Advanced Topics in Hydrology:
Earth Surface Transport and Morphodynamics
GLY5896
Spring 2001


Reference # :  06956
Credits :  3
Times : Tuesday and Thursday 3:35 p.m.- 4:50 p.m.
where: Carraway 104
Instructors: Mark Schmeeckle, Sergio Fagherazzi
E-mail:  schmeeckle@fsu.edu;fagherazzi@gly.fsu.edu
Phone:  5-4987; 4-7022
Office Hours: Schmeeckle: TBA; Fagherazzi: Tuesday and Thursday 4:50 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Required Text: None;


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.

Requirements
There will be no tests. 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. Two of the assignments will be based on two required field trips dealing with soils and hillslope transport and fluvial processes. Several written critiques of chosen journal articles will be required. The critiques will be from two to four pages and will test and develop analytic analysis of the subject material.
Lecture attendance is critical. Much of the material covered in class will not be in the assigned reading.

Grading/Evaluation
One half of the grade will be based on homework assignments and one half will be based on written critiques. To make sure that students have read the assigned material prior to class, a student will be selected at random to summarize the assigned reading. Failure to show that the reading was completed will result in a grade reduction of the current homework assignment.

Contact with Instructors
Mark Schmeeckle
311A Carraway Building; or 124 Shaw Bldg. in Innovation Park
Phone: 645-4987
email: schmeeckle@fsu.edu

Sergio Fagherazzi
311a Carraway Building; or 429C Dirac Science Library
Phone:644-7022
email: sergio@csit.fsu.edu

Office Hours

Fagherazzi: Tuesday and Thursday 4:50 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 311a Carraway Building
 

Calendar

The following is a schedule of lectures and assignments. Check back often as it will change during the course.
Lect. Topic Reading Due
 
01-S Intro to Course-syllabus,office hours, grading,etc; Intro to transport processes and morphodynamics
02-M Chemical weathering-congruent-incongruent weathering reactions; Soils-horizon development, use of soils for dating Birkeland, Ch1,2,9
03-S Mechanical weathering- crack mechanics, exfoliation cracks, freeze-thaw, freezing front water film, cracking from clay growth, salt weathering, fire spalling Walder and Hallet
04-S Glacial 1-introduction, snow to ice transformation,  mass budget-conservation of mass Paterson Ch 2,3 ;Furbish and Andrews
05-M Glacial 2-motion-deformation,slip,regelation,till Paterson Ch. 5,7
06-S Groundwater 1-Darcy's Equation M King Hubbert
07-S Groundwater 2-More of Darcy's Equation
08-S Hillslope 1- hillslope forms-influence of climate,vegetation,relief Carson and Kirkby, Ch. 5
09-S The Erosion Equation-relationship between form and process Gilbert
10-M Hillslope 2-surface hillslope transport-creep,sheetwash,rainsplash
11-M Hillslope 3-hillslope evolution-
12-S Hillslope 4-slope hydrology and stability Dietrich and Montgomery
13-M  Hillslope 5--return flow, sapping;  Dunne
14-S Drainage Basin 1-basin hydrology
15-S Drainage Basin 2-morphometry-stream order, networks, drainage density, Horton, Hack, Shreve, Schumm Horton
16-M Drainage Basin 3- sedimentary basins Paola
17-M Fluvial 1-fluid mechanics-viscosity, constitutive equations Middleton and Southard, Ch.1
18-M Fluvial 2-flow in rivers-Reynolds number, turbulence, roughness, velocity distribution Middleton and Southard, Ch.5
19-M Fluvial 3-sediment transport-initial motion, bedload, suspended load, wash load,erosion equation Wiberg and Smith
20-M Fluvial 4-channel pattern;channel geometry;frequency and magnitude-bankfull flow Wolman and Miller
21-S Fluvial 5-hydraulic geometry, long profile Snow and Slingerland
22-M Fluvial 6-fluvial bedforms- bedform formation Nelson
23-S Fluvial 7-fluvial sedimentology- ripple, dune, and bar sedimentology Rubin
24-S Coastal/Marine 1-beach morphology, waves, drift velocity Komar Ch 1, 5,6,7
25-M Coastal/ Marine 2-wave set-up, rip currents, longshore transport Komar Ch 8,9
26-S Coastal/ Marine 3 - beach sedimentology, marine stratigraphy McAdoo

Reading List

Introduction

Weathering and Soils

Glacial Hillslope Groundwater


Drainage Basin

Fluvial Coastal/Marine