Instructor:  Dr. Andrew G. Fountain, 725-3386.
                      

Description:   We study the shape of Earth's land surface and the processes by which those shapes form.  Geomorphology is important to inferring past climates, hazard evaluation and mediation, municipal development, forestry practices,  and understanding just what is going on around you.

Class Syllabus

VIRTUAL HANDOUTS

    1. UNITS...their importance and utility!  see  units.

    2. Laboratory  1:  Excel Spreadsheets

    3. Laboratory  2:  Stream Patterns    .....don't forget the tracing (transparency) paper 
                                                                     and if possible a pair of dividers

    4. Laboratory  3:  Stream Flow     .......check out Virtual River
                                  Measurements 2005

    5. Laboratory  4:   Effective Discharge
                                  Reading   

    6. Laboratory  5:   Reading

    7. Laboratory  6:   Alluvial Fans
                                  Hooke, R.  Processes on Arid Regions Alluvial Fans

    8. Laboratory  7:  Glacier Mass Balance

    9. Laboratory  8:  Glacial Erosion   
                                  Shreve, R.L.,  1985  Esker Characteristics in terms of 
                               glacier physics, Katahdin esker system, Maine

                               For images see: University of Cincinnati's  web page 

   10.  Study guide for the final includes a) Geomorphic principles and fluvial processes; and b) Glacial processes.
          The final will emphasize glacial processes with some questions from the previous topics in (a).
          Final Exam:  Thursday, June 9,  1230-1420

OUTSIDE READINGS

1.  Effect of Human Geomorphic Activity in the US.

2. Humans as Geologic Agents:  A deep time perspective

3. US Constructed Areas

4. History of Humans as Geomorphic Agents

5. Fluvial Geomorphic Thresholds

6. Stream Piracy

7. Experimental Basin Development