Prof Mike Kirkby

CONTACT DETAILS
Room 1.38
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: m.j.kirkby@leeds.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0 in UK) 113 34 36758



Student hours: TBC

PUBLICATIONS

Papers

  • Dunn SM (Dunn, S. M.), Freer J (Freer, J.), Weiler M (Weiler, M.), Kirkby MJ (Kirkby, M. J.), Seibert J (Seibert, J.), Quinn PF (Quinn, P. F.), Lischeid G (Lischeid, G.), Tetzlaff D (Tetzlaff, D.), Soulsby C (Soulsby, C.) (2008) Conceptualization in catchment modelling: simply learning? HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 22(13) 2389-2393
  • Jin, N (Jin, Nanlin); Termansen, M (Termansen, Mette); Hubacek, K (Hubacek, Klaus); Holden, J (Holden, Joseph); Kirkby, M (Kirkby, Mike) (2007) Adaptive farming strategies for dynamic economic environment Conference Information: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Date: SEP 25-28, 2007 Singapore SINGAPORE 2007 IEEE CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION, VOLS 1-10, PROCEEDINGS Pages: 1213-1220
  • Reaney, SM; Bracken, LJ; Kirkby, MJ (2007) Use of the Connectivity of Runoff Model (CRUM) to investigate the influence of storm characteristics on runoff generation and connectivity in semi-arid areas HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 21 (7) 894-906
  • Tsara, M; Kosmas, C; Kirkby, MJ, et al. (2005) An evaluation of the pesera soil erosion model and its application to a case study in Zakynthos, Greece SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT, 21 (4) 377-385
  • 2005, Auzet A-V, P. van Dijk and M.J.. Kirkby. Surface characterisation for soil erosion forecasting (Ediited Special Issue). Catena 62 (2-3), Editorial p78-79.
  • 2005, Kirkby, M.J., L.J.. Bull and J. Shannon The influence of rainfall distribution and morphological factors on runoff delivery from dryland catchments in SE Spain, Catena 62 (2-3), 136-156.
  • 2005, Kirkby, M.J. and Bracken, L.J. Modelling hillslope connectivity and channel interactions in semiarid areas: implications for hillslope restoration following land abandonment. Geomorphological Processes and Human Impacts in River Basins , IAHS Publ. 299, 244pp.
  • 2005, Bracken, L.J. and M.J. Kirkby. Differences in hillslope runoff and sediment transport rates within two semi-arid catchments in southeast Spain. Geomorphology 68 (3-4): 183-200
  • 2004, Kirkby, M.J., Jones, R.J.A., Irvine, B., Gobin, A, Govers, G., Cerdan, O., Van Rompaey, A.J.J., Le Bissonnais, Y., Daroussin, J., King, D., Montanarella, L., Grimm, M., Vieillefont, V., Puigdefabregas, J., Boer, M., Kosmas, C., Yassoglou, N., Tsara, M., Mantel, S., Van Lynden, G. Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment: The PESERA Map, Version 1 October 2003. Explanation of Special Publication Ispra 2004 No.73 (S.P.I.04.73). European Soil Bureau Research Report No.16, EUR 21176, 18pp. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg .
  • 2004 Gobin A, Jones R, Kirkby M, Campling P, Govers G, Kosmas C, Gentile AR. Indicators for pan-European assessment and monitoring of soil erosion by water. Environmental Science & Policy , 7 (1): 25-38
  • 2004, Lane SN , Brookes CJ, Kirkby MJ and Holden J. A network-indexbased version of TOPMODEL for use with high-resolution digital topographic data, Hydrological Processes 18 (1): 191-201
  • 2003, Schofield, R.V. and M.J. Kirkby. Application of Salinization Indicators and Initial Development of Potential Global Soil Salinization Scenario under Climatic Change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17, No. 3, 1078.
  • 2003, Kirkby, M.J. A consistent framework for modelling geomorphic processes and landform evolution. [PDF FILE] In ‘Prediction in Geomorphology’, edited by P.R. Wilcock and R.M. Iverson. Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 135. American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 256 pp.
  • 2003, Kirkby, M.J., L.J. Bracken, J. Poesen, J. Nachtergaele and L. Vandekerckhove. Observed and modelled distributions of channel and gully heads - with examples from S.E. Spain and Belgium. Catena 50, 415-434.[PDF FILE]
  • 2002, L.J. Bull and M.J. Kirkby (Editors and co-authors of 1 chapter). Dryland Rivers, John Wiley, Chichester, 387pp.
  • 2002, T.J. Coulthard, M.G. Macklin and M.J. Kirkby, A cellular model of Holocene upland river basin and alluvial fan evolution. Earth Surface processes and Landforms.Volume 27, Issue 3, 2002. Pages: 269-288
  • 2002, Kirkby, M.J., L.J. Bracken (née Bull) and S.J. Reaney. The influence of Landuse, Soils and Topography on the delivery of hillslope runoff to channels in SE Spain. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 27(13), 1459-73. [PDF FILE]
  • 2002, M.J. Kirkby, R.J. Abrahart, J.C. Bathurst, C.G. Kilsby, M.L. McMahon, C.P. Osborne, J.B. Thornes and F.I. Woodward MEDRUSH, a basin scale physically-based model for forecasting runoff and sediment yield., Chapter 16 in Mediterranean Desertification: a mosaic of processes and responses, Eds. NA Geeson, CJ Brandt and JB Thornes, John Wiley, Chichester, p.203-227.
  • 2001, Schofield, R.V., D.S.G. Thomas and M.J. Kirkby. Causal processes of soil salinisation in Tunisia, Spain and Hungary. Land Degradation and Development, 12 (2), 163-181.
  • 2001, Kirkby, M.J. Modelling the interactions between soil surface properties and water erosion. (Modelisation des interactions entre caracteristiques superficielles des sols et erosion hydrique). Catena, 46, 89-102. [PDF FILE]
  • 2000, Kirkby, M.J.. Limits to Modelling in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. In Geocomputation (ed S. Openshaw & R.J. Abrahart), 365-77. [PDF FILE]
  • 2000, Kirkby, M.J., Y. Le Bissonais, T.J. Coulthard, J. Daroussin and M.L. McMahon. The development of Land Quality Indicators for Soil Degradation by Water Erosion. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 81, 125-36 [PDF FILE]
  • 2000, Kirkby, M.J. and L.J. Bull. Some factors controlling gully growth in fine grained sediments: A model applied to south-east Spain. Catena, 40 (2), 127-46. [PDF FILE]
  • 2000, Coulthard, T. J., M.J., Kirkby and M.G. Macklin. Modelling geomorphic response to environmental change in an upland catchment. Hydrological Processes 14, 2031-45.
  • 2000, Bull, L.J., M.J., Kirkby, J. Shannon and J.M. Hooke. The Variation in Estimated Discharge in Relation to the Location of Storm Cells in SE Spain. Catena. 38, 191-209
  • 1999, Kirkby, M.J.. Towards an understanding of varieties of fluvial form. In (ed. A.J. Miller & A. Gupta) Varieties of Fluvial Form. John Wiley, Chichester, p.507-14.
  • 1999: Kirkby, M.J. Translating models from hillslope (1ha) to catchment (1000 km2) scales. In Regionalization in Hydrology, (ed B. Diekkrüger, M.J. Kirkby & U. Schröder). IAHS Publication 254, 1-12
  • 1999, Coulthard, T. J., M.J. Kirkby and M. G. Macklin. Modelling the impacts of Holocene environmental change in an upland river catchment, using a cellular automaton approach. In A. Browne & T. J. Quine (eds) , Fluvial processes and environmental change. 31-46.
  • 1999, Kirkby, M.J. and M.L. McMahon. MEDRUSH and the CATSOP basin –the lessons learned. Catena, 37, 495-506.
  • 1998, Kirkby, M.J.. Modelling across scales: the MEDALUS family of models. . In Boardman, J. and Favis-Mortlock, D. (Eds) Modelling Soil Erosion by water, Springer, Berlin, p.161-73.
  • 1998. Maas, G.S., M.G. Macklin and M.J. Kirkby, 1998. Late Pleistocene and Holocene river development in Mediterranean steepland environments, south-west Crete, Greece: in Benito, G., Baker, V.R. and Gregory, K.J. (Eds), Paleohydrology and Environmental Change, John Wiley, Chichester, 153-166.
  • 1998. Coulthard, T.J., M.J. Kirkby and M.G. Macklin. Non-linearity and spatial resolution in a cellular automaton model of a small upland basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2(2-3), 257-264.
  • 1998. Leeder, M.L., T.Harris and M.J. Kirkby. Sediment supply and climate change: some implications for basin stratigraphy. Basin Research 10, 7-18.
  • 1998, Kirkby, M.J.. Landscape modelling at regional to continental scales. Process modelling and landform evolution (ed. St. Hergarten & H.J. Neugebauer), LNES 78, Springer Verlag, 189-208.
  • 1998 Kirkby, M.J.. Evaluation of plot runoff and erosion forecasts using the CSEP and MEDRUSH models. In Boardman, J. and Favis-Mortlock, D. (Eds) Modelling Soil Erosion by water, Springer, Berlin, p.33-42
  • 1997, Kirkby, M.J.. short (2000 words) contribution on ‘Landscape Modelling’ to Oxford Companion to the Earth, ed. P. Hancock, OUP.
  • 1997, Kirkby, M.J. and L.J. Bull: Gully processes and Modelling Progress in Physical Geography 21(3). 354-374.
  • 1997, Coulthard, T.J., M.J. Kirkby and M.G. Macklin. Modelling hydraulic, sediment transport and slope processes, at a catchment scale, using a cellular automaton approach. In Pascoe, R. T.(eds), Proceedings of the second annual conference: GeoComputation 97, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. pp. 309-318.
  • 1997, Kirkby, M.J., R. Abrahart, M.D. McMahon, (School of Geography, Univ of leeds, UK) J. Shao and J.B. Thornes (Dept of Geography, Kings College, London, UK). MEDALUS soil erosion models for global change. Geomorphology 24, 35-49.
  • 1997. Kirkby, M.J.. Tectonics in geomorphological models, in Process and form in Geomorphology (ed D.R. Stoddart). Routledge 121-44.
  • 1997. Kirkby, M.J.. TOPMODEL: a personal view. Hydrological processes 11, 1087-97.
  • 1996, Kirkby, M.J., A.J. Baird, S.M. Diamond, J.G. Lockwood, M.L. McMahon, P.L. Mitchell, J. Shao, J. E. Sheehy, J.B. Thornes and F.I Woodward. The MEDALUS slope catena model: a physically based process model for hydrology, ecology and land degradation interactions in. Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use (ed J.B. Thornes and J. Brandt), John Wiley, Chichester, 303-354.
  • 1996 Kirkby, M.J.. A role for theoretical models in Geomorphology ?, in The Scientific Nature of Geomorphology (ed B.L. Rhoads and C.E. Thorn), John Wiley, Chichester, 257-272.
  • 1996 Kirkby, M.J., A.C. Imeson & G. Bergkamp. Scaling up processes and models from the field plot to the watershed and regional areas. J. Soil & Water Conservation 51(5), 391-396
  • 1995. Kirkby, M.J.. A model for variations in solifluction rates with climate and topography, with implications for global change. Geografiska Annaler 77A, 269-278.
  • 1995. Kirkby, M.J.. Teaching Geomorphology using simulation models. proc IBG session, 1995, pp14-20.
  • 1995. Kirkby, M.J.. Modelling the links between vegetation and landforms. Geomorphology 13, 319-35.
  • 1995, Whelan, M.J., T.P. Burt and M.J. Kirkby. Predicting nitrate concentrations in small catchment streams. in Solute Modelling in Catchment Systems, John Wiley, 165-92.
  • 1995, Kirkby, M.J., P.E. Kneale, S.L. Lewis and R.T. Smith, Modelling the form and distribution of peat mires. in (J.M.R. Hughes & A.L. Heathwaite, Eds) Hydrology and hydrochemistry of British Wetlands ,John Wiley, 83-94.
  • 1995, Kirkby, M.J., A. Skellern and P.E. Kneale. Constructing a model to forecast the global distribution of peatlands resulting from climate change. Proc. British Hydrological Society 5th National Hydrology Symposium, Edinburgh, 5.29-5.34.
  • 1995, Kirkby, M.J. with R.S. Clymo & 10 others, Conclusions: directions for Research on Wetlands in britain. in (J.M.R. Hughes & A.L. Heathwaite, Eds) Hydrology and hydrochemistry of British Wetlands ,John Wiley, 468-78.
  • 1995, Kirkby, M.J. and N.J. Cox, A climatic index for soil erosion potential (CSEP) including seasonal and vegetation factors. Catena 25, 333-52.
  • 1995, Howard, A., M.J. Kirkby, Kneale, P.E. and McDonald, A.T. Modelling the growth of cyanobacteria (GrowSCUM). Hydrological Processes, 9, 809-820.
  • 1994, Kirkby, M.J.. Thresholds and instability in stream head hollows: a model of magnitude and frequency for wash processes. in (M.J. Kirkby, Ed) Process models and theoretical geomorphology. BGRG Symposium, John Wiley, 295-314.
  • 1993, Kirkby, M.J.. Chapters 1 and 9 in (K.J. Beven & M.J. Kirkby, Eds). Channel Network Hydrology., John Wiley.
  • 1992, Kirkby, M.J.. An erosion-limited hillslope evolution model. Catena Supplement 23, 157-187.
  • 1991, Kirkby, M.J.. Sediment travel distance as an experimental and model variable in particulate movement. Catena Supplement 19, 111-128.
  • 1991, de Ploey, J., M.J. Kirkby & F. Ahnert. Hillslope erosion by rainstorms - a magnitude-frequency analysis. Earth Surface Processes & Landforms 16, 399-409.
  • 1990, Kirkby, M.J.. The landscape viewed through models. Z. Geomorphologie, NF 79, 63-81
  • 1990, Kirkby, M.J.. A simulation model for desert runoff and erosion, in Erosion, Transport and deposition processes, ed D.E. Walling, A. Yair and S. Berkowicz, IAHS press, Wallingford, 87-104.
  • 1990, Kirkby, M.J.. A one-dimensional model for rill/inter-rill interactions, in Soil Erosion - Experiments and Models, ed. R. Bryan. Catena Verlag, Cremlingen, 133-45.
  • 1990, Kirkby, M.J., K. Atkinson and J.G. Lockwood. Aspect, vegetation cover and erosion on semi-arid hillslopes. in Vegetation and geomorphology, ed J. Thornes, John Wiley, 25-39.
  • 1989, Kirkby, M.J.. A model to estimate the impact of climate change on hillslope and regolith form. Catena 16, 321-41.
  • 1988, Kirkby, M.J.. The use of simulation models in teaching geomorphology and hydrology. J. Geography in Higher Education 12, 31-49.
  • 1988, Kirkby, M.J.. Hillslopes and Hollows, Nature 336 (No 6196).
  • 1988, Kirkby, M.J.. Hillslope runoff processes and models. J. Hydrology, 100, 315-39.
  • 1987, Kirkby, M.J.. The Hurst effect and its implications for extrapolating process rates. Earth Surface processes and Landforms, 12, 57-67.
  • 1987, Kirkby, M.J.. Modelling some influences of soil erosion, landslides and valley gradient on drainage density, Catena Supp 10, 1-14.
  • 1987, Kirkby, M.J.. General models of long-term slope evolution through mass movements, in Slope Stability, ed. M.G. Anderson and K.S. Richards, John Wiley, 359-79.
  • 1987, Kirkby, M.J. and R.H. Neale. A soil erosion model incorporating seasonal factors. International geomorphology, II, John Wiley, 289-210.
  • 1986, Kirkby, M.J.. Mathematical modelling of solutional development of landforms, in Solute processes, ed S.T. Trudgill, John Wiley, 439-95.
  • 1986, Kirkby, M.J.. A two-dimensional simulation model for slope and stream evolution, in Hillslope Processes, ed A.D. Abrahams, Allen and Unwin, 203-22.
  • 1986, Kirkby, M.J.. A runoff simulation model based on hillslope topography. in Scale problems in Hydrology: runoff generation and response, ed V.K. Gupta et al, Reidel, Dordrecht, 39-56.
  • 1986, Kirkby, M.J., A.V. Whyte and K.V. Flannery. The physical environment of the Guila Naquitz cave group. Guila Naquitz, Academic Press, 43-61.
  • 1985, Kirkby, M.J.. The basis for soil profile modelling in a geomorphic context. J. Soil Science 36, 97-121.
  • 1985, Kirkby, M.J.. Hillslope Hydrology, in Hydrological Forecasting, ed M.G. Anderson & T.P. Burt, John Wiley. 37-75.
  • 1985, Kirkby, M.J.. A model for the evolution of regolith-mantled slopes, in Models in geomorphology, ed M.J. Woldenburg, Allen & Unwin, 213-37.
  • 1985, Kirkby, M.J. and R.W. Crabtree. Ion-exchange resin samplers for the in-situ measurement of major cations in soil water flux. J. Hydrology, 80, 323-35.
  • 1984, Kirkby, M.J.. Modelling cliff development in S. Wales: Savigear re-viewed. Z. fur Geomorphologie, 2, 405-26.
  • 1984, Jenkins, A., M.J. Kirkby, A. MacDonald, P.S. Naden and D. Kay. A process-based model of faecal bacterial levels in upland catchments. Water Science Technology, 16, 453-62.
  • 1984, Beven, K.J., M.J. Kirkby, N. Schofield and A. Tagg. testing a physically-based flood forecasting model (TOPMODEL) for 3 UK catchments. J. Hydrology 69, 119-43.
  • 1980, Kirkby, M.J.. The stream head as a significant geomorphic threshold, in Thresholds in Geomorphology, ed J. Coates and J. Vitek, Allen and Unwin, 53-73.
  • 1979, Beven, K.J. and M.J. Kirkby, Towards a simple, physically based, variable contributing area model of catchment hydrology. Int Ass Hydrol Sci, Bull 24, 43-69.
  • 1978, Kirkby, M.J.. Maximum sediment efficiency as a criterion for alluvial channels. in River Channel Changes, ed K.J. Gregory, John Wiley, 429-42.
  • 1977, Kirkby, M.J.. Soil development models as a component of slope models. Earth Surface Processes, 2, 203-30.
  • 1977, Kirkby, M.J.. Land and water resources of the Deh Luran Plain. Studies in Archaeological History of the Deh Luran Plain, 9, Rice U, Dept of Anthropology, 251-88.
  • 1976, Kirkby, M.J.. Tests of the random network model, and its implications for basin hydrology. Earth Surface processes 1, 197-212.
  • 1976, Kirkby, M.J.. Hydrological slope models: the influence of climate., in Geomorphology and Climate, ed. E. Derbyshire, John Wiley.
  • 1976, Kirkby, M.J.. Deterministic continuous slope models. Z. fur Geomorphologie, Supp 25, 1-19.
  • 1976, Kirkby, A.V. and M.J. Kirkby. Geomorphic processes and the surface survey of Archaeological sites in semi-arid areas, in Geo-archaeology (ed M. Shackley & D. Davidson), Duckworth, 229-53.
  • 1975, Kirkby, M.J.. Hydrograph modelling strategies. in Processes in Physical and Human Geography, ed R. Peel, M. Chisholm & P. Haggett, Heinemann, 69-90.
  • 1975, Kirkby, M.J. and I. Statham. Surface stone movement and scree formation. J. Geology 83, 349-62.
  • 1974, Kirkby, A.V. and M.J. Kirkby. Surface wash at the semi-arid break in slope. Z. fur Geomorphologie, Supp 21, 151-76.
  • 1973, Kirkby, M.J.. Landslides and weathering rates. Geologia Aplicata e Idrogeologia, Bari, 8, 171-83.
  • 1972, Kirkby, M.J.. Nochixtlan: the Physical Environment, Vanderbilt Univ., Pub in Anthropology.
  • 1972, Kirkby, M.J.. Alluvial and non-alluvial meanders. Area, 4, 284-88.
  • 1972, Calver, A., M.J. Kirkby and D.R. Weyman, Modelling hillslope and channel flows, in Spatial analysis in Geomorphology, ed R.J. Chorley, Chap 4.7.
  • 1971, Kirkby, M.J.. Hillslope process-response models based on the continuity equation, Trans IBG, Special Pub 3, 15-30.
  • 1969, Kirkby, M.J. and R.J. Chorley. Erosion by water on hillslopes, in Water, Earth and Man, ed R.J. Chorley, Methuen, London
  • 1969, Kirkby, M.J. and A.V. Kirkby, Erosion and deposition on a beach raised by the 1964 earthquake, Montague Island, Alaska. USGS Prof Paper 543-H.
  • 1967, Kirkby, M.J.. Measurement and theory of Soil Creep. J. Geology, 75, 359-78.

Books

  • 2004 D.J Evans and M.J. Kirkby (Ed): Critical Concepts in Geomorphology, Vol. 2 – Hillslope Geomorphology. Taylor and Francis, London, 646pp.
  • 2002, L.J. Bull and M.J. Kirkby (Ed), Dryland Rivers. John Wiley
  • 1994, Kirkby, M.J. (Ed) Process models and theoretical geomorphology. BGRG Symposium, John Wiley
  • 1993, K.J. Beven and M.J. Kirkby (Ed): Channel Network Hydrology, John Wiley
  • 1986, 1993 (2nd Edition): Kirkby, M.J., P.S. Naden, T.P. Burt & D.P. Butcher. Computer Simulation in Physical Geography
  • 1978, Kirkby, M.J. and R.P.C. Morgan (Ed) Soil Erosion, John Wiley
    also translated into Spanish
  • 1976, Kirkby, M.J. (Ed) Hillslope Hydrology, John Wiley
    also translated into Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish
  • 1975, and 2nd edition A.G. Wilson and M.J. Kirkby: Mathematics for geographers and Planners, OUP
  • 1972, M.A. Carson and M.J. Kirkby. Hillslope Form & Process, CUP.
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