Lab Schedule for GEO 321: Geomorphology, Spring 2006, v. 1.1

J. Steven Kite and Matt Finkenbinder, West Virginia University

See http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~mfinkenbinder/geomorph.htm for additional resources.

Date

Topic Click on Blue Lab Titles to See Lab

Readings

9 Jan

Topographic maps and physiography on-line new exercise in White Hall Computer Center.
Physiography of the USA: Description & Map

Hunt, 1974,  excerpt

16 Jan 

No class, read lab syllabus and introduction. 

 Lab Intro

23 Jan

Introduction to topographic maps I

 Handouts

30 Jan

Introduction to topographic maps, air photos, and remote sensing II

Ch. 1 
Curran et al. 

5 Feb

Tectonic and Volcanic Landforms
(The working original to this lab is an html file.)

Ch. 2
Curran et al.,  Bloom Ch. 5 & 6

13 Feb

Drainage Basin Analysis Lab

Ch. 3, 4, 5
Curran et al.

20 Feb

LAB TEST I; KEY  First Lab Notebook Submission Due

 

27 Feb

On-line flood-frequency exercise in White Hall Computer Center. READ: Wahl, Kenneth L., Thomas,Wilbert O., Jr., and Hirsch, Robert M., 1995, Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1123: URL:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1123/

Wahl et al., 1995

6 Mar

Structural Geomorphology

Ch. 7

Curran et al.
Bloom Ch.12

11-19 Mar

Spring Break
No Labs

 

21 Mar

No Lab, Southeast Section GSA meeting in Harrisburg, PA

 

25 Mar

Upper Potomac Field Trip 9:00-6:30

Handouts

26 Mar

Coopers Rock Field Trip 9:30-4:00

Handouts

27 Mar

No Lab

 

3 Apr

Fluvial landforms.   4 Apr is Deadline for Extra Credit Project Proposals 

Bloom, Ch. 11

10 Apr

Local Slope Stability or Stream Characterization Exercise Weather Permitting (or Glaciers & Glacial Landforms)

 

17 Apr

Glaciers & Glacial Landforms in White Hall Computer Center (Or Local Field Exercise Rain Date)

Bloom Ch. 17

24 Apr

Lab Test II; KEY; Final Notebook Submission Due

 

25 Apr

ALL MAKE-UP TESTS; Tuesday Night

 

1-5 May

No Lab Meetings During Exam Week

 

 

"Curren et al."  readings are in this out-of print book:
Curran, H. Allen, Young, Drew M., Justus, Philip S., and Garver, John B., Jr., 1984, Atlas of landforms, 3rd edition, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 165 p.

"Bloom" readings are in the class textbook
Bloom, Arthur L., 2004,  Geomorphology A Systematic Analysis of Late Cenozoic Landforms, Third Edition, Waveland Press, 494 p., $64.95 list; ISBN 1-57766-354-3

 

 

Kite's Teaching Web Page: see http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/teaching.html

 

Last Updated on 11 Jan 2006 by Steve Kite (Email: steve.kite@mail.wvu.edu) & Matt Finkenbinder (mfinkenb@mix.wvu.edu)


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Old Labs in "Ready Reserve"
Weathering and Relative Age Dating
Karst Geomorphology
Till Stratigraphy