Dr Chris Keylock

CONTACT DETAILS
Room 1.48
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: c.j.keylock@leeds.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0 in UK) 113 34 33307

Student hours:
Monday 9:00-10:00
Tuesday 9:00-10:00
Wednesday 09:00-09:30

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Papers

  • Keylock, C.J.. 2008. A criterion for delimiting active periods within turbulent flows, Geophysical Research Letters 35, L11804, doi:10.1029/2008GL033858 [DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J. 2006. Constrained surrogate time series with preservation of the mean and variance structure, Physical Review E 73, 036707 [DOI], [PDF]
  • Keylock, C.J. 2003. The North Atlantic Oscillation and Snow Avalanching in Iceland, Geophysical Research Letters 30, 5, 1254, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016272. [PDF], [DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J., McClung, D.M. and Magnusson, M.M. 1999. Avalanche risk by simulation. Journal of Glaciology, 45, 303-314

Papers

Snow avalanches
  • Keylock, C.J. 2005. An alternative form for the statistical distribution of extreme avalanche runout distances. Cold Regions Science and Technology[DOI] 42, 185-193.
  • Keylock, C.J. 2003. The North Atlantic Oscillation and Snow Avalanching in Iceland, Geophysical Research Letters 30, 5, 1254, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016272. [PDF], [DOI]
  • Barbolini, M. and Keylock, C.J. 2002. A new method for avalanche hazard mapping using a combination of statistical and deterministic models, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2, 3/4, 239-245
  • Keylock, C.J. and Barbolini, M. 2001. Snow avalanche impact pressure/vulnerability relations for use in risk assessment, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38, 227-238. [DOI]
  • Barbolini, M., Gruber, U., Keylock, C.J., Naaim, N. and Savi, F. 2000. Application of statistical and hydraulic-continuum dense-snow avalanche models to 5 real European sites. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 31, 133-149
  • Keylock, C.J., McClung, D.M. and Magnusson, M.M. 1999. Avalanche risk by simulation. Journal of Glaciology, 45, 303-314
  • Keylock, C.J. 1997. Snow Avalanches. Progress in Physical Geography, 21, 481-500
Surrogate data methods for simulation and analysis
  • Keylock, C.J. 2008. Improved preservation of autocorrelative structure in surrogate data using an initial wavelet step, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 15, 435-444.
  • Keylock, C.J. 2007. A wavelet-based method for surrogate data generation, Physica D 225, 219-228. [DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J. 2006. Constrained surrogate time series with preservation of the mean and variance structure, Physical Review E 73, 036707 [DOI], [PDF]
Turbulence processes and analysis
  • Keylock, C.J. 2009. Evaluating the dimensionality and significance of “active periods” in turbulent environmental flows defined using Lipshitz/Hölder regularity. Environmental Fluid Mechanics 9, 509-523.[DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J.. 2008. A criterion for delimiting active periods within turbulent flows, Geophysical Research Letters 35, L11804, doi:10.1029/2008GL033858
  • Keylock, C.J.. 2007. The visualisation of turbulence data using a wavelet-based method, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32, 637-647. [DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J., Hardy, R.J., Parsons, D.R., Ferguson, R.I., Lane, S.N., Richards, K.S. 2005. The theoretical foundations and potential for large-eddy simulation (LES) in fluvial geomorphic and sedimentological research. Earth-Science Reviews 71, 3-4, 271-304. [DOI]
Geomorphology/Hydrology
  • Keylock, C.J.. 2007. Identifying linear and non-linear behaviour in reduced complexity modelling output using surrogate data methods, Geomorphology 90, 356-366 [DOI].
  • Keylock, C.J. 2005. Describing the recurrence interval of extreme floods using nonextensive thermodynamics and Tsallis statistics, Advances in Water Resources 28, 8, 773-778. [DOI]
  • Keylock, C.J. 2003. Mark Melton's geomorphology and Geography's quantitative revolution, Transactions, Institute of British Geographers 28, 142-157
  • Keylock, C.J. and Domaas U. 1999. Evaluation of topographic models of rockfall travel distance for use in hazard applications. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 31, 312-320.
Other Topics
  • Keylock, C.J. 2005. Simpson diversity and the Shannon-Wiener index as special cases of a generalized entropy. Oikos 109, 203-207. [PDF]

Book Chapters

  • Keylock, C.J. 2003. The natural science of Geomorphology? in Trudgill, S. and Roy, A. (eds) Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography. Arnold
  • Keylock, C.J., Lawless, M. and Schindler, R. 2002. Studying in Canada, in Rogers, A., Viles, H.A. (eds), The Student's Companion to Geography. 2nd edition. Blackwell Science, Oxford
  • Keylock, C.J. 2001. Discussion by Chris Keylock, in Mosley, M.P. (ed) Gravel-Bed Rivers V. New Zealand Hydrological Society, 642 pp.
  • Keylock, C.J. 2000. Avalanche. Definition in Hancock, P.L. and Skinner, B.J. (eds) Oxford Companion To The Earth. Oxford University Press. 1174 pp.

Conference Proceedings

  • Schindler, R.J., Lane, S.N., Keylock, C.J. & Naden, P.S. 2003. Characterisation of Stem Wake Effects Using PIV Imagery, in Jirka, G.H & Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Shallow Flows, June 16-18 2003, p.237-244.
  • Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Keylock, C.J., Ferguson, R.I. and Parsons, D. 2003. Coherent flow structures in shallow gravel-bed rivers: an experimental and numerical study, in Jirka, G.H & Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Shallow Flows, June 16-18 2003, p.111-118.
  • Harbitz, C., Issler, D. & Keylock, C.J. 1998. Conclusions from a recent survey of avalanche computational models, in Hestnes, E. (ed) Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Publication 203, 128-139.

Other Publications

  • Keylock, C.J. 2007. Withering geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32, 5, 803-804.
  • Keylock, C.J. 2006. Reforming AS/A2 physical geography to enhance geographic scholarship, Geography 91, 3, 272-279
  • Keylock, C.J., Hirashima, H., & Nishimura K. 2006. Natural hazards resulting from earthquakes: The 2004 mid-Niigata earthquake in Japan.Geography Review 19, 5, 11-14.
  • Keylock, C.J. and Dorling, D. 2004. What kind of quantitative methods for what kind of Geography? Area, 36, 358-366.
  • Keylock, C.J. 2004. Reviewing The Hjulström curve. Geography Review 17, 4, 16-20.
  • Holden, J., Keylock, C.J., Howard, A.J. 2003. Geomorphology Resource Pack: Upper Wharfedale. School of Geography, University of Leeds.
Reports
  • Harbitz, C.B. (ed). 1998. EU Programme SAME: A survey of computational models for snow avalanche motion. NGI report no. 581220-1. 127 pp.