Professor Tony Parsons

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Refereed Journals in print

• Bateman, M.D., Bryant, R.G., Livingstone, I., Foster, I. and Parsons, A J. (2012, in press). On the formation of sand-ramps; a case study from the Mojave Desert. Geomorphology.
  doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.04.004
• Okin, G.S., Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Herrick, J.E., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Peters, D.C. and Fredrickson, E.L. (2009). Do changes in connectivity explain desertification? BioScience, 59(3), 237-244.
  doi:10.1525/bio.2009.59.3.8
• Michaelides, K., Lister, D., Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (2009). Vegetation controls on small-scale runoff and erosion dynamics in a degrading dryland environment. Hydrological Processes, 23(11), 1617-1630.
  doi:10.1002/hyp.7293
• Müller, E.N., Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (2008). Spatial variability of soil and nutrient parameters within grasslands and shrublands of a semi-arid environment, Jornada Basin, New Mexico. Ecohydrology, 1, 3-12.
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J., Müller, E.N., Brazier, R., Powell, D.M. and Fenti, B. (2008). A transport-distance approach to scaling erosion rates: 1. background and model development. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(5), 813-826.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1624
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J., Müller, E.N., Brazier, R., Powell, D.M. and Fenti, B. (2008). A transport-distance approach to scaling erosion rates: 2. sensitivity and evaluation of MAHLERAN. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(6), 962-984.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1623
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J., Müller, E.N., Brazier, R., Powell, D.M. and Fenti, B. (2008). A transport-distance approach to scaling erosion rates: evaluationg scaling characteristics of MAHLERAN. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(7), 1113-1128.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1622
• Powell, D.M., Brazier, R.E., Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J. and Nichols, M.N. (2007). Sediment transfer and storage in dryland headwater streams. Geomorphology, 88(1-2), 152-166.
  doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.11.001
• Brazier, R.E., Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Powell, D.M. and Schlesinger, W.H. (2007). Upscaling understanding of nutrient dynamics associated with overland flow in semi-arid environments. Biogeochemistry, 82(3), 265-278.
  doi:10.1007/s10533-007-9070-x
• Müller, E.N., Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (2007). The stability of vegetation boundaries and the propagation of desertification in the American Southwest: A modelling approach. Ecological Modelling, 208(2-4), 91-101.
  doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.010
• Müller, E.N., Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (2007). Impact of connectivity on the modeling of overland flow within semiarid shrubland environments. Water Resources Research, 43, W09412
  doi:10.1029/2006WR005006
  
• Gregory, K.J., Benito, G., Dikau, R., Golosov, V., Johnstone, E.C., Jones, J.A.A., Macklin, M.G., Parsons, A.J., Passmore, D.G., Poesen, J., Soja, R., Starkel, L., Thorndycraft, V.R. and Walling, D.E. (2006). Past hydrological events and global change. Hydrological Processes, 20(1), 199-204.
  doi:10.1002/hyp.6105
• Rango, A. Tartowski, S.L. Laliberte, A. Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (2006). Islands of hydrologically enhanced biotic productivity in natural and managed arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments, 65(2), 235-252.
  doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.09.002
• Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright J. (2006). Depth distribution of interrill overland flow and the formation of rills. Hydrological Processes, 20(7), 1511-1523.
  doi:10.1002/hyp.5941
• Parsons, A.J. (2006). Whither Geomorphology (re-)revisited. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(12), 1595-96.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1444
• Parsons, A.J., Brazier, R.E., Wainwright, J. and Powell, D.M. (2006). Scale relationships in hillslope runoff and erosion. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(11), 1384-1393.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1345
• Powell, D.M., Brazier, R.E., Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and M. Nichols. (2006). Spatial patterns of scour and fill in dryland sand bed streams. Water Resources Research, 42, W08412.
  doi:10.1029/2005WR004516
• Parsons, A.J. and Stone, P.M. (2006). Effects of intra-storm variations in rainfall intensity on interrill runoff and erosion. Catena, 67(1), 68-78.
  doi:10.1016/j.catena.2006.03.002
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Brazier, R.E. and Powell, D.M. (2006). Is sediment delivery a fallacy? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(10), 1325-28.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1395
• Powell, D.M., Brazier, R.E., Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Kaduk, J. (2005). Streambed scour and fill in low-order dryland channels. Water Resources Research, 41, W05019.
  doi:10.1029/2004WR003662
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Powell, D.M., Kaduk, J. Brazier, R.E. (2004). A conceptual model for determining soil erosion by water. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29(10), 1293-1302.
  doi:10.1002/esp.1096
• Tate, N.J., Parsons, A.J. and Powell, D.M. (2004). Classics in physical geography revisited. Strahler, A.N. 1954: Statistical analysis in geomorphic research. Journal of Geology, 62, 1-25. Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 125-129.
  doi:10.1191/0309133304pp404xx
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Schlesinger, W.H. and Abrahams A.D. (2003). The role of overland flow in sediment and nitrogen budgets of mesquite dunefields, southern New Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments, 53(1), 61-71.
  doi:10.1006/jare.2002.1021
• Boardman, J., Parsons, A.J., Holland, R., Holmes, P.J. and Washington, R. (2003). Development of badlands and gullies in the Sneeuberg, Great Karoo, South Africa. Catena, 50(2-4), 165-184.
  doi:10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00144-3
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (2003). Disposition of rainwater under creosotebush. Hydrological Processes, 17(13), 2555-2566.
  doi:10.1002/hyp.1272
• Holmes, P.J., Boardman, J., Parsons, A.J. and Marker, M.E. (2003). Geomorphic palaeoenvironments of the Sneeuberg Range, Great Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18(8), 801-813.
  doi:10.1002/jqs.799
• Wainwright, J. Parsons, A.J. and Schlesinger, W.H. (2002). Hydrology-vegetation interactions in areas of discontinuous flow on a semi-arid bajada, southern New Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments, 51(3), 319-338.
  doi:10.1006/jare.2002.0970
• Wainwright J and Parsons, A.J. (2002). The effect of temporal variations in rainfall on scale dependency in runoff coefficients. Water Resources Research, 38(12), 1271.
  doi:10.1029/2000WR000188
• Parsons, A.J. and Gadian, A.M. (2000). Uncertainty in modelling the detachment of soil by rainfall. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25(7), 723-728.
  doi:10.1002/1096-9837(200007)25:7<723::AID-ESP127>3.0.CO;2-X
• Favis-Mortlock, D.T., Boardman, J., Parsons, A.J. and Lascelles, B. (2000). Emergence and erosion: a model for rill initiation and development. Hydrological Processes, 14(11-12), 2173-2205.
  doi:10.1002/1099-1085(20000815/30)14:11/12<2173::AID-HYP61>3.0.CO;2-6
• Lascelles, B., Favis-Morlock, D.T., Parsons, A.J. and Boardman, J. (2000). Automated digital photogrammetry: a valuable tool for small-scale geomorphological research for the non-photogrammetrist? Transactions in GIS, 6(1), 5-15.
  doi:10.1111/1467-9671.00091
• Lascelles, B., Favis-Mortlock, D.T. Parsons, A.J. and Guerra, A.J.T. (2000). Spatial and temporal variation in two rainfall simulators: implications for spatially explicit soil erosion modelling. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25(7), 709-721.
  doi:10.1002/1096-9837(200007)25:7<709::AID-ESP126>3.0.CO;2-K
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams A.D. (2000). Plot-scale studies of vegetation, overland flow and erosion interactions: case studies from Arizona and New Mexico. Hydrological Processes, 14(16-17), 2921-2943.
  doi:10.1002/1099-1085(200011/12)14:16/17<2921::AID-HYP127>3.0.CO;2-7
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J., Abrahams, A.D. and Stone, P. (1999). Transmission losses in rills on dryland hillslopes. Hydrological Processes, 13(17), 2897-2905.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2897::AID-HYP905>3.0.CO;2-B
• Schlesinger, W.E., Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1999). Nutrient losses in runoff from grassland and shrubland habitats in southern New Mexico. Biogeochemistry, 45(1), 21-34.
  doi:10.1007/BF00992871
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams A.D. (1999). Rainfall energy under creosotebush. Journal of Arid Environments, 43(2), 111-120.
  doi:10.1006/jare.1999.0540
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams A.D. (1999). Field and computer simulation experiments on the formation of desert pavement. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24(11), 1025-1037.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199910)24:11<1025::AID-ESP28>3.0.CO;2-3
• Parsons, A.J., Stromberg, S.G.L. and Greener, M. (1998). Sediment-transport competence of rain-impacted interrill overland flow. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23(4), 365-375.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199804)23:4<365::AID-ESP851>3.0.CO;2-6
• Parsons, A.J. and Stromberg, S.G.L. (1998). Experimental analysis of size and distance of travel of unconstrained particles in interrill flow. Water Resources Research, 34(9), 2377-2381.
  doi:10.1029/98WR01471
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1997). Distributed dynamic modelling of interrill overland flow. Hydrological Processes, 11(14), 1833-1859.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199711)11:14<1833::AID-HYP499>3.0.CO;2-7
• Abrahams, A.D., Li, G. and Parsons, A.J. (1996). Rill hydraulics on a semi-arid hillslope, southern Arizona. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 21(1), 35-47.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199601)21:1<35::AID-ESP539>3.0.CO;2-T
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1996). Responses of interrill runoff and erosion rates to vegetation change in southern Arizona. Geomorphology, 14(4), 311-317.
  doi:10.1016/0169-555X(95)00044-6
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams A.D. (1995). A simulation study of the role of splash erosion in the formation of desert pavements. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 20(3), 277-291.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290200308
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1995). Controls and determination of resistance to overland flow on semiarid hillslopes, Walnut Gulch. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 50(5), 457-460.
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1995). Effects of vegetation change on interrill runoff and erosion, Walnut Gulch, southern Arizona. Geomorphology, 13(1-4), 37-48.
  doi:10.1016/0169-555X(95)00027-3
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1994). Hydraulics of interrill overland flow on stone-covered desert surfaces. Catena, 23(1-2), 111-140.
  doi:10.1016/0341-8162(94)90057-4
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1994). Resistance to overland flow on semiarid grassland and shrubland hillslopes, Walnut Gulch, southern Arizona. Journal of Hydrology, 156(1-4), 431-446.
  doi:10.1016/0022-1694(94)90088-4
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1994). Rainsplash and erosion rates in an interrill area on semi-arid grassland, southern Arizona. Catena, 22(3), 215-226.
  doi:10.1016/0341-8162(94)90003-5
• Dawson, B.R.P. and Parsons, A.J. (1994). Texture measures for the identification and monitoring of urban derelict land. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 15(6), 1259-1271.
  doi:10.1080/01431169408954159
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1994). On determining resistance to interrill overland flow. Water Resources Research, 30(12), 3515-3521.
  doi:10.1029/94WR02176
• Luk, S.H., Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1993). Sediment sources and sediment transport by rill flow and interrill flow on a semi-arid piedmont slope southern Arizona. Catena, 20(1-2), 93-111.
  doi:10.1016/0341-8162(93)90031-J
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1993). Tracing sediment movement in interrill overland flow on a semi-arid grassland hillslope using magnetic susceptibility. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 18(8), 721-732.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290180806
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Simanton, J.R. (1992). Microtopography and soil-surface materials on semi-arid piedmont hillslopes, southern Arizona. Journal of Arid Environments, 22, 107-115.
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1992). Controls on sediment removal by interrill overland flow on semi-arid hillslopes. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 41, 177-188.
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Relation between infiltration and stone cover on a semiarid hillslope, southern Arizona. Journal of Hydrology, 122(1-4), 49-59.
  doi:10.1016/0022-1694(91)90171-D
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1991). The effect of spatial variability in overland flow on the downslope pattern of soil loss on a semi-arid hillslope, southern Arizona. Catena, 18(3-4), 255-270.
  doi:10.1016/0341-8162(91)90025-S
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Luk, S.H. (1991). Size characteristics of sediment in interrill overland flow on a semi-arid hillslope, southern Arizona. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 16(2), 143-152.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290160205
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Relation between sediment yield and gradient on debris-covered hillslopes, Walnut Gulch, Arizona. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 103(8), 1109-1113.
  doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1991)103<1109:RBSYAG>2.3.CO;2
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Resistance to overland flow on desert pavement and its implications for sediment transport modeling. Water Resources Research, 27(8), 1827-1836.
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1990). Field experiments on resistance to overland flow, Arizona. Bulletin of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 189, 1-18.
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• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1990). Determining the mean depth of overland flow in field studies of flow hydraulics. Water Resources Research, 26, 501-503.
• Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Luk, S.H. (1990). Hydraulics of interrill overland flow on a semi arid hillslope, southern Arizona. Journal of Hydrology, 117(1-4), 255-273.
  doi:10.1016/0022-1694(90)90096-G
• Abrahams, A.D., Soltyka, N., Parsons, A.J. and Hirsch, P.J. (1990). Fabric analysis of a desert debris slope: Bell Mountain, California. Journal of Geology, 98, 264-272.
  
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1989). Distribution of depth of overland flow on desert hillslopes and its implications for modelling soil erosion. Journal of Hydrology, 106(1-2), 177-184.
  doi:10.1016/0022-1694(89)90173-X
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1989). A miniature flume for sampling interrill overland flow. Physical Geography, 10, 96-105.
• Kivell, P.T., Parsons, A.J. and Dawson, B.R.P. (1989). Monitoring derelict urban land: a review of problems and potentials of remote sensing techniques. Land Degradation and Rehabilitation, 1(1), 5-21.
  doi:10.1002/ldr.3400010103
• Abrahams, A.D., Luk, S.H. and Parsons, A.J. (1988). Threshold relations for the transport of sediment by overland flow on desert hillslopes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 13(5), 407-419
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290130506
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1988). Hydrologic and sediment responses to simulated rainfall on desert hillslopes in southern Arizona. Catena, 15(2), 103-117.
  doi:10.1016/0341-8162(88)90022-7
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1987). Gradient particle size relations on quartz monzonite debris slopes in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Geology, 95, 423-432.
  
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1987). Identification of strength equilibrium rock slopes: further statistical considerations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 12(6), 631-635
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290120606
• Parsons, A.J. and Yearley, R.J. (1986). An analysis of geologic lineaments seen on LANDSAT MSS imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 7(12), 1773-1782.
  doi:10.1080/01431168608948967
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. Field measurement of the velocity of overland flow using dye tracing. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 11(6), 653-657.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290110608
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1986). Resistance to overland flow on desert hillslopes. Journal of Hydrology, 88(3/4), 343-363.
  
• Luk, S.H., Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1986). A simple rainfall simulator and trickle system for hydro geomorphological experiments. Physical Geography, 7, 344-356.
• Parsons, A.J. (1985). Directionality in emitted infra red radiation from grassy surfaces. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 6(6), 903-910.
  doi:10.1080/01431168508948513
• Abrahams, A.D. Parsons, A.J. and Hirsch, P.J. (1985). Hillslope gradient particle size relations: evidence for the formation of debris slopes by hydraulic processes in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Geology, 93, 347-357.
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1984). Mountain mass denudation and piedmont formation in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts. American Journal of Science, 284, 255-271.
• Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J., Cooke, R.U. and Reeves, R.W. (1984). Stone movement on hillslopes in the Mojave Desert: a 16-year record. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 9(4), 365-370.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290090409
• Parsons, A.J. (1982). Slope profile variability in first order drainage basins. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 7(1), 71-78.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290070109
• Parsons, A.J. (1979). Plan form and profile form of hillslopes. Earth Surface Processes, 4(4), 395-402.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290040408
• Parsons, A.J. (1978). A technique for the classification of hillslope forms. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 3(4), 432-443.
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• Gerrard, A.J.W., Cox, N.J. and Parsons, A.J. (1977). Hillslope profile analysis. Area, 10(2), 129-133.
• Parsons, A.J. (1977). Curvature and rectilinearity in hillslope profiles. Area, 9(4), 246-251.
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1977). Long segments on low angled hillslopes in New South Wales. Area, 9(2), 124-127.
• Parsons, A.J. (1976). A Markov model for the description and classification of hillslopes. Mathematical Geology, 8(6), 597-616.
  doi:10.1007/BF01031091
• Parsons, A.J. (1976). An example of the application of deductive models to field measurements of hillslope form. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. Bd. 25, 145-153.
• Parsons, A.J. (1976). A note on the jebels to the east of the Sabaloka plateau. Sudan Notes and Records, 62, 150-154.

Books

• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.) (2009). Geomorphology of Desert Environments, 2nd edition, Springer, New York. ISBN: 9780412444807
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (eds.) (1994). Geomorphology of Desert Environments, Chapman & Hall, London. ISBN: 0412444801
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.) (1992). Overland Flow: hydraulics and erosion mechanics, University College London Press, London. ISBN: 9781857280067
• Parsons, A.J. (1989). Hillslope Form, Routledge, London. ISBN: 9780415009058

Chapters in books

• Parsons, A.J. (2005). Erosion and sediment transport on hillslopes. In: Anderson, M.G. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Hydrological Sciences, Wiley, Chichester. Chapter 80.
• Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J., Michaelides, K., Powell, D.M. and Brazier, R.E. (2003). Linking short- and long-term soil-erosion modelling. In: Lang, A., Hennrich, K. and Dikau, R. (eds.) Long term hillslope and fluvial system modelling - Concepts and case studies from the Rhine river catchment, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 2-16, Springer Verlag, Berlin.
• Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (2000). A Process Based evaluation of a Process Based Soil erosion Model. In: Schmidt, J. (ed.) Soil erosion - Application of Physically Based Models. Springer, Berlin. 181-197.
• Wainwright, J. and Parsons, A.J. (1998). Sensitivity of sediment-transport equations to errors in hydraulic models of overland flow. In: Boardman, J. and Favis-Mortlock, D. (eds.) Modelling Soil Erosion by Water, Springer-Verlag, ASI-NATO Series I-55, Berlin. 271-284.
• Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1996). Runoff and erosion on semi-arid hillslopes. In: Anderson, M.G. and Brooks, S.M. (eds.) Advances in Hillslope Processes, Wiley, Chichester. 1061-1078.
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1994). Geomorphology of desert environments. In: Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (eds.) Geomorphology of Desert Environments, Chapman & Hall, London. 3-12.
• Abrahams, A.D. Howard, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1994). Rock-mantled slopes. In: Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (eds.) Geomorphology of Desert Environments, Chapman & Hall, London. 173-212.
• Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1992). Overland flow on semiarid Arizona hillslopes. In: Janelle, D.G. (ed.), Geographic snapshots of North America, Guilford Press, New York. 415-418.
• Abrahams, A.D. Parsons, A.J. and Hirsch, P.J. (1992). Field and laboratory studies of resistance to interrill overland flow on semi-arid hillslopes, southern Arizona. In: Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D., (eds.) Overland Flow: hydraulics and erosion mechanics, University College London Press, London. 1-23.
• Scoging, H.M., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1992). Application of a dynamic overland flow hydraulic model to a semi-arid hillslope, Walnut Gulch, Arizona. In: Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D., (eds.) Overland Flow: hydraulics and erosion mechanics, University College London Press, London. 105-145.
• Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1992). Field investigations of sediment removal in interrill overland flow. In: Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.) Overland Flow: hydraulics and erosion mechanics, University College London Press, London. 307-334.
• Parsons, A.J. (1987). Process, form and boundary conditions along valley side slopes. In: Gardiner, V. (ed.) International Geomorphology 1986, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 89-104.
• Parsons, A.J. (1987). The role of slope and sediment characteristics in the initiation and development of rills. In: Godard, A. and Rapp, A. (eds.) Processus et mesure de l'erosion, Editions du CNRS. 211 220.
• Parsons, A.J. and Blacknell, C. (1985). The use of SAR 580 imagery for identification and assessment of crop condition in fields planted to wheat. In: Trevitt, J.W. (ed.) The European SAR 580 Experiment, Investigators' final report, European Space Agency, Joint Research Centre, Ispra Establishment. 459-474.