PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGYG 415Fall

PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY
Hall and Miller - G 415
Fall, 1998 - Schedule

Week	Dates	Topic and Reading Assignments		Instructor
1	August 26	Introduction	ch. 1 and 2; Ritter (1998)	Miller
2	August 31	Introduction, Weathering	ch. 1; ch. 2	Miller/Hall
	September 2	Weathering	ch. 4	Hall
3	September 7	No Class - Labor Day
	September 9	Weathering Part 2	ch. 4, p. 85-98	Hall
4	September 14	Weathering Part 2 - cont'd	ch. 3	Hall
	September 16	Weathering and Soils		Hall
5	September 21	Weathering and Soils - cont'd		Hall
	September 23	Weathering and Soils - cont'd		Hall
6	September 28	Exam 1		Hall
	September 30	Mass Wasting (Classification; and Slope Stability Analysis); Soils/Weathering Projects Due	ch. 4, p. 98-126	Miller
	October 3	Field Trip No. 1		Hall
7	October 5	Mass Wasting - cont'd		Miller
	October 7	Slope Morphology and Retreat	ch. 4, p. 126-135	Miller
8	October 12	Basin Hydrology - the Big picture; Basin Morphometry; Field T. Materials Due	ch. 5 p. 136-149;150-158; 162-175	Miller
	October 14	Basin Denudation and Sediment Yields	ch. 5, p. 176-190	Miller
9	October 19	Basic Mechanics of Open Channel Flow and Sediment Transport	ch. 6, p. 201	Miller
	October 21	Hydaulic Geometry vs. Channel Geometry; slope	ch. 6, p. 205-212	Miller
10	October 26	No Class - GSA
	October 28	No Class - GSA
11	November 2	Channel Shape; Geomorphic Work	ch. 6, p. 204-205; 212	Miller
	November 4	Channel Patterns; River Metamorphosis; Hillslope Projects Due	ch. 6, p. 212-228	Miller
	November 7	Field Trip No. 2		Miller
12	November 9	Fluvial Landforms	ch. 7, p. 231-246	Miller
	November 11	Fluvial Landforms		Miller
13	November 16	Exam 2		Hall
	November 18	Glacial Geomorphology; Field Trip Projects Due	ch. 9, ch. 10	Hall
14	November 23	Glacial Geomorphology		Hall
	November 25	No Class - Thanksgiving
15	November 30	Glacial Geomorphology		Hall
	December 2	Glacial Geomorphology		Hall
16	December 7	Glacial Geomorphology		Miller
	December 9	Periglacial Geomorphology	ch. 11	Miller
17	December 14	Wrap up Glacial Projects Due		Hall/Miller
	Dec. 16	Final Exam		Hall/Miller

COURSE MECHANICS

Reading Assignments

Assignments in teh text are given in the course schedule. The assignments should be read prior to coming to class. Bring you book to class so that you are prepared if the instructors refer to a particular illustration. NOTE: Journal articles and other reading materials may be added.

Components of the Course

Exams (50%):

Exam 1 (10 % of total grade) over soils and weathering
Exam 2 (20 % of total grade) over hillslopes and fluvial geomorphology
Final Exam (20 % of total grade) comprehensive, but emphasis on glacial geomorphology

Projects (30 %)

Out-of-class assignments involving the use of literature, data collection, analysis and/or synthesis, and presentation either in writing or orally. There will be three projects, each worth 10 % of the total grade.

Fieldtrip Participation (10 %)

You are required to go on the two course fieldtrips. You are also expected to take a thorough set of notes such that a colleague could use them beneficially during an independent visit to the area. Notebooks will be collected and evaluated one week after each field trip. In addition, you may have short exercises while on field trips. These may be collected and evaluated.

Class Participation (10 %)

Classroom and field discussions greatly enhance the course. Expect to participate. Getting A's on exams, while not participating in discussions may not be enough to get an A in the course.

Note: Letter grades will be assigned upon the basis of a comparison of your performance with that of previous G415 students.