Geology/Geography 621: Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology
Class Schedule, Fall 2008, Version 5.0 (21 November)
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)
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.)

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

Hoffman, Daniel F., and Gabet, Emmanuel J., 2007, Effects of sediment pulses on channel morphology in a gravel-bed river. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 2007; v. 119; no. 1-2; p. 116-125.  http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HoffmanAndGabet2007.pdf

11 Sep
No Class - Kite sick


12 Sep
No Class (Board of Governors meeting)

16 Sep Channel Form and Fluvial Landforms
Knighton, Ch. 5
18 Sep
Channel Units (= Facets): Templates for Habitat

Wildhaber, Mark L., DeLonay, Aaron J., Papoulias, Diana M., Galat, David L., Jacobson, Robert B., Simpkins, Darin G., Braaten, Patrick J., Korschgen, Carl E., and Mac, Michael J., 2007, A Conceptual Life-History Model for Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1315, 28 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1315/pdf/circ_1315.pdf

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:
Rabeni, C. F., and Jacobson, R. B., 1993, The importance of fluvial hydraulics to fish-habitat restoration in low-gradient alluvial streams: Freshwater Biology, v. 29, p. 211-220.

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!)

Malakoff, David, 2004, The River Doctor, Science, v. 305, p. 937-939, http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/rosgen_profile_Science_2004.pdf

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/publications/watershed/rmrs_1998_montomeryr001.pdf

Goodwin, Craig N., 1999, Fluvial Classification: Neanderthal Necessity or Needless Normalcy: American Water Resources Association, Proceedings of Specialty Conference on Wildland Hydrology, D.S. Olson and J.P. Potyondy (editors), Bozeman, Montana, June 30-July 2, 1999, p. 229-236, http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/PDFs/GOODWIN.PDF

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.   Paper copy distributed in class, or use these piecemeal links:
ClarkCiolkosz1988pt1.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt2.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt3.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt4.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt5.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt6.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt7.pdf  ClarkCiolkosz1988pt8.pdf

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
(Delayed until 15 October)

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

Costa, John E., and Williams, Garnett P., 1984, Debris-flow dynamics: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 84-606, 1 VHS videotapeKite 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 North Fork Mountain, eastern West  Virginia, USA:  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 23, p. 1-19. 
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/cenderelli98-0.pdf   (file size = 7 Megs)
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. (abstract) paper: 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://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
Baker, Victor R, 2008, Paleoflood hydrology: origin, progress, prospects: Geomorphology, vl. 101, no. 1/2, p. 1-13.
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Baker2008PaleofloodHydrologyHist.pdf

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://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://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/kite_etal_2002-0.pdf
23 Oct
Cave Streams




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  

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 Bulletin, 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

Springer, Greg S., Rowe, Harold D., Hardt, Ben, Edwards, R. Lawrence, and Cheng, Hai, 2008, Solar Forcing of Holocene Droughts in a Stalagmite Record from West Virginia in East-Central North America: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L17703, doi:10.1029/2008GL034971, 5 p.
Final draft submitted to journal:
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Springer et al (2008gl034971 - final draft).pdf
Compare this to the published article: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/SpringerEtAl2008GRLpaper.pdf
(The final draft provides a good model for a thesis or dissertation draft.)
24 Oct
25 Oct (Saturday)
Test II Due before 1:00 p.m

Digital transmission OK only by prior arrangement.


24-26 Oct No field trip
28 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

First Paper Abstract Due to Kite (Only)

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/

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

Walter, Robert C., and Merritts, Dorothy J., 2008, Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills: Science, v. 319, no. 18, p. 299-304. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/WalterAndMerritts_Science_2008.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)
Critical Comments and response:    Full Text »    PDF »
Bain, Daniel J., Smith, Sean M. C., and Nagle, Gregory N., 2008, Reservations About Dam Findings: Science, v. 321, no. 5891 (15 August 2008), p 910. [DOI: 10.1126/science.321.5891.910a]
Wilcock, Peter, 2008, : Science, v. 321, no. 5891 (15 August 2008), p. 910-911. [DOI: 10.1126/science.321.5891.910b]

Walter, Robert C., and Merritts, Dorothy J., 2008, Response: Science, v. 321, no. 5891 (15 August 2008), p. 910-911. [DOI: 10.1126/science.321.5891.910b]
30 Oct
Long Term 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

Reusser, L., and Bierman, P., 2007, Accuracy assessment of LiDAR-derived DEMs of bedrock river channels: Holtwood Gorge, Susquehanna River: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, 6 p. http://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/papers/Reusser_2007_3730.pdf


For next year
Carter, William E., Shrestha, Ramesh L. and Slatton, K. Clint, 2007, Geodetic laser scanning: Physics Today, v. 61, no.12 (December), p. 41-47. 
http://ptonline.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=PHTOAD000060000012000041000001&idtype=cvips or
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/CarterEtAl2007GeodeticLaserScanningPhysToday.PDF (4.6 meg) or http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/CarterEtAl2007GeodeticLaserScanningB&W.pdf  (0.6 meg)


Old Readings with Decayed Links

Reusser, 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 Susquehanna Rivers -- Mather Gorge and Holtwood, http://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/projects/potomac/index.html

31 Oct
  No class
Paper Draft 1 (Including Abstract) Due to Peer Reviewers & Kite by 4:44 p.m

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.

9 Nov
Large Woody Debris Trip Little Laurel Run , Lick Run, Clay Run & tribs Montgomery, David R., 2008, A Simple Alphanumeric Classification of Wood Debris Size and Shape:  Stream Notes (Quarterly): USDA Forest Service Stream Systems Technology Center, Fort Collins, CO, October 2008 issue, p. 1-3.  URL: http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/news/streamnt/pdf/SN_10_08.pdf

Notes on trip - GEO 621_2008.11.09.htm
11 Nov

Mine-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

Messinger, Terence, 2003, Comparison of storm response of streams in small, unmined and valley-filled watersheds, 1999-2001, Ballard Fork, West Virginia, USGS WRI 2002-4303.  http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri024303

Messinger, Terence; Paybins, Katherine S., 2003, Relations between precipitation and daily and monthly mean flows in gaged, unmined and valley-filled watersheds, Ballard Fork, West Virginia, 1999-2001, WRI 2003-4113.    http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri034113  Click on "View the document as HTML" or  http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri034113/pdfs/wrir034113.pdf 
13 Nov
Human-Impacts on the Global Landscape
Zalasiewicz, Jan, Williams, Mark, Smith, Alan, Barry, Tiffany L., Coe, Angela L., Bown, Paul R., Brenchley, Patrick, Cantrill, David,Gale, Andrew, Gibbard, Philip, Gregory, F. John, Hounslow, Mark W., Kerr, Andrew C., Pearson, Paul, Knox, Robert, Powell, John, Waters, Colin,  Marshall, John, Oates, Michael, Rawson, Peter, and Stone, Philip, 2008, Are now living in the Anthropocene?:  GSA Today, vol. 18, no. 2. (February), p. 4-8.http://www.gsajournals.org/archive/1052-5173/18/2/pdf/i1052-5173-18-2-4.pdf or  http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1130%2FGSAT01802A.1

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  <<

Related readings: David Archer in The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate (Princeton University Press)
14 Nov
Paper Draft 2 Due to Kite & Reviewers by 12:00 Noon

18 Nov Tectonic Geomorphology


 
Kirby, E., & Whipple, K., 2001, Quantifying differential rock-uplift rates via stream profile analysis: Geology, v. 29 no.5, p. 415-418.
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Kirby&Whipple2001StreamProfileAnalysisGeology.pdf

Korup, Oliver, and Montgomery, David R., 2008, Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorge: Nature, v. 455, p. 786. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7214/full/nature07322.html
or http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7214/pdf/nature07322.pdf

Summary article: Owen,  Lewis A., 2008, Geomorphology: How Tibet might keep its edge: Nature v. 455, p. 748-749 doi:10.1038/nature07322  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7214/full/455748a.html or   http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7214/pdf/455748a.pdf

Other readings:
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.
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/WhittakerEtaL2007BedrochChAdjustGeology103.pdf

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.
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/MasonEtAl2006Rates of active faultingGSABull.pdf
20 Nov
No Class because of Kite's trip to take care of family concerns in Virginia
No Readings
21 Nov
Paper Draft 2 Reviewer's Comments and Reccommendations Due to Kite by 12:00 Noon

22-30 Nov
No Class Meeting, Thanksgiving

2 Dec
Fly Fishing Geomorphology

Champoux, Olivier, Biron, Pascale M., and Roy, Andre´ G., 2003, The Long-Term Effectiveness of Fish Habitat Restoration Practices: Lawrence Creek, Wisconsin, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 93, no. 1, p. 42–54. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/ChampouEtAl2003_Habitat Resto.pdf

Hvidsten,
N. A. and Johnson, B.O., 1992, River bed construction: impact and habitat restoration
for juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and brown trout, Salmo trutta L. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 1992, v. 23, p. 489-498. 
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/HvidstenAndJohnson1992River bed construct.pdf
4 Dec
Whitewater Geomorphology
Nealy, William, 1986, Kayak: the animated manual of intermediate and advance whitewater technique: Birmingham, AL, Menasha Ridge Press, 190 p. (ISBN: 0897320506) hard-copy handouts, articles available at this URL "Hydrotopography" (p. 19-57) http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Nealy1986p19_57Hydrotopography.pdf and "The Joy of Flood" (p. 110-125) http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Nealy1986p110_125_JoyOfFlood.pdf

P. 22-23, 25-29 in American Whitewater March/April 1996:
hard-copy handouts, articles available at this URL: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Journal_index_issue_2_year_1996_
Weld, John, 1996, The Potomac Floods of '96 - The Perfect Wave, American Whitewater, v/ 36, no 2 (March/April), p. 22-27
Brown, Skip, 1996, The Potomac Floods of '96 - Harpers Ferry by Boat, American Whitewater, v/ 36, no 2 (March/April), p. 28
Schelp, Paul, 1996, The Potomac Floods of '96 - The Jumps, American Whitewater, v/ 36, no 2 (March/April), p. 28-29
5 Dec
Class Project  Wrap Up  2:00-4:00

9 Dec
Final Paper Revisions Due (in Kite's mailbox)
Before 4:45 p.m.


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

Link to:
GEO 621 Class Description