12.163 | Fall 2004 | Undergraduate

Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution

Calendar

WEEK # LECTURE TOPICS LAB EXERCISES / FIELD TRIPS KEY DATES
1 Introduction, Geomorphic Systems Lab 1: Mt. Washington – Airphotos/Maps

Mt. Washington Field Trip

2 I. Flow Mechanics Mt. Washington Follow-up: Geomorphic Landform and Processes Map - IPAQ

3 I. Flow Mechanics and II. Alluvial Channels Lab 2: Baker River I: Flow Mechanics - Roughness; Airphoto Analysis Lab 1: Mt. Washington Notebooks and Write-up due
4 III. Flow Around Bends Lab 2: Baker River I: Flow Mechanics - Roughness; Airphoto Analysis (cont.)

Baker River Trip #I

5 IV. Sediment Transport Baker Trip I Analysis: Flow Mechanics

Baker River Trip #II

6 V. Alluvial Profiles Baker River II: Flow Around Bends, Erosion, Sedimentation

7 VI. Erosional Channel Networks

Lab 2: Baker River Project due
8 VII. Bedrock Channels  Lab 3: Bedrock Channels Project

9 VII. Bedrock Channels

10 VII. Bedrock Channels and VIII. Hillslope Evolution Lab 4: Hillslope Evolution Project, Numerical solution of PDEs, MATLAB® Review Lab 3: Bedrock Channels Project due
11 VIII. Hillslope Evolution Lab 5: Tectonic Geomorphology, San Gabriel Mountains Lab 4: Hillslope Evolution Project due
12 VIII. Hillslope Evolution and IX. Mass Wasting Lab 5: Tectonic Geomorphology Project – DEM/GIS Analysis

13 IX. Mass Wasting Lab 5: Tectonic Geomorphology Project – DEM/GIS Analysis (cont.)

14 Climate-Tectonic Interactions

Lab 5: Tectonic Geomorphology Project due

Course Info

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Fall 2004
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