratigraphies can cause post-depositional lowering (PDL) of the samples used to reconstruct sea level, c... Read More about Quantifying the contribution of sediment compaction to late Holocene salt-marsh sea-level reconstructions, North Carolina, USA.

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?.

Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years (2014)
Journal Article
Long, A., Barlow, N., Gehrels, W., Saher, M., Woodworth, P., Scaife, R., …Cahill, N. (2014). Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 388, 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.012

We present a new 300-year sea-level reconstruction from a salt marsh on the Isle of Wight (central English Channel, UK) that we compare to other salt-marsh and long tide-gauge records to examine spatial and temporal variability in sea-level change in... Read More about Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years.

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.

Temporal characteristics and controls on landsliding in glacial tills (2012)
Book Chapter
Nawawitphisit, S., Petley, D., Rosser, N., Lim, M., Brain, M., & Waugh, S. (2012). Temporal characteristics and controls on landsliding in glacial tills. In E. Eberhardt, C. Frose, J. Turner, & S. Leroueil (Eds.), Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding. Taylor & Francis Group, London

Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise (2012)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Petley, D., Milledge, D., & Parnell, A. (2012). Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 345-348, 180-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.045

This paper quantifies the potential influence of sediment compaction on the magnitude of nineteenth and twentieth century sea-level rise, as reconstructed from salt marsh sediments. We firstly develop a database of the physical and compression proper... Read More about Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise.

Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments (2011)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Long, A., Petley, D., Horton, B., & Allison, R. (2011). Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 233(1-4), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.10.005

Existing geotechnical approaches that describe volumetric changes in intertidal sediments in response to applied vertical effective stresses are limited by a lack of empirical research into their one-dimensional compression behaviour. In this paper w... Read More about Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments.

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

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rockfalls in Hard Rock Coastal Cliffs
Book Chapter
Whadcoat, S., Rosser, N., Brain, M., & Hardy, R. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rockfalls in Hard Rock Coastal Cliffs. In J. De Graff, & A. Shakoor (Eds.), Landslides: Putting Experience, Knowledge and Emerging Technologies into Practice (633 - 644). Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)

Rock cliffs have been observed to evolve via progressive failure, yet the processes that control progressive failure and how it is spatially manifest are poorly understood. This paper considers the spatial and temporal distribution of rockfalls from... Read More about Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rockfalls in Hard Rock Coastal Cliffs.