12.163 | Fall 2004 | Undergraduate

Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution

Lecture Notes

WEEK # TOPICS
1 Introduction, Geomorphic Systems (PDF - 1.6 MB)
2 I. Flow Mechanics (PDF)
3 I. Flow Mechanics and II. Alluvial Channels (PDF)

Images (PDF - 2.7 MB)

4 III. Flow Around Bends (PDF)

Images (PDF - 1.5 MB)

5 IV. Sediment Transport (PDF)
6 V. Alluvial Profiles (PDF)

Images (PDF)

7 VI. Erosional Channel Networks (PDF)
8 VII. Bedrock Channels (PDF)

Images (PDF)

9 VII. Bedrock Channels
10 VII. Bedrock Channels and VIII. Hillslope Evolution (PDF)
11 VIII. Hillslope Evolution

Images (PDF)

12 VIII. Hillslope Evolution and IX. Mass Wasting (PDF)
13 IX. Mass Wasting

Images (PDF 1.3 MB)

14 Climate-Tectonic Interactions (PDF - 1.3 MB)

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Fall 2004
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