Biography

Biography

Cherith's doctoral research, at The Queen's University of Belfast, was concerned with environmental and climatic controls on limestone landforms and landscape development. Before joining Sussex she has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Australian National University and lecturer at the University of Brighton. During her time at Sussex she has also been a Visiting Academic in the Institute of Marine and Limnological Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

External activities

• invited member of the Marine Observation and Data Expert Group (European Commission, DG MARE)
• external examiner for physical geography at Portsmouth University
• Treasurer and an Executive Committee member of the British Society for Geomorphology
• external examiner for MSc Coastal & Marine Resource Management at Portsmouth University
• external examiner for MSc Environmental Management at Nottingham University

Membership of professional bodies

• fellow of the RGS-IBG
• member of the British Society for Geomorphology, affiliated to the Inernational Association of Geomorphologists
• member of the Stone Weathering and Air Pollution Network (SWAPnet)

Cherith's research lies broadly within the study of landform development and landscape evolution and focuses on (i) rock weathering and building stone decay and (ii) coastal processes.

Cherith's research is funded by a variety of organisations including the Environment Agency, the European Union and Defra. Her recently completed research projects include: 

• Beaches At Risk (BAR) EU funded
• Understanding the behaviour of cohesive foreshores Defra funded
• Sediment Transport in the Ouse-Newhaven Estuary (STONE) EA funded
• Beach Erosion in the Rives Manche (BERM) EU funded

On the EU funded European Shore Platform Erosion Dynamics (ESPED) Cherith led the Geotechnical work package. 

Recently completed DPhil students supervised by Cherith include:

Richard Charman 2007 The hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of the Sussex Ouse Estuary, UK

Jerome Curoy 2011 Longshore transport on natural and managed mixed beaches of the eastern Channel coasts.

• Field Weekend (year 1; lecturer)
• Global Landscape Dynamics (year 2; convenor)
• Coastal Processes and Coastal Management (year 3; convenor)
• Geomorphological Processes (MSc; convenor)

Administrative Roles at Sussex 
 Currently Cherith is Head of Geography.

Student Consultation

Monday 12 - 1

Tuesday 10 - 11

Inkpen, R, Viles, H, Moses, C and Baily, B (2012) Modelling the impact of changing atmospheric pollution levels on limestone erosion rates in central London, 1980-2010. Atmospheric Environment, 61 (1). pp. 476-481. ISSN 1352-2310

Inkpen, R J, Viles, H A, Moses, C, Baily, B, Collier, P, Trudgill, S T and Cooke, R U (2012) Thirty years of erosion and declining atmospheric pollution at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Atmospheric Environment, 62 (1). pp. 521-529. ISSN 1352-2310

Moses, Cherith (2012) Tropical rock coasts: cliff, notch and platform erosion. Progress in Physical Geography, 37 (2). pp. 206-226. ISSN 0309-1333

Moses, Cherith and Robinson, David (2011) Chalk coast dynamics: implications for understanding rock coast evolution. Earth Science Reviews, 109 (3-4). pp. 63-73. ISSN 0012-8252

Robinson, David A and Moses, Cherith A (2011) Rock Surface and Weathering: Process and Form. In: The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology. SAGE, pp. 291-309. ISBN 9781412929059

Dornbusch, Uwe, Moses, Cherith, Robinson, David A and Williams, Rendel (2010) Soft copy photogrammetry to measure shore platform erosion on decadal time scales. In: Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies. Springer, pp. 129-138. ISBN 9781402097195

Curoy, J, Moses, C A, Robinson, D A and Williams, R B G (2009) Profile evolution and active layer measurements on a macrotidal composite gravel beach, Somme Estuary, France. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 53 (3). pp. 387-409. ISSN 0372-8854

Moses, Cherith and Williams, Rendel (2008) Weathering and durability of the Goldsworthy Chalk Stones, South Downs, West Sussex, England. Environmental Geology, 56 (3-4). pp. 495-506. ISSN 1432-0495

Moses, Cherith A and Williams, Rendel B G (2008) Artificial beach recharge: the South East England experience. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementband, 52 (3). pp. 107-124. ISSN 0372-8854

Dornbusch, Uwe, Robinson, David A, Moses, Cherith A and Williams, Rendel B G (2008) Temporal and spatial variations of the chalk cliff retreat rate in East Sussex 1873 to 2001. Marine Geology, 249 (3-4). pp. 271-282. ISSN 0025-3227

Dornbusch, Uwe, Moses, Cherith A, Williams, Rendel B G and Robinson, David A (2008) Foreshore Narrowing along the Coast of Southeast England, UK- A Re-evaluation. Journal of Coastal Research, 24 (4). pp. 14-24. ISSN 0749-0208

Hequette, A (2008) Special issue: beaches at risk. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 52 (3). Schweizerbart und Borntraeger. ISBN 0372-8854

Charman, Richard, Cane, Tim, Moses, Cherith and Williams, Rendel (2007) A device for measuring downwearing on cohesive shore platforms. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32 (14). pp. 2212-2221. ISSN 0197-9337

Swantesson, JOH, Moses, C A, Berg, G E and Jansson, K M (2006) Methods for measuring shoreplatform micro-erosion; a comparison of the micro-erosion meter and the laser scanner. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Supplementband, 144. pp. 1-17. ISSN 0044-2798

Moses, C A, Robinson, D A, Williams, R B G and Marques, F M S F (2006) Predicting rates of shore platform downwearing from rock geotechnical properties and laboratory simulation of weathering and erosion processes. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Supplementband, 144. pp. 19-37. ISSN 0044-2798

Dornbusch, U, Moses, C A, Robinson, D A and Williams, R B G (2004) Laboratory abrasion tests on beach flint shingle. In: Coastal Chalk Cliff Stability. Geological Society Engineering Special Publication 20, pp. 131-138. ISBN 1862391505

Moses, Cherith and Smith, BJ (2004) Limestone weathering in supra-tidal zone: an example from Mallorca. In: Rock weathering and landform evolution. Wiley & Sons, pp. 432-451. ISBN 978-0471951193

Williams, R B G, Robinson, D A, Dornbusch, U, Foote, Y L M, Moses, C A and Saddleton, P R (2004) A sturzstrom-like cliff fall on the chalk coast of Sussex, UK. In: Coastal Chalk Cliff Stability. Unset.

Moses, Cherith (2003) Observations on coastal biokarst, Hells Gate, Lord Howe Island, Australia. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 47 (1). pp. 83-100. ISSN 0372-8854

Moses, Cherith and Robinson, David (2002) Rapid asymmetric weathering of a limestone obelisk in a coastal environment: Telscombe Cliffs, Brighton, UK. In: Understanding and managing stone decay. Karolinum Press.

Trudgill, S T, Viles, H A, Inkpen, R, Moses, C, Gosling, W, Yates, T, Collier, P, Smith, D I and Cooke, R U (2001) TWENTY-YEAR WEATHERING REMEASUREMENTS AT ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26 (10). pp. 1129-1142.

Trudgill, S T, Viles, H A, Inkpen, R, Moses, C, Gosling, W, Yates, T, Collier, P, Smith, D I and Cooke, R U (2001) Twenty year weathering remeasurements at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26 (10). pp. 1129-1142.

Smith, B J, Warke, P A and Moses, C A (2000) Limestone weathering in contemporary arid environments: A case study from southern Tunisia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25 (12). pp. 1343-1354. ISSN 0197-9337

Moses, Cherith (2000) Field rock block exposure trials. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 120. pp. 33-50. ISSN 0372-8854

Mottershead, D N, Moses, Ch A and Lucas, G R (2000) Lithological control of solution flute form: a comparative study. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 44 (4). pp. 491-512. ISSN 0372-8854

Viles, H A and Moses, C A (1998) Weathering nanomorphologies: Their experimental production and use as indicators of carbonate stone decay. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 31 (4). pp. 347-357. ISSN 1470-9236

Moses, Cherith (1996) Methods for assessing stone decay mechanisms in polluted and 'clean' environments. In: Processes of urban stone decay. Donhead Publishing. ISBN 9781873394205

Moses, C A, Smith, B J and Warke, P A (1996) Modification of karren in arid environments: a case study from southern Tunisia. In: Karren Landforms. Unset.

Moses, Cherith, Viles, H A, Fornos, J J and Gines, A (1995) Nanoscale morphologies and their role in the development of karren. In: Karren Landforms. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca. ISBN 8476322978

Smith, D I, Greenaway, M A, Moses, C and Spate, A P (1995) Limestone weathering in eastern Australia. Part 1: Erosion Rate. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 20 (5). pp. 451-463. ISSN 0197-9337

Moses, Cherith and Smith, BJ (1994) Limestone weathering in supra-tidal zone: an example from Mallorca. In: Rock weathering and landform evolution. John Wiley & Sons, 432 - 451. ISBN 978-0-471-95119-3

Moses, C A and Smith, B J (1993) A note on the role of the lichen collema auriforma in solution basin development on a Carboniferous limestone substrate. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 18 (4). pp. 363-368.