Staff profiles
Sam McCollEngineering Geology Team Leader
Qualifications
- PhD, Geology
- BSc, Physical Geography
Areas of expertise
- Geomorphology: Flood and landslide hazard assessment
- Geomorphology: Soil erosion and conservation
- Geomorphology: Landscape evolution
- Engineering: Landslide investigation
- Engineering: Post landslide reconnaissance
- Geomorphology: Catchment-based erosion research
- Geomorphology: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
- Geomorphology: Storm damage assessment
- Geomorphology: Hazard Assessment
- Geomorphology: Aerial photograph interpretation
- Geomorphology: Geological and geomorphological mapping
- Geomorphology: Digital photogrammetry
- Geomorphology: Geospatial analysis
- Business Development: Geotechnical slope stability software
- Business Development: UAV Pilot
Major Publications
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- Landslide causes and triggers, Landslide hazards, risks, and disasters : p. 13-41. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818464-6.00011-1. p. 13-41
- Disproportionate and chronic sediment delivery from a fluvially controlled, deep-seated landslide in Aotearoa New Zealand, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47(8): p. 1972-1988. DOI: 10.1002/esp.5358. p. 1972-1988
- Quantifying effectiveness of trees for landslide erosion control, Geomorphology 396: article 107993. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107993. article 107993
- Alpine rockwall erosion patterns follow elevation-dependent climate trajectories, Communications Earth & Environment 3: article 21. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00348-2. article 21
- Badass gully morphodynamics and sediment generation in Waipaoa Catchment, New Zealand, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45(15): p. 3917-1930. DOI: 10.1002/esp.5010. p. 3917-1930
- The anomalously old Bush Stream Rock Avalanche and its implications for landslide inventories in dynamic landscapes, Frontiers in Earth Science 8: article 103. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00103. article 103
- Origin and age of The Hillocks and implications for post-glacial landscape development in the upper Lake Wakatipu catchment, New Zealand, Journal of Quaternary Science 34(8): p. 685-696. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3168. p. 685-696
- Rock slope instability in the proglacial zone : state of the art, Geomorphology of proglacial systems : landform and sediment dynamics in recently deglaciated alpine landscapes : p. 119-141. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-94184-4_8. p. 119-141
- Large ice-contact slope movements : glacial buttressing, deformation and erosion, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38(10): p. 1102-1115. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3346. p. 1102-1115
- Paraglacial rock-slope stability, Geomorphology 153-154: p. 1-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.015. p. 1-16
- The effect of glaciation on the intensity of seismic ground motion, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37(12): p. 1290-1301. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3251. p. 1290-1301