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Link to Class Description: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/GEO621_Description.html |
Back to Kite's Teaching Page: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/teaching.html |
Knighton, David,
1998, Fluvial Forms and Processes : A New Perspective
(Paperback), Revised
edition, Arnold Publishers; 400 p., ISBN: 0340663138
Recommended Supplemental Text
Strunk,
William, Jr., White, E.B., and Angell, Roger, 2000, The
Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (Paperback), Longman, 105 p.
ISBN: 020530902X
The 3rd edition is OK, too. So are
the 1st or 2nd edition, except they lack an index.
Truss,
Lynne, 2004, Eats, Shoots & Leaves:
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Publisher:
| Date | Topic
(Tenative) |
Readings (Expect Additions and Substitutions) |
| 23 Aug | Class organization. Basic fluvial concepts. | |
| 25 Aug |
Drainage
networks |
Knighton, Ch. 1 and 2 |
| 26 Aug | 1:30-6:00 pm Local Field Trip Meet in Lot 1 | |
| 30 Aug | Drainage networks | |
| 1 Sep | Drainage
networks, Salem (WV) Piracy
Map Exercise http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SalemDrainageDivide.htm only works with that monopolistic software Internet Explorer |
Hansen,
Michael C., 1995, The http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/geo_fact/geo_f10.htm |
| 2 Sept | 3:00-6:30 pm Local Field Trip Meet in Lot 1 | |
| 6 Sep | Catchment Processes |
Knighton, Ch. 3 |
| 8 Sep | Catchment Processes | Trimble, Stan
W., 1983, A
sediment
budget for Coon Creek basin in the Driftless Area,
Wisconsin,
1853‑1977: American
Journal of
Science, v. 283, p. 454‑474. Clark, G. Michael, and Ciolkosz, Edward, 1988, Periglacial Geomorphology of the Appalachian Highlands and Interior Highlands South of the Glacial Border-A Review: Geomorphology, v. 1, p. 191-220. Hooke, Roger LeB., 1999, Spatial distribution of human geomorphic activity in the United States; comparison with rivers: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 24, p. 687-692. |
| 9 Sep |
1:30-6:00 pm Local Field Trip Make-Up Date | |
| 13 Sep | Debris
Flows & Hyperconcentrated Flows I (We will view the videotapes in Class) |
Campbell,
Russell
H.,
Varnes, David J., Fleming, Robert W., Hampton, Monty A., Prior David
B.,
Sangrey, Dwight A., Nichols, Donald R., and Brabb, Earl E., 1985,
Landslide
classification for identification of mud flows and other landslides, in
Campbell,
Russell H., editor, Feasibility of a nationwide program for the
identification and delineation of hazards from mud flows and other
landslides: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-276, p.
A1-A24. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/CampbellAndOthers1985.pdf Hungr,
O.; Evans,
S.G.;
Bovis, M.J.; and Hutchinson, J.N., 2001, A review of the classification
of
landslides of the flow type: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience,
v.
7, no. 3, p. 221-238. (on-line
abstract) Costa, John E., and Williams, Garnett P., 1984, Debris-flow dynamics: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 84-606, 1 VHS videotape. Iverson, Richard M., 2002, Highlights from USGS Debris Flow Flume Studies, 1 VHS videotape. |
| 15
Sep |
Debris Flows & Hyperconcentrated Flows II | Morgan,
Benjamin A., Eaton, L. Scott, and Wieczorek, Gerald F., 2004,
Pleistocene and Holocene Colluvial Fans and Terraces in the Blue Ridge
Region of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 03-410 Online Only Version
1.0,http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-410/ Use high-speed internet connection to look at the "Low resolution [9.3-MB PDF file]" map. Start with the area of Madison County near Kinsey Run, which lies near the junnction of the 4th grid line from the right and the 6th grid line from the top. With a normal monitor, you will need to view the map at 100% or larger to see much. Cenderelli, D. A., and Kite, J. S., 1998, Geomorphic effect of large debris flows on channel morphology at http://ereserves.lib.wvu.edu/ click on "GEOG 321" and click on "cenderelli98-0.pdf" or click on individual smaller subdivided files from the paper or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/cenderelli98-0.pdf (file size = 7 Megs) |
| 16 Sep |
1:30-6:00 pm Local Field Trip Meet in Lot 1 | |
| 20 Sep | Fluvial Processes; Paper Topic Due; Take Home Test 1 Distributed |
Knighton, Ch. 4 |
| 22 Sep |
Fluvial
Processes |
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| 23 Sept | 1:30-6:00 pm Local Field Trip Cancelled | |
| 27 Sep | Fluvial Processes | |
| 29 Sep | Fluvial Processes; Take Home Test 1 Due at 11:30 a.m. | |
| 30 Sep |
1:30-6:30 pm Local Field Trip | |
| 4
Oct |
Fluvial Processes | Barnes,
Harry H., Jr., 1967, Roughness Characteristics of Natural Channels,
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper 1849, URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp_1849/html/pdf.html or
pdf of part 1 only. |
| 6
Oct |
Adjustment of Channel Form | Knighton, Ch. 5 |
| 7 Oct |
No Class (Faculty Mtg) | |
| 11 Oct | Adjustment of Channel Form |
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| 13 Oct |
No Class (Kite at GSA in Salt Lake City) | |
| 14 Oct |
No Class (Faculty Mtg) | |
| 18
Oct |
No Class (Kite at GSA in Salt
Lake City) |
|
| 20
Oct |
Adjustment of Channel Form | |
|
21-23 Oct.
|
Extended Field Trip, incl. North Fork Mountain Debris Flow | |
| 25
Oct |
Stream Classification; Abstract Due; Take Home Test 2 Distributed | Rosgen,
David L, 1994, A classification of natural rivers: Catena, v. 22, p.
169-199. wildlandhydrology.com/assets/CLASS_OF_NATURAL_RIVERS_300.pdf
(Won't
load? Try this!) Montgomery, D. R., and Buffington, J. M., 1998, Channel Processes, Classification, and Response, in Naiman, R.J., and Bilby, R.E., River Ecology and Management: Lessons from the Pacific Coastal Ecoregion: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 13-42. URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/teams/soils/Publications/montgomery_buffington_1998.pdf Kite, J. Steven, 2003, Fluvial geomorphology train is leaving the station; shouldn’t we be on board?: Stream Notes (Quarterly): USDA Forest Service Stream Systems Technology Center, Fort Collins, CO, October 2003 issue, p. 6-7. URL http://stream.fs.fed.us/news/streamnt/pdf/StreamOCT4.pdf |
| 27 Oct |
Channel Changes through Time
|
Knighton, Ch. 6 |
| 29 Oct | No Class |
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| 1 Nov |
Channel Changes through Time | Reusser, Luke J., Bierman, Paul R., Pavich, Milan J., Zen, E-an Zen, Larsen, Jennifer, and Finkel, Robert, 2004, Rapid Late Pleistocene Incision of Atlantic Passive-Margin River Gorges: Science, v. 305, p. 499-502. http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/SEFOP/Reusser_etal_science.pdf or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Reusser_etal_2004science.pdf |
| 3 Nov | Channel Changes through Time; Take Home Test 2 Due at 11:30 | Bierman,
Paul R., Lini, Andrea, Zehfuss, Paul, Church, Amy, Davis, P. Thompson,
Southon,
John, and Baldwin, Lyn, 1997, Postglacial ponds and alluvial fans:
recorders of
Holocene landscape history: GSA Today, v. 7, no. 10, p. 1-8. ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/GSAToday/gt9710.pdf or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/BiermanEtAl1997GeologyTodayf.pdf |
| 6
Nov |
Ancient
Fan Deposits, Mainsville Quarry, Cumberland Valley, PA
|
Field
Trip Handout |
| 8 Nov | No Class Meeting (Kite at Stream
Restoration Workshop) Take Home Test 2 Due
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| 10 Nov |
Discussion Of Stream Restoration Conference, Logistics for Rest of Semester |
|
| 11 Nov | No Class (Faculty Mtg) | |
| 15
Nov |
Paleohydrology: Paleoflood Hydrology | Jarrett, R.D., and
Tomlinson, E.M., 2000, Regional
interdisciplinary
paleoflood approach to assess extreme flood potential: Water Resources
Research,
v. 36, no. 10, p. 2957-2984. (on-line
abstract)
full paper: http://ereserves.lib.wvu.edu/
and log in with account name "Kite" and password "321" click on "GEOG 321" and click on "jarrett_tomlinson_2000-0.pdf" (file = 2.8 megs) or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/jarrett_tomlinson_2000-0.pdf (Matt, Zina) Costa, John E., 1983, Paleohydraulic reconstruction of flash flood peaks from boulder deposits in the Colorado Front Range: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, 986 1004. http://ereserves.lib.wvu.edu/ log in with account name "Kite" and password "321" click on "GEOG 321" and click on "costa_1983-0.pdf" or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/costa_1983-0.pdf (Mike, Matt) Eaton, Scott L, Morgan, Benjamin A., Kochel, R. Craig, and Howard, Alan D. Howard, 2003, Quaternary deposits and landscape evolution of the central Blue Ridge of Virginia: Geomorphology, v. 56, p 139–154. URL http://erode.evsc.virginia.edu/papers/eaton_quaternary_geomorph_03.pdf or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/eaton_quaternary_geomorph_03.pdf (Mike: Ken) Baker, Victor R, 2002, The study of superfloods: Science, v.295, no.5564 (29 Mar), p. 2379-2380, Text only available through http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/databases/ Use GeoRef to seach on "Baker, Victor R." as author. Click on "Article Linker" on right side of entry for this article. or use this link use this link : (Zina, Steve) Hirschboeck, Katherine K., 1991, Hydrology of floods and droughts, climate and floods: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2375, p. 67-88. URL http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Hirschbeock1991.pdf (Steve; Ken) Other sources: Knox, James C., 2000, Sensitivity of modern and Holocene Floods to climate change: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 19 p. 439-457, URL : http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Knox2000SensitivityOfModHoloceneFloodsToClimateChange.pdf |
| 17 Nov |
Slackwater-Deposits
& Step-Backwater
Methods |
Springer, G. S., 2002,
Caves
and their potential use in paleoflood studies, this volume, in
House,
P. K., Webb, R.H., Baker, V.R., and Levish, D.R., editors,
Ancient
Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood
Hydrology,
American Geophysical Union Water Science and Application Series Volume
5,
p. 329-343. Kite,
J. Steven,
Gebhardt Terry W., and Springer, Gregory
S.,
2002, slackwater deposits as paleostage indicators in canyon reaches of
the
Central Appalachians: reevaluation after the 1996 Cheat River flood: in
House,
P. K., Webb, R.H., Baker, V.R., and Levish, D.R., editors,
Ancient
Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood
Hydrology,
American Geophysical Union Water Science and Application Series Volume
5,
p. 257-266. http://ereserves.lib.wvu.edu/
click on "GEOG
321" and click on
"kite_etal_2002-0.pdf" or Springer, Greg S., and Kite, J. Steven, 1997, Cave sedimentation and erosional history in the Cheat River Canyon, north-central West Virginia: Geomorphology, v. 18, p. 91-100. http://www.bedrockstreams.org/reprints/Springer%20and%20Kite%20(1997).pdf or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SpringerAndKite1997.pdf (Ryan, Denyse) Springer, Greg S., Kite, J. Steven, and Victor A. Schmidt, 1997, Cave sedimentation, genesis, and erosional history in the Cheat River Canyon, West Virginia: Geological Society of America Bull. v. 109, no. 5, p. 524-532.http://www.bedrockstreams.org/reprints/Springer%20et%20al%20(1997).pdf or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SpringerKiteSchmidt1997.pdf (Ken, Zina) |
| 18 Nov |
No
Class
Paper Due at 4:00 |
|
| 19-27 Nov | No Class Meetings, Thanksgiving | |
| 29 Nov |
LIDAR in Floodplain Mapping and Surficial
Geology
Ryan Gaujot, Canaan Valley Institute |
TBA |
| 1 Dec |
Human-Impacts
on Streams: PSA
(Post-Settlement Alluvium), PSS (Post-Settlement Surfaces) and other
Legacies of Euro-American Land Use
|
Jacobson, Robert
B., and Coleman,
Derrick J., 1986, Stratigraphy and recent floodplain evolution of
Maryland
Piedmont flood plains: American Journal of Science, v. 286, p. 617‑637.
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/JacobsonColeman1986.pdf (Ryan,
Mike) Knox, James C., 1977, Human impacts on Wisconsin stream channels: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 67, p. 323 342. (Steve, Denyse) http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Knox1977HumanImpactWiscStreams.pdf Abstract only: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1977.tb01145.x/abs/ or Download (on campus) at http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/printpage/00045608/di010444/01p0111z/ 0?frame=noframe&dpi=3&userID=9db68955@wvu.edu/01cc993397005032ecb&backcontext=table-of-contents&backurl=/ cgi-bin/jstor/listjournal/00045608/di010444%3fframe%3dframe%26dpi%3d3%26userID%3d9db68955@wvu.edu/ 01cc993397005032ecb%26config%3djstor&action=download&config=jstor |
| 2 Dec |
Student Presentations - Start
at 1:30
Room 112 White |
Denyse: Identifying
the origins of sediment deposits and understanding the dispersion
processes governing sediment distribution within reservoirs. A case
study of St. Thomas, Nevada Zina: Distribution of Juvenile and Adult Stream Fishes, collected by electrofishing, in the Cheat and Tygart River Watersheds, West Virginia Steve: Alluvial Pedogenesis in Tucker County, West Virginia |
| 6
Dec |
Student Presentations - Room 216 White | Ken: Substrate and
Geology in Elk River, West Virginia, at Clendenin Shoal and
Resultant Influence on Benthic Habitat of Crystallaria
asprella sp. Ryan: Geomorphology and stratigraphy of the West Blennerhassett site (46WD83-A) |
| 8
Dec |
Student Presentations - Room 216 White |
Mike: Surficial Geology
Mapping to Address to the Hydrology of Cacapon State Park, West Virginia Matt: Mountaintop Mining-Valley Fill Hydrology |
| 9 Dec | No Class - (Faculty Mtg ) | |
| 13
Dec, 3:00 p.m. |
Final
Exam on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. |
|
| Field opportunities with grad students, etc. will be announced throughout the semester. |
Where to Find Updates of this File: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Schedule621.html