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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.

Geology/Geography 621: Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology

Final Class Schedule, Fall 2005, Version 2.0 (10 Nov)
J. Steven Kite, West Virginia University
Where to Find Updates of this File: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/621Schedule.html

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


Text books:
All are available through Amazon.com.  Strunk and White should be in almost any used bookstore.


Required textbook

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: Gotham, 228 p., ISBN: 1592400876


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 Teays River: Ohio Div. of Geol.Survey GeoFacts No. 10, 2 p.
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)
Whole Paper: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HungrAndOthers2001FullPaper.pdf ( = 25 Megs) Table 4 only: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HungrAndOther2001Table4.pdf

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 North Fork Mountain, eastern West  Virginia, USA:  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 23, p. 1-19. 
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

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

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

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 

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.
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
  (Denyse, Ryan)

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 (Matt, Zina)

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

Link to:
GEO 621 Class Description