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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) |
| 19 Aug | Introductions | |
| 21 Aug |
Job
Description for a stream Watersheds and Catchment Processes |
Start on Knighton, Ch. 1, & 2 |
| 22 Aug | No Class (Board of Governors Conference) | |
| 26 Aug | Flow Conveyance | Knighton, Ch. 3 |
| 28 Aug |
Stream Dynamics - Tractive Force & Stream Power | Knighton, Ch. 4 |
| 29 Aug | No Class (Geography Faculty Retreat) | |
| 2 Sep | Flow Resistance |
Marcus, W. Andrew; Roberts, Keith; Harvey,
Leslie, and Tackman, Gary. 1992, An evaluation of methods for
estimating
Manning's n in small mountain streams: Mountain Research and
Development, v. 12, no. 3, p. 227-239. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3673667
Browse this publication for 10-15 minutes: 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. Related Reading: Jarrett, R.D., 1985, Determination of roughness coefficients for streams in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4004, 54 p. |
| 4 Sep | Entrainment and Sediment Transport | 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. (abstract)
full paper:
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/jarrett_tomlinson_2000-0.pdf
Selected readings from : Rosgen Dave, 2008, Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply (WARSSS): Fort Collins, Colorado, Wildland Hydrology, 608 p. Rosgen Dave, 2008, River Stability Field Guide: Fort Collins, Colorado, Wildland Hydrology, 234 p. |
| 5 Sep |
Coopers Rock - Haystack
Rock - Little Laurel Run-
Morgan Run Field Trip Meet in Lot 10 or Coopers Rock P-Lot - 1:00-5:40 pm |
Readings TBA Springer,
Gregory S., Kite, J. Steven and Gebhardt, Terry, 1997, Southeastern
Friends of
the Pleistocene Spring 1997 Fieldtrip, an introduction to the
geomorphology of
the Cheat River Canyon, West Virginia: Morgantown, WW, Department of
Geology
and Geography, West Virginia University, 72 p., 4 appendices.
(Selected exceprts provided as handouts.)
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| 9 Sep | Entrainment
and Sediment Transport |
Taylor, Stephen B., and
Kite, J. Steven, 2006, Comparative Geomorphic Analysis of Surficial
Deposits at
Three Central Appalachian Watersheds: Implications for Controls on
Sediment-Transport Efficiency: Journal of Geomorphology (Mountain
Rivers
Volume), vol. 78, no. 1-2, p. 22-43. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Taylor_Kite2006ComparativeGeomorph.pdf
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| 11
Sep |
No Class - Kite was sick |
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| 12
Sep |
No
Class (Board of Governors meeting) |
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| 16 Sep | Channel Form and Fluvial
Landforms |
Knighton, Ch. 5 |
| 18 Sep |
Channel Units (=
Facets): Templates for Habitat |
Benda,
Lee, Poff, N. Leroy, Miller, Daniel, Dunne, Thomas,
Reeves, Gordon, Pess, George, and Pollock, Michael, 2004, The
Network dynamics
hypothesis: how channel networks structure riverine habitats:
BioScience, v. 54 no. 5. p. 413-427. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Benda_etal2004NetworkDynamicsRiverineHabitats.pdf Other readings: |
| 19 Sep | Morgan Run Field trip Depart Lot 10 (Brooks Loading Dock) 1:00 p.m.- 'til we are done or dark |
Harrelson, C.C., Rawlins, C.L.
& Potyondy, J.P.,
1994, Stream
Channel Reference Sites: An Illustrated Guide to Field Technique: USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-245, 61 p., http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/PDFs/RM245E.PDF or http://www.wildlandhydrology.com/assets/Stream_Channel_Reference_Sites.pdf Bunte, Kristin, and Abt, Steven R., 2001, Sampling Surface and Subsurface Particle-Size Distributions in Wadable Gravel-Bed Streams, 428 p., http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/PDFs/rmrs_gtr74.pdf Check out other papers at http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/documentsStream.html |
| 21 Sep |
Test I Distributed for Take Home Completion | |
| 23 Sep | Stream Classification |
Rosgen,
David L, 1994, A classification of natural rivers: Catena, v. 22, p.
169-199.
wildlandhydrology.com/assets/CLASS_OF_NATURAL_RIVERS_300.pdf (Alternate
link!) Miller,
J. R., and Ritter, J. B., 1996, An examination of the Rosgen
classification of natural rivers: Catena, v. 27, p. 295-299. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/MillerJR_RosgenClassifExam1996.pdf More Buffington papers- http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/watershed/bio/buffington.shtml |
| 25 Sep | Rosgen Stream Classification Data |
Rosgen,
David L., 2008, River Stability Field Guide Rosgen, David L., 1998, Field Guide for Stram Clasification |
| 26 Sep |
3:00-6:00 pm Arboretum Field Trip Meet in Lot 10 or Arboretum | Gormont, Jessica, 2007, Erosion in Several Large Gullies, Core Arboretum West Virginia University, Option II-Professional Studies M.S. Project Report in Geology, Morgantown, WVU, Department of Geology and Geography, 78 p. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Erosion of Several Gullies Core Arboretum.pdf |
| 30
Sep |
Regional Curve Approach to Natural Stream Hydraulic Geometry (=
Dimension Pattern & Profile)
|
Chaplin, J.J., 2005, Development of regional curves relating bankfull-channel geometry and discharge to drainage area for streams in Pennsylvania and selected areas of Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5147, 34 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5147/SIR2005-5147.pdf (large files takes a while to load) WV Pubs |
| 2
Oct |
Test I Due in Kite's mailbox or office
by 4:45 PM Digital transmission OK only by prior arrangement. No Class: Kite at WVU Tech, Montgomery |
No class meeting! |
| 3 Oct |
1:00 - 7:00 PM Morgantown's Unfortunate Streams and Landslides Field Trip | Readings TBA |
| 5 Oct (Sunday) | 8:00-7:00 Horseshoe Run Field
Trip |
Readings TBA |
| 7 Oct | Critiques of Rosgen Approach to Natural Stream Design and Alternative Approaches |
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 Bernhardt, E.S., Palmer, M.A., Allan, J.D., Alexander, G., Barnas, K., Brooks, S., Carr, J., Clayton, S., Dahm, C., Follstad-Shah, J., Galat, D., Gloss, S., Goodwin, P., Hart, D., Hassett, B., Jenkinson, R., Katz, S., Kondolf, G.M., Lake, P.S., Lave, R., Meyer, J.L., O’Donnel, T.K., Pagano, L., Powell, B., and Sudduth, E., 2005, Synthesizing U.S. river restoration efforts: Science, v. 308, p. 636-637. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/BernhardtEtAl2005_SynthesisUSRiverRest.pdf Doyle, M. W., Miller, D. E., and Harbor, J. M., 1999, Should river restoration be based on classification schemes or process models? Insights from the history of eomorphology: ASCE International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, Seattle, Washington. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/DoyleEtAlStreamRestorationHistorical1999.pdf Wohl, E., Angermeier, P.L., Bledsoe, B., Kondolf, G.M., MacDonnell, L., Merritt, D.M., Palmer, M.A., Poff, N.L., and Tarboton, D., 2005, River restoration: Water Resources Research, v. 41, 12 p. URL: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/wohl_etal_2005_restoration.pdf Simon, Andrew, Dickerson, Wendy , and Heins, Amanda , 2004, Suspended-sediment transport rates at the 1.5-year recurrence interval for ecoregions of the United States: transport conditions at the bankfull and effective discharge? Geomorphology, v. 58, p. 243–262. URL: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SimonEtAl2004BkfSuspSedTranspRatesEcoregions.pdf Simon A., Doyle, M., Kondolf, M., Shields, F.D., Jr., Rhoads, B., and McPhillips, M., 2007, Critical evaluation of how the Rosgen classification and associated ‘‘natural channel design’’ methods fail to integrate and quantify fluvial processes and channel response: Journal of the American Water Resources Association. v. 43, no. 5, p. 1117-1131. URL: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SimonEtAl2007_Critical Evaluation.pdf |
| 9 Oct |
Upland Processes |
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) Whole Paper: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HungrAndOthers2001FullPaper.pdf ( = 25 Megs) Table 4 only: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HungrAndOther2001Table4.pdf Hancock, Gregory, and Kirwan, Matthew, 2007, Summit erosion rates deduced from 10Be: Implications for relief production in the central Appalachians: Geology, v. 35: p. 89 - 92. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HancockKirwan2007SummitErosion.pdf 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. Hansen, Michael C., 1995, The Teays River: Ohio Div. of Geol.Survey GeoFacts No. 10, 2 p. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/geo_fact/geo_f10.htm Salem (WV) Piracy Map Exercise from 2004 http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SalemDrainageDivide.pdf |
| 10 Oct |
No Class (Kite in Institute, WV) | |
| 12 Oct |
NO Field Trip | |
| 14
Oct |
Debris
Flows & Hyperconcentrated Flows (We will view the videotapes in Class) Test II Distributed for Take Home Completion |
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 Costa, John E., and Williams, Garnett P., 1984, Debris-flow dynamics: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 84-606, 1 VHS videotape. Kite Notes on Videotape. URL http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/CostaWilliams1984DFlowVideo.html Iverson, Richard M., 2002, Highlights from USGS Debris Flow Flume Studies, 1 VHS videotape. 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 |
| 16
Oct |
Channel Changes through
Time High Gradient Stream Sediment Transport Paleohydrology from Bedload Sediment Transport |
Knighton, Ch. 6 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 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 bedload data in Rosgen, David L., 2008, River Stability Field Guide |
|
17 Oct
|
no class (1/3 of class is away) | |
| 21
Oct |
Paleohydrology from 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. http://ereserves.lib.wvu.edu/ click on "GEOG 321" and click on "springer_2002-0.pdf" or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/springer_2002-0.pdf 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 http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/kite_etal_2002-0.pdf |
| 23 Oct |
Human-Impacts
on Streams: PSA (Post-Settlement Alluvium), PSS
(Post-Settlement Surfaces) and other
Legacies of Euro-American Land Use
Paleohydrology of the Eastern USA |
Knox, James C.,
1977,
Human impacts on Wisconsin stream channels: Annals of the Association
of
American Geographers, v. 67, p. 323-342. 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 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 Dean, Cornelia, 2008, Follow the Silt: New York Times, 24 June 2008 (revised 25 June 2008), http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/science/24stream.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Listen to first half of podcast (mp3) |
| 24 Oct |
Test II Due before
1:00 p.m Digital transmission OK only by prior arrangement. |
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| 24, 25, or 26 Oct | Possible field trip | Readings TBA |
| 30 Oct |
Cave Streams First Paper Abstract Due to Kite (Only) |
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| 30 Oct |
|
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.pdfReusser, Luke J., undated, Using
10-Be
to constrain the spatial and temporal pattern of bedrock channel
incision,
Holtwood Gorge, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, masters thesis project
by Luke
Reusser,
of the University of Vermont in cooperation with the United States
Geologic
Survey and the National Science Foundation, http://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/projects/susquehanna_terraces/susquehanna.html
Bierman,
Paul R., undated, Dating the
Strath Terraces of the Potomac and
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| 31 Oct |
1:00 - 7:00 PM Field
Trip Paper Draft 1 (Including Abstract) Due to Peer Reviewers & Kite by 1:00 p.m |
Readings TBA |
| 4 Nov | No Class??? |
Stream Restoration in the Southeast: Advancing the Science
and Practice November 3-6, 2008, Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, North Carolina Student rate- $150. http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/wqg/srp/2008conference/ |
| 6 Nov |
Paleohydrology: Paleoflood Hydrology |
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 Knox, James C., 2000, Sensitivity of modern and Holocene Floods to climate change: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 19 p. 439-457, http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Knox2000SensitivityOfModHoloceneFloodsToClimateChange.pdf |
| 7 Nov |
No Class (Board of Governors Meeting)
Paper Draft 1 Reviews Due to Author & Kite Before 4:44 p.m. |
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| 9 Nov |
Long-Day 1985 Flood Anniversary field trip | Readings TBA |
| 11
Nov |
Fly Fishing Geomorphology |
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| 13 Nov |
Nealy, William, 1997, Kayak: the
animated manual of intermediate
and advance whitewater technique: Birmingham, AL, Menasha Ridge Press,
190
p. (ISBN: 0897320506) read p. 19-57, 110-125. |
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| 14 Nov |
Paper
Draft 2 Due to Kite & Reviewers by 12:00 Noon
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| 18 Nov | Human-Impacts on Streams | 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. URL: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Hooke1999SpatialDistributionofHumanGeomorph.pdf Are we living in the Anthropogene paper, 2008 |
| 20 Nov |
|
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 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. UTL: http://www.ajsonline.org/cgi/reprint/283/5/454 Merrits et al. Lancaster Mill Pond readings Critical Comments on Merrits et al. |
| 21 Nov |
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| 22-30 Nov |
No Class Meetings, Thanksgiving
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| 2
Dec |
Tectonic Geomorphology |
Kirby,
E., & Whipple, K., 2001, Quantifying differential rock-uplift rates
via stream profile analysis: Geology, v. 29 no.5, p. 415-418. Whittaker, A. C., Cowie, P. A., Attal, M., Tucker, G. E., & Roberts, G. P., 2007, Bedrock channel adjustment to tectonic forcing: Implications for predicting river incision rates: Geology, v. 35 no. 2, p. 103-106. Mason, D. P. M., Little, T. A., & Dissen, R. J. V., 2006, Rates of active faulting during late Quaternary fluvial terrace formation at Saxton River, Awatere fault, New Zealand: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118 no. 11/12, p. 1431-1446. Hilley, G. E., & Strecker, M. R., 2005, Processes of oscillatory basin filling and excavation in a tectonically active orogen: Quebrada del Toro Basin, NW Argentina: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, no. 7/8, p. 887-901. |
| 4
Dec |
Tectonic Geomorphology Paper Draft 2 Kite Comments and Reccommendations Returned |
TBA |
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5 Dec
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TBA |
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| 9
Dec |
Final
Paper Revisions Due (in Kite's mailbox) Before 4:45 p.m. |
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| 11 Dec | Final Exam - Thursday at 15:00-17:00. | |
| 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