Journal Articles

• Williams, J.G., Rosser, N.J., Hardy, R.J. & Brain, M.J. The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 2020;124:2841-2853.
• de Vilder, S.J., Brain, M.J. & Rosser, N.J. Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2019;44:1910-1929.
• Kennedy, David M., Woods, Josephine L.D., Naylor, Larissa A., Hansom, James D. & Rosser, Nick J. Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: Evidence from Yorkshire, UK. Marine Geology. 2019;411:98-106.
• Swirad, Z.M., Rosser, N.J. & Brain, M.J. Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2019;44:1542-1558.
• Vann Jones, E.C., Rosser, N.J. & Brain, M.J. Alongshore variability in wave energy transfer to coastal cliffs. Geomorphology. 2018;322:1-14.
• Williams, J. G., Rosser, N. J., Hardy, R. J., Brain, M. J. & Afana, A. A. Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency. Earth Surface Dynamics. 2018;6:101-119.
• de Vilder, S.J., Rosser, N.J. & Brain, M.J. Forensic analysis of rockfall scars. Geomorphology. 2017;295:202-214.
• Brain, M.J. Past, present and future perspectives of sediment compaction as a driver of relative sea-level and coastal change. Current Climate Change Reports. 2016;2:75-85.
• Vann Jones (née Norman), E. C., Rosser, N. J., Brain, M. J. & Petley, D. N. Quantifying the environmental controls on erosion of a hard rock cliff. Marine Geology. 2015;363:230-242.
• Brain, M.J., Rosser, N.J., Norman, E.C. & Petley, D.N. Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent?. Geomorphology. 2014;207:161-173.
• Norman, E.C., Rosser, N.J., Brain, M.J., Petley, D.N. & Lim, M. Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans. 2013.
• Rosser, N.J., Brain, M.J., Petley, D.N., Lim, M. & Norman, E.C. Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs. Geology. 2013;41:939-942.
• Abellán, A, Oppikofer, T, Jaboyedoff, M, Rosser, NJ, Lim, M & Lato, MJ Terrestrial laser scanning of rock slope instabilities. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2013;n/a.
• Barlow, J., Lim, M., Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N., Brain, M.J., Norman, E.C. & Geer, M. Modeling cliff erosion using negative power law scaling of rockfalls. Geomorphology. 2012;139-140:416–424.
• Cockell, C.S., Pybus, D., Olsson-Francis, K., Kelly, L., Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Howard, K. & Mosselmans, F. Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs. Microbial Ecology. 2011;61:166 – 181.
• Lim, M., Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N. and Keen, M. Quantifying the controls and influence of tide and wave impacts on coastal rock cliff erosion. Journal of Coastal Research. 2011; 27: 46-56.
• Lim, M., Rosser, N.J., Allison, R. & Petley, D.N. Erosional processes in the hard rock coastal cliffs at Staithes, North Yorkshire. Geomorphology. 2010;114:12-21.
• Quinn, J.D., Rosser, N.J., Murphy, W. & Lawrence, J.A. Identifying the behavioural characteristics of clay cliffs using intensive monitoring and geotechnical numerical modelling. Geomorphology. 2010;120:107-122.
• Sapsford, M, Petley, D.N., Barlow, J., Brain, M., Lim, M., Norman, E. & Rosser, N.J. The analysis of evaporites from the area around Boulby, North Yorkshire. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 2010;74:A909-A909.
• Rosser, N.J. & Petley, D.N. Monitoring and modeling of slope movement on rock cliffs prior to failure. Landslides and Engineered Slopes: From the Past to the Future, Vols 1 and 2. 2008;1265-1271.
• Rosser, N.J., Lim, M., Petley, D.N., Dunning, S. & Allison, R. Patterns of precursory rockfall prior to slope failure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2007;112.
• Lim, M., Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Allison, R.J., Long, A.J. & Pybus, D. Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution. The Photogrammetric Record. 2005;20:109-129.
• Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N., Lim, M., Dunning, S.A. & Allison, R.J. Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 2005;38:363-375.

Book Sections

• Brain, M.J., Rosser, N., Petley, D., Lim, M., Barlow, J. & Norman, E. Dynamic rock strength in coastal rock cliffs. In: Williams, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J. & Massey, C.I. Geologically Active. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, London; 2010.
• Norman, E.C., Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N., Lim, M., Barlow, J. & Brain, M.J. Exploring the relationship between tidal duration and energy delivery to a coastal cliff. In: Williams, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J. & Massey, C.I. Geologically Active. London: CRC Press; 2010.
• Rosser, N.J., Lim, M. & Petley, D.N. Monitoring and modelling deformation on failing slopes: implication for understanding landslide failure. 2009.
• Rosser, N.J., Dunning, S.A., Lim, M. & Petley, D.N. Terrestrial laser scanning for quantitative rockfall hazard assessment. In: Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R. & Ebergardt, E. Landslide Risk Management. Amsterdam: A.T. Balkema; 2007.
• Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N., Dunning, S.A., Lim, M. & Ball, S. The surface expression of strain accumulation in failing rock masses. In: Eberhardt, E., Stead, D. & Morrison, T. Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society’s Challenges and Demands: Proceedings of the 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 27–31 May 2007. Oxford: Taylor & Francis; 2007.
• Dunning, S.A., Petley, D.N. & Rosser, N.J. Structural and geometrical mapping of unstable slopes using terrestrial laser scanning – a basis for numerical modelling. In: Ashaari, M. Proceedings of the International Conference on Slopes, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Department of Public Works; 2006:181 – 208.
• Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N. & Dunning, S.A. Towards forecasting the timing and geometry of rock slope failures. In: Ashaari, M. Proceedings of the International Conference on Slopes Malaysia. Kaula Lumpur: Public Works Department; 2006:57 – 74.
• Petley, D.N., Higuchi, T., Dunning, S., Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.J., Bulmer, M.H.K. & Carey, J. A new model for the development of movement in progressive landslides. In: Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R. & Eberhardt, E. Landslide Risk Management. Amsterdam.: Balkema; 2005.
• Petley, D.N., Dunning, S.A. & Rosser, N.J. The analysis of global landslide risk through the creation of a database of worldwide landslide fatalities. In: Hungr, O., Fell, R., Counture, R. & Ebergardt, E. Landslide Risk Management. Amsterdam.: Balkema; 2005:367-374.
• Rosser, N.J., Dunning, S.A., Lim, M. & Petley, D.N. The application of a terrestrial laser scanning technique for quantitative rockfall hazard assessment. In: Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R. & Ebergardt, E. Landslide Risk Management. Amsterdam.: Balkema; 2005.
• Kemeling, I., Scott, I.M., Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Allison, R J. & Long, A.J. Data driven modelling of a complex mining subsidence process. Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Masplalomas Gran Ganaria. 2004;September 2004.

Related Publications

Journal Articles

• Swirad, Z.M., Rosser, N.J., Brain, M.J. & Vann Jones, E.C. (2016). What controls the geometry of rocky coasts at the local scale?. Journal of Coastal Research SI 75: 612-616.
• Swirad, Z.M. & Rees, W.G. Geomorphometric analysis of a rocky coastline: an example from Hornsund, Svalbard, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2015;29:1694-1717.
• Schürch, P., Densmore, A.L., Rosser, N.J., Lim, M. & McArdell, B. Detection of surface change in complex topography using terrestrial laser scanning: application to the Illgraben debris-flow channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2011;36:1847-1859.
• Schürch, P., Densmore, A.L., Rosser, N.J. & McArdell, B.W. Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans. Geology. 2011;39:827-830.
• Parker, R.N., Densmore, A.L., Rosser, N.J., de Michele, M., Li, Y., Huang, R., Whadcoat, S. & Petley, D.N. Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth. Nature Geoscience. 2011;4:449-452.
• Dunning, S.A., Rosser, N.J. & Massey, C.I. The integration of terrestrial laser scanning and numerical modelling in landslide investigations. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 2010;43:233-247.
• Dunning, S.A., Massey, C.I. & Rosser, N.J. Structural and geomorphological features of landslides in the Bhutan Himalaya derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Geomorphology. 2009;103:17-29.
• Dunning, S.A., Mitchell, W.A., Rosser, N.J. & Petley, D.N. The hattian bala rock avalanche and associated landslides triggered by the Kashmir earthquake of 8 October 2005. Engineering Geology. 2007;93:130-144.
• Petley, D.N., Hearn, G.J., Hart, A., Rosser, N.J., Dunning, S.A., Oven, K. & Mitchell, W.A. Trends in landslide occurrence in Nepal. Natural Hazards. 2007;43:23-44.
• Dunning, S.A., Rosser, N.J., Petley, D.N. & Massey, C.R. Formation and failure of the Tsatichhu landslide dam, Bhutan. Landslides. 2006;3:107-113.
• Díaz-Andreu, M., Brooke, C., Rainsbury, M. & Rosser, N.J. 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. 2006;33:1580-1587.
• Díaz-Andreu, M., Hobbs, R., Rosser, N.J., Sharpe, K. & Trinks, I. Long Meg: Rock Art Recording Using 3D Laser Scanning. Past. 2005;50:2-6.
• Migoń, P., Goudie, A., Allison, R. & Rosser, N. The origin and evolution of footslope ramps in the sandstone desert environment of south-west Jordan. Journal of Arid Environments. 2005;60:303-320.
• Goudie, A.S., Migon, P., Allison, R.J. & Rosser, N.J. Sandstone geomorphology of the Al-Quwayra area of south Jordan. Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie. 2002;46:365-390.
• Allison, R.J., Grove, J.R., Higgitt, D.L., Kirk, A.J., Rosser, N.J. & Warburton, J. Geomorphology of the eastern Badia basalt plateau, Jordan. Geographical Journal. 2000;166:352-370.

Book Sections

• Rosser, N.J. Analogue modelling of the evolution of brittle slope failures. In: Williams, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J. & Massey, C.I. Geologically Active. London: CRC Press; 2010.
• Parker, R., Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Densmore, A.L. & Whadcoat, S. Mapping and monitoring the spatial distribution of landslide hazards induced by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, Sichuan Province, China. In: Williams, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J. & Massey, C.I. Geologically Active. London: CRC Press; 2010.
• Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Karim, D., Wali, S. Ali, Nasab, N. & Shaban, K. Non-seismic landslide hazards along the Himalayan Arc. In: Willians, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J. & Massey, C.I. Geologically Active. London: CRC Press; 2010:143 – 154.
• Parker, R.N., Rosser, N.J., Densmore, A.L. & Petley, D.N. Automated landslide detection algorithms to investigate controls on the spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake, Sichuan Province, China. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Next Generation Research on Earthquake-induced Landslides. Taiwan: 2009.
• Oven, K.J., Petley, D.N., Rigg, J.R, Dunn, C.E. & Rosser, N.J. Landscape, livelihoods and risk: A study of community vulnerability to landslide events in Central Nepal. In: Aryal, K.R. & Gadema, Z. Climate change and disaster risk reduction. Disaster and Development Centre, School of Applied Science, Northumbria University: 2008:94-102.
• Petley, D.N., Rosser, N.J., Dunning, S.A., Mitchell, W. & Kausar, A-B. Earthquake induced ground deformation caused by the Mw = 7.6 Kashmir Earthquake. 2007.
• Dunning, S.A., Petley, D.N., Strom, A.L. & Rosser, N.J. The morphologies and sedimentology of valley confined rock-avalanche deposits and their effect on Landslide Risk Management. In: Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R & Ebergardt, E. Landslide Risk Management. Amsterdam: Balkema; 2006:691-704.
• Petley, D.N., Dunning, S.A., Rosser, N.J. & Kausar, A-B. Incipient landslides in the Jhelum Valley, Pakistan following the 8th October 2005 earthquake. In: Marui, H. Disaster mitigation of debris flows, slope failures and landslides. Frontiers in Science Series. Tokyo, Japan: Universal Academy Press; 2006:47 – 56.
• Petley, D.N., Oven, K., Mitchell, W., Rosser, N.J. & Dunning, S.A. The role of global and regional precipitation patterns in landslide generation. In: Ashaari, M. Proceedings of the International Conference on Slopes Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Department of Public Works; 2006:249 – 268.
• Petley, D.N. & Rosser, N.J. On the mechanics of a typhoon-induced landslide. 2006.