Geomorphology
GLY4700C
Advanced Topics in Hydrology:
Earth Surface Transport
and Morphodynamics
GLY5896
Fall 2004
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Credits : |
3 |
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Times : |
Monday and Wednesday |
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where: |
Carraway 106 |
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Instructors: |
Sergio Fagherazzi |
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E-mail: |
fagherazzi@gly.fsu.edu |
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Phone: |
4-4274 |
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Office Hours: |
Monday and Wednesday |
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Required Text: |
Ritter, Kochel and Miller, Process Geomorphology |
Description/Objectives
Landforms and the sedimentary record result from the processes of weathering
and mass transport at Earth's surface. Modern interpretations of sedimentary
rocks and landforms emphasize an understanding of these processes within the
framework of transport and conservation of mass equations. A comprehensive
introduction to weathering and transport on Earth's surface is not possible in
a single course, thus, the general quantitative framework and a few specific
examples will be selected broadly from a number of terrestrial environments.
The course will in general follow the path of material weathered from bedrock
and transported from hillslopes to rivers to oceans.
Specific topics can be found in the calendar. The primary
objective is that, by the end of this course, students will understand how to
apply appropriate transport and conservation of mass equations to a number of surficial processes and the resulting erosion/sedimentation
and landform morphodynamics.
Grading/Evaluation
There will be 8 tests included the final. You can miss 2 of them and I will average
the top 6 grades, no make up tests will be offered. The tests will provide 80%
of the final grade. Homework assignments will be given periodically which will
test and develop quantitative skills. Some of the assignments will require use
of computer spreadsheets or a programming language The
homeworks will give 10% of the final grade. Two of
the assignments will be based on two required field trips dealing with soils
and hillslope transport and fluvial processes (10% of
the final grade). Lecture attendance is critical. Much of the material covered
in class will not be in the assigned reading.
Sergio Fagherazzi
462 Dirac
Science Library
Phone:644-4274
email: sergio@csit.fsu.edu
Fagherazzi: Monday and Wednesday
The following is a schedule of lectures and assignments. Check back often as it will change during the course.
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Intro to Course-syllabus,office hours, grading,etc; Intro to transport processes and morphodynamics |
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Glacial 1-introduction, snow to ice transformation, |
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Glacial 2-mass budget-conservation of mass |
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Glacial 3-motion-deformation |
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Glacial 4-slip,regelation,till |
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Mechanical weathering- crack mechanics, exfoliation cracks, freeze-thaw, freezing front water film, cracking from clay growth, salt weathering, fire spalling |
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Mass wasting |
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Landslides 1 theory |
Montgomery and Dietrich |
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Landslides 2 application |
Montgomery and Dietrich |
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The Erosion Equation-relationship between form and
process |
Gilbert |
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Drainage Basin 1-basin hydrology |
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Drainage Basin 2-morphometry-stream order, networks, drainage density, Horton, Hack, Shreve, Schumm |
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Drainage Basin 3- denudation |
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Field Trip |
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Fluvial 1-flow in rivers-Reynolds number, turbulence, roughness, velocity distribution, sediments |
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Fluvial 2-Sediment |
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Fluvial 3-channel patterns, equilibrium and time |
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Fluvial 4 Floodplains and terraces |
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Fluvial 5 Fans and Deltas |
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Karst 1 hydrology |
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Karst 2 landforms |
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Field Trip |
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Coastal/Marine 1-beach morphology, waves, drift velocity |
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Coastal/ Marine 2-wave set-up, rip currents, longshore transport |
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Coastal/ Marine 3 - beach sedimentology, marine stratigraphy |
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Coastal/ Marine 4 - barrier islands |
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Reading List
Paterson, WSB. The Physics of Glaciers.
Gilbert, G.K. The convexity of hilltops, Journal of Geology 17, 344-350, 1909.