Preliminary Lab Schedule for GEO 321: Geomorphology, Spring 2009, v. 3.0

Jason Nellis and J. Steven Kite, West Virginia University

See lecture syllabus and lab description for discussion of “W” assignment timing.

Attend class regularly to stay on top of announced and unannounced quizzes.

Date

Topic Click on Blue Lab Titles to See Lab

Readings

13-15 Jan

Local landslide field trip, weather permitting.

 

20-22 Jan

Topographic maps and physiography on-line exercise in 415 Brooks Hall.
Physiography of the USA: Description & Map

Hunt, 1974,  excerpt

27-29 Jan

Introduction to topographic maps I

 Handouts

3-5 Feb

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

Curran et al. Ch. 1

10-12 Feb

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

Curran et al Ch2
Bloom Ch 5 & 6

17-19 Feb

On-line flood-frequency exercise in 415 Brooks Hall. 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/


Curran et al. Ch. 3, 4, 5

24-26 Feb

LAB TEST I; KEY  First Lab Notebook Submission Due

 

3-5 Mar

Drainage Basin Analysis Lab

Wahl et al., 1995

10-12 Mar

Fluvial landforms

Bloom, Ch. 11

14-22 Mar

Spring Break
No Labs

 

24-26 Mar

No Lab, Field Trips on Weekend

 

28 Mar

All Day Field Trip 9:00-6:30 - One day-long trip or alternative activity is required. 


29 Mar

All Day Field Trip 9:00-6:30 - One day-long trip or alternative activity is required. 


31 Mar, 2 Apr


Structural Geomorphology  

Curran et al. Ch. 7
Bloom Ch.12

4 Apr

All Day Field Trip Make-Up Date - Not needed

 

5 Apr

All Day Field Trip Make-Up Date - Not needed

 

7 Apr

Glaciers & Glacial Landforms

 Bloom Ch. 17
9 Apr Stream Characterization Exercise

14 Apr

Stream Characterization Exercise


16 Apr
 Glaciers & Glacial Landforms Bloom Ch. 17

21-23 Apr

Review of  Exercises

 

28-30 Apr

Lab Test II; KEY; Final Notebook Submission Due

 

1-5 May

No Lab Meetings During Exam Week

 

"Curran 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 6 April 2009 by Steve Kite (Email: steve.kite@mail.wvu.edu) & Jason Nellis (jnellis@mix.wvu.edu)
File Name: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Geo321LabSchedule.html


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