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