Staff profile

Bibliography

• 2020 - present: PhD - Geomorphology, Durham University 
• 2017 - 2020: BSc - Geography, Durham University (1st Class) 
  • Dissertation: Critical landslide-inducing rainfall conditions for large-scale landslides in Taiwan 2005-2013, as captured by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data 

Research Interests

My primary research focus involves understanding the interplay between Earth surface processes and weather conditions, particularly extreme rainfall events. I am interested in how landslide and rockfall inventories are temporally constrained, and how this temporal precision is used to constrain the role of weather conditions in driving rockfall. I am also interested in ‘extreme event legacy’ and how major storm events may serve to change critical landslide/rockfall initiation thresholds required to instigate future mass movements. 

My PhD aims to examine the role of precipitation and temperature as drivers of rockfall activity along a section of the North Yorkshire coastline, with an emphasis on how extreme weather may serve to modify rock slope behaviour. This entails the development of a novel workflow as part of an ongoing terrestrial LiDAR rock-surface monitoring campaign. 

Conference Paper

• Hodge, R., Buechel, M., & Kenmare, S. (in press). The influence of bedrock topography on grain entrainment in bedrock-alluvial channels. . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-15504

Journal Article

• Buechel, M. E., Hodge, R. A., & Kenmare, S. (2022). The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment: Part 1. Pivot angles and surface roughness. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(14), 3361-3375. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5463

Presentation

• Kenmare, S., Brain, M. J., & Rosser, N. J. (2022, June). CONSTRAINING THE ROLE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS IN DRIVING DAMAGE ACCUMULATION LEADING TO ROCKFALL. Paper presented at PRF 2022, Flat Rock, NC, USA