2011 –2012 : 2012 Development of coastal erosion/landsliding field laboratory at Aldbrough, Holderness. Includes downhole instrumentation (digital piezometers, inclinometers) and weather station [Project Leader].
2009 –2012 : 2010 – 2011 Development of BGS ‘Centre of Excellence’ for Physical Properties: Commissioning and testing of MTS 815 Rock Mechanics testing system. Development of equipment handling facilities for Triaxial cell and UCS test assembly [Co-instigator].
1999 –2012 : Coastal cliff recession
1999 –2012 : Surveying using terrestrial LiDAR & dGPS
1987 –1995 : Geotechnical properties of tropical red clay soils
1985 –2012 : Aerial photography using RPV's
1985 –2012 : Swell/shrink of clays, laboratory research, equipment development
1982 –2012 : Geotechnical equipment development
1977 –2012 : Laboratory testing of engineering soils
1977 –2012 : Laboratory testing of rocks
1977 –2012 : Landslide investigation, mapping, research
1977 –1992 : Marine geotechnics

Published outputs

NERC Open Research Archive — Peter Hobbs
Foster, C.; Reeves, H.J.; Pennington, C.; Hobbs, P.R.N.; Culshaw, M.G.; Plim, J.; Smith, J.T.; MacCulloch, F.; Queen, G.; Winter, M.G.. 2012 Landslide hazard assessment and characterisation for forestry asset management in Great Britain. In: Eberhart, E., (ed.) Landslides and Engineered Slopes : Protecting Society through Improved Understanding. CRC Press, 6pp.
Lee, J.R., Pennington, C.V.L. and Hobbs, P.R.N. (2011) “Trimingham: structural architecture of the Cromer Ridge Push Moraine complex and controls for landslide geohazards” In: Phillips, E., Lee, J.R.; Evans, H.M (eds.) Glacitectonics: field guide. Quaternary Research Association, pp218-227. (QRA field guides).
Dijkstra, T.A., Chandler, J.H., Wackrow, R., Meng, X.M., Ma, D.T., Gibson, A., Whitworth, M., Foster, C., Lee, K., Hobbs, P.R.N., Reeves, H.J. & Wasowski, J. (2011) “Geomorphic controls and debris flows – The 2010 Zhouqu disaster, China” 11th Int & 2nd North American Symp. on Landslides (ISL-NASL) Conf. 2012.
Busby, J.P.; Entwisle, D.; Hobbs, P.; Jackson, P.; Johnson, N.; Lawley, R.; Linley, K.; Mayr, T.; Palmer, R.; Raines, M.; Reeves, H.; Tucker, S.; Zawadzka, J.. 2012 A GIS for the planning of electrical earthing. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 45 (3). 379-390. 10.1144/1470-9236/11-023
Hobbs, P.; Gibson, A.; Jones, L.; Poulton, C.; Jenkins, G.; Pearson, S.; Freeborough, K.. 2010 Monitoring coastal change using terrestrial LiDAR. In: Fleming, Claire; Marsh, Stuart; Giles, Jeremy, (eds.) Elevation models for geoscience. Geological Society of London, 117-127. (Geological Society Special Publications, 345).
Hobbs, P.R.N., Kirkham, M. P. & Jones, L.D. (2012) SHRINKiT test results: 2008-2012. British Geological Survey Internal Report IR/12/052.
Hobbs, P.R.N., Entwisle, D.C., Northmore, K.J., Jones, L.D., Reeves, H., Self, S., Slater, M. (2008) Engineering geology of London. British Geological Survey, Report No. OR/08/062.
Barron, A.J.M.; Sheppard, T.H.; Gallois, R.W.; Hobbs, P.R.N.; Smith, N.J.P.. 2011 Geology of the Bath district : a brief explanation of the geological map sheet 265 Bath. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 35pp. (Explanation (England & Wales Sheet) British Geological Survey, 265).
Hobbs, P.R.N.; Entwisle, D.C.; Northmore, K.J.; Sumbler, M.G.; Jones, L.D.; Kemp, S.; Self, S.; Barron, M.; Meakin, J.L.. 2012 Engineering geology of British rocks and soils : Lias Group. British Geological Survey, 323pp. (OR/12/032)
Hobbs, P.R.N., Jones, L.D., Roberts, P. & Haslam, E. (2010) SHRINKiT: Automated measurement of shrinkage limit for clay soils. British Geological Survey Internal Report IR/10/077.
Hobbs, P.R.N.; Pennington, C.V.L.; Pearson, S.G.; Jones, L.D.; Foster, C.; Lee, J.R.; Gibson, A.. 2008 Slope dynamics project report : Norfolk Coast (2000 - 2006). Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 166pp. (OR/08/018) (Unpublished)
Reeves, G.M., Sims, I., & Cripps, J.C. (eds.) (2006) Clay Materials Used in Construction. The Geological Society, Engineering Geology Special Publication. No. 21. [Hobbs, P. contributed Chapter 6, and parts of Chapter 4 & Appendix]

Key papers

Northmore, K.J.; Entwisle, D.C.; Reeves, H.J.; Hobbs, P.R.N.; Culshaw, M.G.. 2011 The relevance of lithostratigraphy in the assessment and investigation of engineering ground conditions in UK mudstones = la pertinence du lithostratigraphy dans l'evaluation et la recherche sur les conditions au sol de technologie en argilite UK. In: 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ECSMGE, Athens, Greece, 12-15 Sept 2011.

Hart, A.B., Ruse, M.E., Hobbs, P.R.N., Efthymiou, M., Khadjicharalambous, K. (2010) “Landslide activity in Paphos District, Cyprus”. IAEG 2010.

Hobbs, Peter; Gibson, Andrew; Koor, N.P.; Rees, John; Price, Simon James; Harrison, Matthew; Jones, Lee; Garcia-Bajo, Marieta; Culshaw, Martin. 2008 Improved modelling and communication of urban risks : case studies from the United Kingdom and South-East Asia. In: European econference of the International Association for Engineering geology, Madrid, Spain, 15-20 Sept 2008.

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Magazines

Hobbs, P.R.N. (2008) Coastal cliff monitoring. Geoconnexions UK, Vol. 6, Issue 3, June/July 2008.
Pennington, C.V.L. & Hobbs, P.R.N. (2008) Coastal surveying techniques: case study at Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK. GeoInformatics Magazine, Vol 6, Sep 2008.