Biography

John Barlow completed his BSc (hons) and MES at Wilfrid Laurier University. His honours and masters theses focused on mass movements along the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario. John received his PhD from the University of Calgary for research into the automated detection of rapid mass movements using digital data. Upon completion of his doctoral research, John did post doctoral work at both the University of Saskatchewan and Durham University. He joined the University of Sussex as Lecturer in Applied Geomorphology in 2011.

John’s research focus is the quantification of erosional mass flux associated with slope failures under differing environmental and geomorphic boundary conditions. Major research themes include:

(1)   Development of automated landslide detection techniques using high-resolution satellite sensor data as well as the use of high resolution topographical datasets derived from LiDAR and TLS.

(2)   Numerical estimates of erosion using negative power law scaling of landslide magnitude-frequency distributions.

(3)   Use of cosmogenic isotopes to quantify sea cliff recession during the Holocene.

John will be primarily involved in the teaching of the MSc course in applied geomorphology

Barlow, J, Lim, M, Rosser, N, Petley, D, Brain, M, Norman, E and Geer, M (2012) Modeling cliff erosion using negative power law scaling of rockfalls. Geomorphology, 139-40. pp. 416-424. ISSN 0169-555X

Hopkinson, C, Barlow, J, Demuth, M and Pomeroy, J (2010) Mapping changing temperature patterns over a glacial moraine using oblique thermal imagery and LiDAR. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36 (S2). pp. 257-265. ISSN 0703-8992

Brain, M, Rosser, N, Petley, D, Lim, M, Barlow, J and Norman, E (2010) Dynamic rock strength in coastal rock cliffs. In: Geologically Active Proceedings of the 11th IAEG Congress. Auckland, New Zealand, 5-10 September 2010. Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), London, UK. ISBN 978-0415600347

Lim, M, Rosser, N J, Petley, D N, Norman, E C, Barlow, J and Brain, M J (2010) Characterising coastal cliff erosional environments: microclimate-rock interactions. In: Geologically Active: Proceedings of the 11th IAEG Congress Auckland, New Zealand, 5-10 September 2010. CRC Press, London, pp. 393-400. ISBN 978-0-415-60034-7

Barlow, John, Martin, Yvonne and Franklin, Steven (2009) Evaluating Debris Slide Occurrence using digital data: paraglacial activity in Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46 (3). pp. 181-191. ISSN 1480-3313

Barlow, John and Franklin, Steven E (2008) Mapping snow avalanche chutes in the Canadian Rockies using Landsat TM and DEM data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34 (6). pp. 516-525. ISSN 0703-8992

Hugenholtz, Chris H, Moorman, Brian J, Barlow, John and Wainstein, Pablo A (2008) Large-scale moraine deformation at the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Landslides, 5 (3). pp. 251-260. ISSN 1612-510X

Barlow, John and Franklin, Steven (2007) Mapping Hazardous Slope Processes using Digital Data. In: Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (XVIII). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 75-90. ISBN 978354072106

Barlow, John, Franklin, Steven and Martin, Yvonne (2006) High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery, DEM Derivatives, and Image Segmentation for the Detection of Mass Wasting Processes. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72 (6). pp. 687-692. ISSN 0099-1112

Barlow, John and Hopkinson, C (2005) Assessing Rotation in Detached Blocks Along the Niagara Escarpment Using Ground-based LiDAR. In: 26th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing , June 14-16, 2005, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Barlow, J, Martin, Y and Franklin, S E (2003) Detecting Translational Landslide Scars Using Segmentation of Landsat ETM+ and DEM Data in the Northern Cascade Mountains, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (4). pp. 510-517. ISSN 0703-8992

Barlow, John (2002) Rock creep and the development of the Niagara cuesta. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 27 (10). pp. 1125-1135. ISSN 0197-9337