Peer-reviewed journals

66. Jensen, E.K., J.R. Moore, P.R. Geimer, and R. Finnegan (2024). Combined Ambient Vibration and Surface Displacement Measurements for Improved Progressive Failure Monitoring at a Toppling Rock Slab in Utah, USA, Frontiers in Earth Science, 12:1364653. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1364653.

65. Smith, A., M. Fox, J.R. Moore, S.R. Miller, L. Goren, M.C. Morriss, and A. Carter (2024). One Million Years of Climate-Driven Rock Uplift Rate Variation on the Wasatch Fault Revealed by Fluvial Topography, American Journal of Science, 324(1), doi: 10.2475/001c.92194.

64. Morriss, M.C., B. Lehmann, B. Campforts, G. Brencher, B. Rick, L. Anderson, A. Handwerger, I. Overeem, and J.R. Moore (2023). Alpine Hillslope Failure in the Western US: Insights from the Chaos Canyon Landslide, Rocky Mountain National Park USA, Earth Surface Dynamics, 11(6), 1251–1274.

63. Jensen, E.K. and J.R. Moore (2023). Coevolution of Rock Slope Instability Damage and Resonance Frequencies From Distinct-Element Modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 128(11), e2023JF007305.

62. Dzubay, A., J.R. Moore, R. Finnegan, E.K. Jensen, P.R. Geimer, and K.D. Koper (2022). Rotational Components of Normal Modes Measured at a Natural Sandstone Tower (Kane Springs Canyon, Utah, U.S.A.), The Seismic Record, 2(4), 260–268.

61. Finnegan, R., J.R. Moore, and P.R. Geimer (2022). Contribution of Anthropogenic Vibration Sources to Crack Growth in Natural Rock Arches, Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:1035652. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.1035652.

60. Geimer, P.R., R. Finnegan, and J.R. Moore (2022). Meteorological Controls on Reversible Resonance Changes in Natural Rock Arches, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 127(10), e2022JF006734.

59. Mitchell, A., K.E. Allstadt, D. George, J. Aaron, S. McDougall, J.R. Moore, and B. Menounous (2022). Insights on Multi-stage Rock Avalanche Behavior from Runout Modeling Constrained by Seismic Inversions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 127(10), e2021JB023444.

58. Bessette-Kirton, E.K., J.R. Moore, P.R. Geimer, R. Finnegan, M. Häusler, and A. Dzubay (2022). Structural Characterization of a Toppling Rock Slab from Array-based Ambient Vibration Measurements and Numerical Modal Analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 127(8), e2022JF006679.

57. Finnegan, R., J.R. Moore, P.R. Geimer, E.K. Bessette-Kirton, and A. Dzubay (2022). Ground Motion Amplification at Natural Rock Arches in the Colorado Plateau, The Seismic Record, 2(3), 156–166.

56. Finnegan, R., J.R. Moore, P.R. Geimer, A. Dzubay, E.K. Bessette-Kirton, J. Bodtker, and K. Vollinger (2022). Ambient Vibration Modal Analysis of Natural Rock Towers and Fins, Seismological Research Letters, 93(3), 1777–1786.

55. Weber, S., J. Beutel, M. Häusler, P.R. Geimer, D. Fäh, and J.R. Moore (2022). Spectral Amplification of Ground Motion Linked to Resonance of Large-Scale Mountain Landforms, Earth and Planetary Surface Letters, 578, 117295.

54. Finnegan, R., J.R. Moore, and P.R. Geimer (2021). Vibration of Natural Rock Arches and Towers Excited by Helicopter-Sourced Infrasound, Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(6), 1459–1479.

53. Häusler, M. P.R. Geimer, R. Finnegan, D. Fäh, and J.R. Moore (2021). An Update on Techniques to Assess Normal-Mode Behavior of Rock Arches by Ambient Vibrations, Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(6), 1441–1457.

52. Verdian, J.P., L.S. Sklar, C.S. Riebe, and J.R. Moore (2021). Sediment Size on Talus Slopes Correlates with Fracture Spacing on Bedrock Cliffs: Implications for Predicting Initial Sediment Size Distributions on Hillslopes, Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(4), 1073–1090.

51. Stanczyk, A., J.R. Moore, O. Steinemann, B.J. Quirk, M. Christl, and S. Ivy-Ochs (2021). Transformation of High-Relief Canyon Topography by an Ancient Rock Avalanche, Hop Valley, Zion National Park, Utah, The Holocene, 31(5), 720-731.

50. Grämiger, L.M., J.R. Moore, V.S. Gischig, S. Loew, M. Funk, and P. Limpach (2020). Hydromechanical Rock Slope Damage during Late Pleistocene and Holocene Glacial Cycles in an Alpine Valley, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 125(8), e2019JF005494.

49. Quirk, B.J., D.P. Fernandez, G.N. Mackey, A. Armstrong, and J.R. Moore (2020). Speleothem and Glacier Records of Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Climate Change in the Western North American Interior, Journal of Quaternary Science, 35(6), 776–790.

48. Quirk, B.J., J.R. Moore, B.J.C. Laabs, M.W. Caffee, and M.A. Plummer (2020). Late Pleistocene Glacial and Climate History of the Wasatch Range, Utah, Quaternary Science Reviews, 238, 106313.

47. Moore, J.R., P.R. Geimer, R. Finnegan, and J. Bodtker (2020). Between a Beam and Catenary: Influence of Geometry on Gravitational Stresses and Stability of Natural Rock Arches, Geomorphology, 364, 107244. [Preprint]

46. Geimer, P.R., R. Finnegan, and J.R. Moore (2020). Sparse Ambient Resonance Measurements Reveal Dynamic Properties of Freestanding Rock Arches, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087239, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087239. [Data], [Preprint]

45. Pedersen, P., J.R. Moore, B.J. Quirk, R.E. Giraud, and G.N. McDonald (2020). Characterization and Dynamic Analysis of the Devils Castle Rock Avalanche, Alta, Utah, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 26(2), 201-215.

44. Moore, J.R., P.R. Geimer, R. Finnegan, and C. Michel (2019). Dynamic Analysis of a Large Freestanding Rock Tower (Castleton Tower, Utah, USA), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 109(5), 2125-2131, doi: 10.1785/0120190118.

43. Grämiger, L.M., J.R. Moore, V.S. Gischig, and S. Loew (2018). Thermomechanical Stresses Drive Damage of Alpine Valley Rock Walls During Repeat Glacial Cycles, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 123, doi: 10.1029/2018JF004626.

42. Moore, J.R., P.R. Geimer, R. Finnegan, and M.S. Thorne (2018). Use of Seismic Resonance Measurements to Determine the Elastic Modulus of Freestanding Rock Masses, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51(12), 3937-3944, doi: 10.1007/s00603-018-1554-6.

41. Quirk, B.J., J.R. Moore, B.J.C. Laabs, M.W. Caffee, and M.A. Plummer (2018). Termination II, Last Glacial Maximum, and Lateglacial Chronologies and Paleoclimate from Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, GSA Bulletin, 130, 1889-1902, doi: 10.1130/B31967.1.

40. Köpfli, P., L.M. Grämiger, J.R. Moore, C. Vockenhuber, and S. Ivy-Ochs (2018). The Oeschinensee Rock Avalanche, Bernese Alps, Switzerland: a Co-Seismic Failure 2300 Years Ago? Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 111, 205-219, doi: 10.1007/s00015-017-0293-0. [available]

39. Leith, K., M. Fox, and J.R. Moore (2018). Signatures of Late Pleistocene Fluvial Incision in the Alpine Landscape, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 483, 13-28.

38. Burjanek, J., V.S. Gischig, J.R. Moore, and D. Fäh (2017). Ambient Vibration Characterization and Monitoring of a Rock Slope Close to Collapse, Geophysical Journal International, 212, 297-310.

37. Grämiger, L.M., J.R. Moore, V.S. Gischig, S. Ivy-Ochs, and S. Loew (2017). Beyond Debuttressing: Mechanics of Paraglacial Rock Slope Damage During Repeat Glacial Cycles, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 122, doi: 10.1002/2016JF003967.

36. Moore, J.R., K.L. Pankow, S.R. Ford, K.D. Koper, J.M. Hale, J. Aaron, and C.F. Larsen (2017). Dynamics of the Bingham Canyon Rock Avalanches (Utah, USA) Resolved from Topographic, Seismic, and Infrasound Data, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JF004036. [Runout animations: slide 1, slide 2]

35. Aaron, J., S. McDougall, J.R. Moore, J.A. Coe, and O. Hungr (2017). The Role of Initial Coherence and Path Materials in the Dynamics of Three Rock Avalanche Case Histories, Geoenvironmental Disasters, 4:5, doi: 10.1186/s40677-017-0070-4.

34. Moore, J.R., M.S. Thorne, K.D. Koper, J.R. Wood, K. Goddard, R. Burlacu, S. Doyle, E. Stanfield, and B. White (2016). Anthropogenic Sources Stimulate Resonance of a Natural Rock Bridge, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070088. [Data]

33. Grämiger, L.M., J.R. Moore, C. Vockenhuber, J. Aaron, I. Hajdas, and S. Ivy-Ochs (2016). Two Early Holocene Rock Avalanches in the Bernese Alps (Rinderhorn, Switzerland), Geomorphology, 268, 207-221.

32. Castleton, J., J.R. Moore, J. Aaron, M. Christl, and S. Ivy-Ochs (2016). Dynamics and Legacy of 4.8 ka Rock Avalanche that Dammed Zion Canyon, Utah, GSA Today, 26(6), 4-9. [Supplementary data and animations]

31. Dammeier, F., J.R. Moore, F. Haslinger, and S. Loew (2016). Automatic Detection of Alpine Rockslides in Continuous Seismic Data Using Hidden Markov Models, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JF003647.

30. Dammeier, F., A. Guilhem, J.R. Moore, F. Haslinger, and S. Loew (2015). Moment Tensor Analysis of Rockslide Seismic Signals, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(6), 3001-3014.

29. Starr, A.M., J.R. Moore, M.S. Thorne (2015). Ambient Resonance of Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064917. [Data]

28. Gischig, V.S, E. Eberhardt, J.R. Moore, and O. Hungr (2015). On the Seismic Response of Deep-Seated Rock Slope Instabilities — Insights from Numerical Modeling, Engineering Geology, 193, 1-18.

27. Nagelisen, J., J.R. Moore, C. Vockenhuber, and S. Ivy-Ochs (2015). Post-Glacial Rock Avalanches in the Obersee Valley, Glarner Alps, Switzerland, Geomorphology, 238, 94-111.

26. Krautblatter, M. and J.R. Moore (2014). Rock Slope Instability and Erosion: Toward Improved Process Understanding, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39, 1273–1278.

25. Leith, K., J.R. Moore, F. Amann, and S. Loew (2014). Subglacial Extensional Fracture Development and Implications for Alpine Valley Evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 1-20, doi: 10.1002/2012JF002691.

24. Leith, K., J.R. Moore, F. Amann, and S. Loew (2014). In Situ Stress Control on Micro-Crack Generation and Macroscopic Extensional Fracture in Exhuming Bedrock, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 1-22, doi: 10.1002/2012JB009801.

23. Pankow, K.L., J.R. Moore, J.M. Hale, K.D. Koper, T. Kubacki, K.M. Whidden, and M.K. McCarter (2014). Massive Landslide at Utah Copper Mine Generates Wealth of Geophysical Data, GSA Today, 24(1), 4-9, doi: 10.1130/GSATG191A.1.

22. Moore, J.R., J. Egloff, J. Nagelisen, M. Hunziker, U. Aerne, and M. Christen (2013). Sediment Transport and Bedrock Erosion by Wet Snow Avalanches in the Guggigraben, Matter Valley, Switzerland, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 45(3), 350-362.

21. Ziegler, M., S. Loew, and J.R. Moore (2013). Distribution and Inferred Age of Exfoliation Joints in the Aar Granite of the Central Swiss Alps and Relationship to Quaternary Landscape Evolution, Geomorphology, 201, 344-362.

20. Sanders, J.W., K.M. Cuffey, J.R. Moore, K.R. MacGregor, and J.L. Kavanaugh (2012). Periglacial Weathering and Headwall Erosion in Cirque Glacier Bergschrunds, Geology, 40(9), 779-782.

19. Fäh, D., J.R. Moore, et al. (2012). Coupled Seismogenic Geohazards in Alpine Regions, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 53, 485-508.

18. Burjanek, J., J.R. Moore, F.X. Yugsi-Molina, and D. Faeh (2012). Instrumental Evidence of Normal Mode Rock Slope Vibration, Geophysical Journal International, 188(2), 559-569.

17. Dammeier, F., J.R. Moore, F. Haslinger, and S. Loew (2011). Characterization of Alpine Rockslides using Statistical Analysis of Seismic Signals, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F04024, doi:10.1029/2011JF002037.

16. Gischig, V.S., J.R. Moore, K.F. Evans, F. Amann, and S. Loew (2011). Thermomechanical Forcing of Deep Rock Slope Deformation – Part 1: Conceptual Study of a Simplified Slope, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F04010, doi:10.1029/2011JF002006.

15. Gischig, V.S., J.R. Moore, K.F. Evans, F. Amann, and S. Loew (2011). Thermomechanical Forcing of Deep Rock Slope Deformation – Part 2: The Randa Rock Slope Instability, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F04011, doi:10.1029/2011JF002007.

14. Moore, J.R., V. Gischig, J. Burjanek, S. Loew, and D. Fäh (2011). Site Effects in Unstable Rock Slopes: Dynamic Behavior of the Randa Instability (Switzerland), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(6), 3110-3116.

13. Moore, J.R., V. Gischig, M. Katterbach, and S. Loew (2011). Air Circulation in Deep Fractures and the Temperature Field of an Alpine Rock Slope, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(15), 1985-1996. [pdf]

12. Moore, J.R., A. Boleve, J.W. Sanders, and S.D. Glaser (2011). Self-Potential Investigation of Moraine Dam Seepage, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 74(4), 277-286.

11. Gischig, V., F. Amann, J.R. Moore, S. Loew, H. Eisenbeiss, and W. Stempfhuber (2011). Composite Rock Slope Kinematics at the Current Randa Instability, Switzerland, Based on Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling, Engineering Geology, 118(1-2), 37-53.

10. Mancio, M., J.R. Moore, Z. Brooks, P.J.M. Monteiro, and S.D. Glaser (2010). Instantaneous In-Situ Determination of W/C Ratio of Fresh Concrete, ACI Materials Journal, 107(6), 587-593.

9. Fischer, L., F. Amann, J.R. Moore, and C. Huggel (2010). Assessment of Periglacial Slope Stability for the 1988 Tschierva Rock Avalanche (Piz Morteratsch, Switzerland), Engineering Geology, 116(1-2), 32-43.

8. Moore, J.R., V. Gischig, E. Button, and S. Loew (2010). Rockslide Deformation Monitoring with Fiber Optic Strain Sensors, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 10(2), 191-201.

7. Burjanek, J., Stamm, G., Poggi, V., Moore, J.R., and Faeh, D. (2010). Ambient Vibration Analysis of an Unstable Mountain Slope, Geophysical Journal International, 180(2), 820-828.

6. Gischig, V., S. Loew, A. Kos, J.R. Moore, H. Raetzo, and F. Lemy. (2009). Identification of Active Release Planes using Ground-Based Differential InSAR at the Randa Rock Slope Instability, Switzerland, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9(6), 2027-2038.

5. Moore, J.R., J.W. Sanders, W.E. Dietrich, and S.D. Glaser (2009). Influence of Rock Mass Strength on the Erosion Rate of Alpine Cliffs, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(10), 1339-1352.

4. To, A.C., J.R. Moore, and S.D. Glaser (2009). Wavelet Denoising Techniques with Applications to Experimental Geophysical Data, Signal Processing, 89(2), 144-160.

3. Moore, J.R. and S.D. Glaser. (2007). Self-Potential Observations During Hydraulic Fracturing, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B02204, doi:10.1029/2006JB004373.

2. Moore, J.R., S.D. Glaser, H.F. Morrison, and G.M. Hoversten (2004). The Streaming Potential of Liquid Carbon Dioxide in Berea Sandstone, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17610, doi:10.1029/2004GL020774.

1. Cutler, K.B., S.C. Gray, G.S. Burr, R.L. Edwards, F.W. Taylor, G. Cabioch, J.W. Beck, H. Cheng, and J. Moore (2004). Radiocarbon Calibration and Comparison to 50kYr BP with Paired 14C and 230Th Dating of Corals from Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, Radiocarbon, 46(3), 1127-1160.

 

Refereed proceedings, chapters and reports

• Stanczyk, A., J.R. Moore, B.J. Quirk, and J. Castleton (2019). Paradise from Cataclysm: Zion Canyon’s Sentinel Landslide, Geosites, Vol. 1(1), 1-9, doi: 10.31711/geosites.v1i1.65. [pdf]

• Moore, J.R. (2018). Rainbow Bridge vibration risk assessment: Ambient vibration testing and computer modeling results for Rainbow Bridge, Natural Resource Report. NPS/RABR/NRR—2018/1617. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. [NPS data store]

• Moore, J.R., P. Geimer, and M.S. Thorne (2017). Estimating Rock Mass Elastic Modulus from Seismic Resonance Measurements, Proceedings, 51st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA. [pdf]

• Loew, S., Gischig, V., Flueer, F., Seifert, R., and Moore, J.R. (2016). Multidisciplinary Monitoring of Progressive Failure Processes in Brittle Rock Slopes, In X.-T. Feng ed.: Rock Mechanics & Engineering, Vol. 4: Inegrated Engineering Monitoring and Analysis, CRC Press, Leiden, Netherlands.

• Cook, S., Heckmann, T., Swift, D.A., Moore, J.R., Gaertner-Roer, I., and Korup, O. (2014). Ice and Snow as Landforming Agents, In: Haeberli, W. and Whiteman, C. eds.: Snow and Ice Related Hazards, Risks and Disasters, Elsevier.

• Loew, S., Gischig, V., Willenberg, H., Alpiger, A., and Moore, J.R. (2012). Randa: Kinematics and Driving Mechanisms of a Large Complex Rockslide, In: Clague, J.J. and Stead, D. eds.: Landslides: Types, Mechanisms and Modeling. Cambridge University Press.

• Moore, J.R., V. Gischig, J. Burjanek, F. Amann, and M. Hunziker (2012). Earthquake-Triggered Rock Slope Failures: Damage and Site Effects, Proceedings 11th International & 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides, Banff, BC. [pdf]
• Loew, S., V. Gischig, J.R. Moore, and A. Keller-Signer (2012). Monitoring of Potentially Catastrophic Rockslides, Proceedings 11th International & 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides, Banff, BC.
• Burjanek, J., J.R. Moore, Gassner-Stamm, and D. Fäh (2011). Seismic Response of Unstable Mountain Rock Slopes: Topographic Site Effects?, Proceedings, 4th IASPEI / IAEE International Symposium: Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Santa Barbara, CA.
• Leith, K., F. Amann, J.R. Moore, A. Kos, and S. Loew (2010). Conceptual Modelling of Near-Surface Extensional Fracture in the Matter and Saas Valleys, Switzerland, Proceedings, International Association for Engineering Geology Congress, Auckland, NZ.
• Gischig, V., J.R. Moore, K.F. Evans, and S. Loew (2010). Seasonal Changes of Rock Mass Deformation Rate due to Thermal Effects at the Randa Rock Slope Instability, Switzerland, Proceedings, International Association for Engineering Geology Congress, Auckland, NZ.
• Cuevas, N.H., J.W. Rector, J.R. Moore, and S.D. Glaser (2009). Electrokinetic coupling in hydraulic fracture propagation. SEG Annual Meeting.
• Moore, J.R., J.W. Sanders, R. Haught, K.M. Cuffey, and S.D. Glaser (2007). Seismic Monitoring of Rockfall, Helmet Mountain, British Columbia, Canada, Proceedings, 1st Canada-U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium.