Geology/Geography 321: Geomorphology Lecture Schedule,

Spring 2009, Version 2.0 (3 March 2009)
J. Steven Kite, West Virginia University: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/teaching.html

TOPICS & SEQUENCE MAY CHANGE

Date

Topic


2007 Lecture links - PDF handout, requires Adobe Reader

2006 Lecture Links = Comic Sans 

Some lectures work best with Internet Explorer.

Preliminary Reading Assignments 

Blue = Available On-Line


"Bloom" = 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  (This edition first published by Prentice Hall in 1998 as ISBN 0-13-505496.)

“W” Section and

Assignments

(Also See Lab Schedule)

 

GEO 525 Assignments

13 Jan (1)

Class Organization, Systems, Equilibria etc.

2006 Lecture

Bloom Ch. 1 & 2

Geology B.S. Assessment GEOMORPHOLOGY QUESTIONS

 

15 Jan (2)

Systems II: see end of 9 Jan PDF
Tectonic Geomorphology I

2006 Tectonic Geomorphology I

Bloom Ch. 3

 

GEO 525:  Paper-Project  Tentative Title Due

20 Jan (3)

Tectonic Geomorphology II: see end of 11 Jan PDF
Volcanic Geomorphology I

2006 Volcanoes I PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 5 & 6

 

22 Jan (4)

Volcanic Geomorphology II: see end of 11 Jan PDF
Weathering I: see 23 Jan pdf

2006 Volcanoes II PDF Handouts
2006 Weathering I PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 7

 

 

27 Jan (5)

Weathering & Clays II
Soils I - See 25 Jan

2006 Weathering & Clays PDF Handouts

Particle Size Handout see "Ask Dr. Hydro" & following Table at
http://stream.fs.fed.us/news/streamnt/pdf/SN_1-96.pdf

 

29 Jan (6)

Soils I, II & III

2006 Soils PDF Handouts

Soils Handout

 

 

3 Feb (7)

Physical Weathering I
Soil Taxonomy- See 25 Jan

2006 Phys Weath PDF handouts

Bloom Ch. 9

 

5 Feb

(8)

Physical Weathering II - See 30 Jan
Debris Flow Video

Hansen 1995 (slides-Ohio)http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/10/pdf/GeoFacts/geof08.pdf
Fedorko 1986,  Part 1 Part 2 (pdf file) read ONLY p. 9-17;
Fonner 1987 ('99 Revision);

Add in 2010 - Colorado Geological Survey, 2008 (Rockfall in Colorado; Rock Talk v. 11, no. 2) http://geosurvey.state.co.us/portals/0/rtv11n2.pdf

Crowell 1997 (Mine Subsidence);http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/10/pdf/GeoFacts/geof12.pdf  

 

10 Feb (9)

Engineering Geology, Slopes, Debris Flows II

2006 Slopes PDF Handouts
2006 D-Flow PDF Handouts

Coe 1999;
Cenderelli & Kite 1998 (Adobe Reader required);
Gori, Paula L., and Burton, William C., 1996, Debris-Flow Hazards in the Blue Ridge of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-159-96, URL: http://landslides.usgs.gov/docs/faq/fs159-96.pdf

 

12 Feb

** TEST I: Be Prepared!  (20% of Grade);  "Raw" Grades now on E-campus.  Grading Points for Questions 12-17.

Test Covers Bloom Ch.  1-3, 5-7 & 9 (154 pages) + Outside Readings

 

Paper 1 Rough Draft written in class

17 Feb (10)

Zone 1: Drainage Basin & Zone 2: Stream Flow  

2006 PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 10

 

Paper 1 Rough Draft Returned w/ Comments

 

19 Feb (11)

Zone 2: Stream Flow See Link to Lecture 10
Sediment Transport; Hydraulic Geometry

2006 PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 11

GEO 525 Project Research Plan Due

24 Feb (12)

Sediment Transport; Hydraulic Geometry II
See Link to Lecture 11

Bloom Ch. 15

 

Paper 1 Draft 2 due to Kite and Peer Reviewers

26 Feb (13)

Stream Classification & Landscape Theories I

2006 PDF Handouts

Rosgen, David L, 1994, A classification of natural rivers: Catena, v. 22, p. 169-199.   http://www.wildlandhydrology.com/assets/CLASS_OF_NATURAL_RIVERS_300.pdf  or  CLASS_OF_NATURAL_RIVERS_300.pdf (requires Adobe Reader)

Montgomery, D. R., and Buffington, J. M., 1998, Channel Processes, Classification, and Response, in Naiman, R.J., and Bilby, R.E., eds., River Ecology and Management: Lessons from the Pacific Coastal Ecoregion: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 13-42.  URL:
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Montgomery_Buffington1998channel.pdf

 

 

3 Mar

(14)

Landscape Theories II, See 22 Feb  

2006 PDF Handouts


Gaps Gullies Old Rivers Paleohydrology etc.

2006 Eastern US Paleohydrology
2006 Arid Landscape Paleohydrology

Bloom Ch. 12
Not in 2005
White, I. C., 1896, Origin of the high terrace deposits of the Monongahela River, in Hennen, R. V., and Reger, D. B., 1913, Marion, Monongalia and Taylor County Report: West Virginia Geological Survey County Report, p. 67‑75.
Fridley, H.M., 1933, Drainage diversions of the Cheat River: Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, v. 6, no. 15, p. 85-88.
Fridley, H. M., 1939, Solution and stream piracy: Journal of Geology, v. 47, p. 178‑188. 
Ver Steeg, K., 1940, The formation of watergaps by solution and piracy: American Journal of Science. v. 238, p. 32‑41.
Fridley, H. M., 1940, Watergaps by solution and piracy: a reply: American Journal of Science, v. 238, p. 226‑233.
Bonnett, R.B., 19??

Peer Reviews of Paper 1 Draft 2 due to Kite

5 Mar (15)

No Class Meeting - Presidential Search Meetings



Peer & Kite Reviews of Paper 1 Draft 2 Returned

10 Mar  (16)

Groundwater, Karst, and Caves

2006 PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 8

Not Assigned in 2005: Palmer 1991; Springer, 2002  http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/

 

12 Mar

** Test II   (20% of Grade)

Covers Bloom Ch. 8, 10-12, & 15 + Outside Readings

Paper 1 Final Draft Due BEFORE Class

Paper 2 Rough Draft written in class

14-22 Mar

Spring Break

 

 

24 Mar (17)

Periglacial Geomorphology (2009)

Bloom Ch. 4 & 14

Paper 2 Rough Draft Returned w/ Comments

26 Mar (18)

Aeolian Geomorphology (2009)

2007 PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 13

 

28-29 Mar

Tentative- One Day Field Trips (One trip or alternative assignment = Required)

Kite & others 2002; Springer & Kite 1997; Springer & others, 1997, Kite & Linton, 1993; Teets and Young

 

31 Mar (19)

Glaciology I & II 2009

2006 PDF Handouts


Bloom Ch. 16


Check out the Extreme Ice Survey Project at http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/, click on "TIME LAPSES & PHOTOS", then click on "VIDEOS" , all are worth watching, especially the first three of Columbia Glacier (calving margin retreat) , the fourth one (Mendenhall Glacier Calving followed by esker tunnel discharge),

especially the top two videos of calving Greenland glaciers, and NPR story at  http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/extreme_ice.html?ft=1&f=97635953

Paper 2 Draft 2 due to Kite and Peer Reviewers

2 Apr

(20)

Glacial Deposits & Landforms

2006 PDF Handouts

Bloom Ch. 17

 

4-5 April

Tentative- One Day Field Trips (One trip or alternative assignment = Required)

 

 

7 Apr

(21)

Glacial Deposits & Landforms II - See 2 April
Bloom Ch. 18

Peer Reviews of Paper 2 Draft 2 due to Kite

9 Apr   (22)

Long Field Lab - Stream Assessment Field Trip

Field trip in Lab on 9 & 14 April  Read Donaldson, 1968

http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Donaldson1968GeologyWVUArboretum.pdf

Peer & Kite Reviews of Paper 1 Draft 2 Returned

14 Apr  (23)

Long Field Lab - Stream Assessment Field Trip

Field trip in Lab on 9 & 14 April  Read Donaldson, 1968

http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/Donaldson1968GeologyWVUArboretum.pdf

 

16 Apr  (24)

Glaciation Effects I - See 21 April

2006 PDF Handouts

 

Paper 1 Final Draft Due BEFORE Class

 


 

 

21 Apr  (25)

Glaciation Effects I & II + Coastal Geomorphology I & II

Bloom Ch. 19.

 

21 Apr

MAKE-UP TESTS:  6:30 P.M. 309 Brooks: Same "ESSAY" FORMAT as other tests

 

GEO 525 Paper or

Project Due.

23 Apr  (26)

Coastal Geomorphology II - See 21 April

2006 PDF Handouts

 Bloom Ch. 20

 

28-30 Apr

No lecture this week; Kite at Geomorphic Reclamation Conference, Bristol, VA

LAB TESTS WILL BE GIVEN THIS WEEK

 

4 May

* FINAL EXAM * (25% of Grade)
8:00-10:00 A.M. Monday

(80% on Chapters 4, 12, 14, 16-20 in Bloom + all outside readings; 20% "cumulative")

 

 

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

Where to Find Updates of this File: www.geo.wvu.edu/~kite/LectureSchedule321.html

 

Revised 11 January 2009


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Deleted because of schedule issues:

Geomorphology of Other Worlds  2007 Lecture Full Lecture PDF Handouts  Reading  Susan Reichley, undated