g322 geomorph

ES322 Geomorphology and Aerial Photo Interpretation

Class Syllabus (Adobe Acrobat Format)

ES322 Fall 2020 Class Syllabus
ES322 Fall 2020 Class Schedule (Draft 1 - Updated Oct. 1, 2020)

2020-2021 Final Exam Schedule

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Reminder: Weekly ES322 Lab / Study Session: Mondays 10 AM - 12 noon, meet Beeb at NS Building Pond / North Entrance

Week 10 Class Announcements:

Online Final Exam Thursday December 10, 2020: 3 hour time window for completion with exam available between 8 AM and 11 PM

Final Exam Topics: Week 5 Drainage Basins, Week 6 Glacial, Week 7 Deserts, Week 8 Tectonic, Week 9 Coasts, Week 10 Quaternary Climate

Click Here for Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2020

Next Zoom Class Meeting Thursday December 3, 2020, 11 AM

Click Here for Weekly Zoom Virtual Meeting Link Meeting ID: 886 2155 7213 Passcode: 024896

Week 10 Topics: Quaternary Climate

C. Week 8 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Monday November 30, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 8-1. Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology Reading Review Questions

Task 8-2. Earth Revealed Plate Dynamics Video Review Question

Task 8-3. Introduction to Tectonic Geomorphology Video Review Questions

Task 8-4. Journal Reading Review Questions: Kelsey and others, 1996 - Oregon Neotectonics

C. Week 9 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday December 4, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 9-1. Chapter 8 Coastal Geomorphology Reading Review Questions

Task 9-2. Earth Revealed Coasts Video Review Question

Task 9-3. Coast Lab Part 1 - Introductory Concepts

Week 10 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Thursday December 10, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 10-1. Chapter 13 Climate Reading Review Questions

Task 10-2. BBC Big Chill Climate Change Video Review Question

Task 10-3. Coast Lab Exercise Part 5 - Neotectonics of Oregon Coast

Weekly Course Content Modules

The class learning resources and lab exercises are organized according to their order of occurrence throughout the session. They are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) Format. Exam study guides will be included as the term progresses. Please check for updates frequently, daily and weekly, as the class progresses.

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Week 1 Class Materials - Introduction (Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2020)

A. Week 1 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Week 1 Virtual Class Meeting Recording: October 1, 2020

Learning Module 1: Introduction

Class Notes: Introduction to Geomorphology

Class Notes: Introduction to Earth System Science

Class Slide Show: Introduction to Geomorphology

Text Reading: Chapter 1 Introduction to Geomorphology

Learning Module 2: Fundamentals of Landscape Analysis
Class Notes: Principles of Landscape Analysis and Geomorphic Mapping

Review of Topographic Map Principles

Review of Units and Unit Conversions (Schoenfeld)

Video Resources

Introduction to Geomorphology Video [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Overview of Landforms, Materials and Processes [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Introduction to Landforms of Earth [Required, Youtube ~14 min]

AGI Faces of Earth Video Series: Building the Planet [Required, YouTube video 48 min]

B. Week 1 Lab Exercises and Activities

1-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 1 Introduction / Basic Concepts

Example Style Format for Answering Text Reading Review Questions (professional, word processed, images)

1-2. Introduction to Geomorphology Video Review Questions

Introduction to Geomorphology Video [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Overview of Landforms, Materials and Processes [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Introduction to Landforms of Earth [Required, Youtube ~14 min]

1-3. AGI Building the Planet Video Review Questions

AGI Faces of Earth Video Series: Building the Planet [Recommended, YouTube video 48 min]

1-4. Introductory Quantitative Exercise / Unit Conversions

English-Metric Conversion Factors

1-5. Introduction to Landscape Analysis Exercise (MS Powerpoint)

C. Week 1 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday October 9, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 1-1. Chapter 1 Introduction Review Questions

Task 1-2. Introduction to Geomorphology Video Review Questions

Task 1-3. AGI Building the Planet Video Review Questions

Task 1-4. Introductory Quantitative / Unit Conversion Exercise

Task 1-5. Introduction to Landscape Analysis Exercise

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Week 2 Class Materials - Weathering and Soils (Oct. 5-Oct.9, 2020)

A. Week 2 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Weathering and Soils

Class Slide Show: Weathering

Class Slide Show: Soils

Text Reading: Chapter 3 Weathering and Soils

Video Resources

Basics of Weathering and Erosion [Required, Youtube ~19 min]

Overview of Soil Development [Required, Youtube ~16 min]

Earth Revealed Video: Weathering and Soils [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 2 Lab Exercises and Activities

2-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 3 Weathering and Soils

Text Reading: Chapter 3 Weathering and Soils

2-2. Earth Revealed Video Exercise: Weathering and Soils

WebLink Earth Revealed Video: Weathering and Soils [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

2-3. Lab Exercise: Review of Topographic Maps / Monmouth Quadrangle

Required Materials: Monmouth 7.5-minute Topographic Map Quadrangle, Calculator, Thinking Cap

2-4. Introduction to Geomorphic Analysis

Required Materials: Monmouth 7.5-minute Topographic Map Quadrangle, Geologic Map of Monmouth-Sydney Quadrangles, Polk County Soil Survey

C. Week 2 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday October 16, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 2-1. Chapter 3 Weathering and Soils Reading Review Questions

Task 2-2. Earth Revealed Weathering Video Review Questions

Task 2-3. Lab Exercise: Review of Topographic Maps / Monmouth Quadrangle

Task 2-4. Lab Exercise: Introduction to Geomorphic Analysis

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Week 3 Class Materials - Mass Wasting and Hillslopes (Oct. 12-Oct. 16, 2020)

A. Week 3 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Mass Wasting / Hillslopes

Class Slide Show: Mass Wasting

Text Reading: Chapter 5 Hillslopes

Video Resources

Introduction to Avalanches and Landslides - European Perspectives [Required, Youtube ~10 min]

Introduction to Landslides Video - National Geographic [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Earth Revealed Video: Mass Wasting and Landslides [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 3 Lab Exercises and Activities

3-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 5 Hillslope Processes

Text Reading: Chapter 5 Hillslope Processes

3-2. Earth Revealed Video Exercise: Mass Wasting and Landslides

Earth Revealed Video: Mass Wasting and Landslides [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

3-3. Lab Exercise: Humans as Geomorphic Agents / Erosion Rate Problem

Hooke (2000) Article: "Humans as Geomorphic Agents"

3-4. Summary Review Questions - Roering et al., 2005

Journal Reading: Roering et al., 2005, Landslides in Oregon Coast Range

C. Week 3 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday October 23, 2020; 11:59 PM)

Task 3-1. Chapter 5 Hillslope Processes Reading Review Questions

Task 3-2. Earth Revealed Mass Wasting Video Review Questions

Task 3-3. Lab Exercise: Humans as Geomorphic Agents

Task 3-4. Lab Exercise: Roering et al., 2005, Oregon Coast Range Review Questions

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Week 4 Class Materials - Rivers and Channels (Oct. 19-Oct. 23, 2020)

A. Week 4 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Fluvial Geomorphology

Class Slide Show: Fluvial

Text Reading: Chapter 4 Hydrology

Text Reading: Chapter 6 Channels

Video Resources

Overview of Fluvial Processes [Required, Youtube ~8 min]

Introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology [Required, Youtube ~10 min]

Earth Revealed Video: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 4 Lab Exercises and Activities

4-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 6 River / Channel Processes

Text Reading: Chapter 6 River Channels

4-2. Earth Revealed Video Exercise: Rivers and Erosion

Earth Revealed Video: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

4-3. In-Class Exercise: Watershed Hydrology Problems (Complete Problems 5, 1.1, 1.5)
4-4. In-Class Exercise: Watershed Discharge Problem (Complete All Parts)

C. Week 4 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday October 30, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 4-1. Chapter 6 River Channels Reading Review Questions

Task 4-2. Earth Revealed Running Water Video Review Questions

Task 4-3. In-Class Exercise: Watershed Hydrology Problems (Questions 5, 1.1, 1.5)

Task 4-4. In-Class Exercise: Watershed Discharge Problem (Complete all parts)

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Week 5 Class Materials - Drainage Basins and Watersheds (Oct. 26-Oct. 30, 2020)

A. Week 5 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Drainage Basins and Surface Water Hydrology

Class Slide Show: Fluvial

Text Reading: Chapter 7 Drainage Basins

Video Resources

What is a Watershed? [Required, Youtube ~4 min]

Introduction to Drainage Basins [Required, Youtube ~3 min]

How to Delineate a Watershed from a Topographic Map [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

Introduction to Watershed Analysis [Required, Youtube ~12 min]

Strahler Stream Order Method [Required, Youtube ~3 min]

Drainage Density Methods [Required, Youtube ~3 min]

B. Week 5 Lab Exercises and Activities

5-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 7 Drainage Basins

Text Reading: Chapter 7 Drainage Basins

5-2. Week 5 Video Review Questions: Drainage Basins

5-3. Introduction to Watershed Morphometry Lab Exercise (Complete All Parts)

C. Week 5 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday November 6, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 5-1. Chapter 7 Drainage Basings Reading Review Questions

Task 5-2. Week 5 Video Review Question Worksheets

Task 5-3. Watershed Morphometry Exercise (Complete all parts)

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Week 6 Class Materials - Glaciers (Nov. 2-Nov. 6, 2020)

Midterm Exam Moodle Online Monday November 2, 2020 (Covers Week 1 through 4 course materials)

Click Here for Exam Logistics and Study Guide (Updated 10/29/20)

A. Week 6 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Glacial Processes and Landforms

Class Slide Show: Glaciers and Glacial Processes

Text Reading: Chapter 9 Glaciers

Video Resources

Alpine Glacier Basics [Required, Youtube ~15 min]

Continental Glacier Basics [Required, Youtube ~3 min]

Youtube - Ice Age Floods of the Pacific Northwest

Earth Revealed Video: Glaciers [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 6 Lab Exercises and Activities

6-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 9 Glaciers

Text Reading: Chapter 9 Glaciers

6-2. Earth Revealed Video Exercise: Glaciers

Earth Revealed Video: Glaciers [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

6-3. Cascade Mountains Glacial Ice Budget Lab Exercise

Ice Data: Cascade Ice Lab Excel Spreadsheet

Mt. Rainier Glacial Maps

Instructional Video: How to Make A Line Graph in Excel [Required, Youtube ~6 min]

Instructional Video: How to Make A Bar (Histogram) Graph in Excel [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

C. Week 6 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday November 13, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 6-1. Chapter 9 Glaciers Reading Review Questions

Task 6-2. Earth Revealed Review Question Worksheets

Task 6-3. Cascade Mountain Ice Budget Lab Exercise (Complete all parts)

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Week 7 Class Materials - Deserts (Nov. 9-Nov. 13, 2020)

A. Week 7 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Arid Zone Geomorphology and Processes

Class Slide Show: Deserts

Text Reading: Chapter 10 Deserts and Wind

Video Resources

Introduction to Deserts [Required, Youtube ~3 min]

Alluvial Fans and Depositional Processes [Required, Youtube ~16 min]

Earth Revealed Video: Deserts [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 7 Lab Exercises and Activities

7-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 10 Wind and Deserts

Text Reading: Chapter 10 Deserts and Wind

7-2. Earth Revealed Video Exercise: Deserts

Earth Revealed Video: Deserts [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

7-3. Alluvial Fan Morphometry in Deserts

Fan Data: Alluvial Fan Lab Excel Spreadsheet

Instructional Video: How to Fit a Power Function to Graph Data in Excel [Required, Youtube ~15 min]

C. Week 7 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday November 20, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 7-1. Chapter 10 Deserts Reading Review Questions

Task 7-2. Earth Revealed Desert Video Review Question Worksheets

Task 7-3. Alluvial Fan Morphometry Lab Exercise (Complete all parts)

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Week 8 Class Materials - Tectonic Geomorphology (Nov. 16-Nov. 20, 2020)

A. Week 8 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Tectonic Geomorphology

Class Slide Show: Tectonics

Text Reading: Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology

Video Resources

Earth Revealed Video: Plate Dynamics [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

National Geographic - Mountain Building and the Rocky Mountains, USA [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

Tectonic Geomophorphology Lecture Series Geodynamics University of Helsinki [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

Folds and Dip [Required, Youtube ~9 min]

Types of Faults and Folds [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

B. Week 8 Lab Exercises and Activities

8-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology

Text Reading: Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology

8-2. Earth Revealed Video Review Questions: Plate Dynamics

Earth Revealed Video: Plate Dynamics [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

8-3. Introduction to Tectonic Geomorphology Video Review Questions

Introduction to Tectonic-Climate Coupling [Required, Youtube ~9 min]

Introduction to Faulting and Folding [Required, Youtube ~5 min]

Geomorphic Markers and Tectonic Deformation at Earth's Surface [Required, Youtube ~16 min]

8-4. Journal Reading Review Questions - Kelsey and others (1996) Coastal Oregon Tectonic Geomorphology

Kelsey and others (1996) Quaternary Deformation of Oregon Coast

C. Week 8 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Monday November 30, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 8-1. Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology Reading Review Questions

Task 8-2. Earth Revealed Plate Dynamics Video Review Question

Task 8-3. Introduction to Tectonic Geomorphology Video Review Questions

Task 8-4. Journal Reading Review Questions: Kelsey and others, 1996 - Oregon Neotectonics

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Week 9 Class Materials - Coasts (Nov. 23-Nov. 27, 2020)

A. Week 9 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Coastal Geomorphology

Class Slide Show: Coasts

Class Slide Show: Oregon Coastal Processes

Text Reading: Chapter 8 Coasts

Video Resources

Earth Revealed Video: Coasts [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

B. Week 9 Lab Exercises and Activities

9-1. Reading Review Questions: Chapter 8 Coastal Geomorphology

Text Reading: Chapter 8 Coastal Geomorphology

9-2. Earth Revealed Video Review Questions: Coasts

Earth Revealed Video: Coasts [Required, Youtube ~25 min]

9-3. Coast Lab Part 1 - Introductory Concepts

C. Week 9 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Friday December 4, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 9-1. Chapter 8 Coastal Geomorphology Reading Review Questions

Task 9-2. Earth Revealed Coasts Video Review Question

Task 9-3. Coast Lab Part 1 - Introductory Concepts

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Week 10 Class Materials - Climate Change (Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2020)

A. Week 10 Class Notes and Learning Resources

Class Notes: Quaternary Climate Change and Geomorphology

Class Slide Show: Climate Change

Text Reading: Chapter 13 Climate Change

Video Resources

Introduction to Quaternary Climate Change - PBS [Required, Youtube ~14 min]

BBC The Big Chill - Global Climate Change Video [Required, Youtube ~48 min]

B. Week 10 Lab Exercises and Activities

10-1. Chapter 13 Climate Change Textbook Review Questions

Text Reading: Chapter 13 Climate Change

10-2. Video Review Exercise: BBC The Big Chill Climate Change

BBC The Big Chill - Global Climate Change Video [Required, Youtube ~48 min]

10-3. Coast Lab Part 5 - Neotectonics (Complete all parts)

Click Here for Link to Earth's Fractured Surface Map

Coastal Lab Data (Part 2)- Excel Spreadsheet Tables 4, 5

C. Week 10 Assignment Task Inventory and Checklist (Due for Moodle Submission by Thursday December 10, 2020, 11:59 PM)

Task 10-1. Chapter 13 Climate Reading Review Questions

Task 10-2. BBC Big Chill Climate Change Video Review Question

Task 10-3. Coast Lab Exercise Part 5 - Neotectonics of Oregon Coast

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Class Notes

The class notes are organized according to their order of occurrence throughout the term. They are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) Format. Acrobat Reader is invoked as a plug-in within the web browser environment. It is available on most machines at WOU. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free by returning to Taylor's Home Page

Exam study guides will be included as the term progresses. Please check future postings as exam time approaches

1. Introduction

Introduction to Earth System Science

Fundamental Concepts in Physical Science

Introduction to Geomorphology Video (Youtube ~4 min)

Intro Reading: Floods, Climate, Social Cost (Hurricane Impacts in Houston, 2017)

Introduction to Landscape Analysis Exercise (MS Powerpoint)

Physics Review Exercise

Geomorphic Terminology and Definitions (Osterkamp, 2008)

Introductory Video Exercise: Regional Geomorphology of the U.S.

Heat Transfer (youtube video ~5 min)

Density Facts (youtube video ~3 min)

2. Principles of Landscape Analysis and Geomorphic Mapping

Review of Topographic Map Principles

Review of Units and Unit Conversions (Schoenfeld)

3. Geomorphology and Quaternary Age Dating

Reading: Introduction to Quaternary Age Dating Methods (Walker, 2005)

Introduction to Quaternary Geochronology (Youtube Lecture ~23 min)

Cosmogenic Isotope Dating (Youtube Lecture ~40 min)

Thermoluminescence Dating (Youtube Lecture ~50 min)

Video Exercise: Radiometric Age Dating

4. Weathering and Soils

Weathering Key Terms Review Assignment

In-Class Exercise: Lithostatic Pressure and Erosion Rates

Overview of Soil Development (YouTube Video Link Oct. 28, 2013)

Unified Soil Classification

In-Class Exercise on Sunset Bay Soil Profile

Soil Profile Image Bank (Mich. St. Univ)

Triangular Diagrams (blank for soil textures)

WOU/DeVolder Science Center Geotechnical Report

Weathering and Mass Wasting Video Exercise

5. Mass Wasting / Hillslopes

Angle of Repose/Slope Stability In-Class Activity

Mass Wasting Demo Results - Fall 2015

YouTube Debris Flow Video (Oct. 2009)

Mass Wasting Case Study - Rockfall at El Capitan Sept. 2017
Journal Reading / Case Study - Mass Wasting, Rockfall in Yosemite Sept. 2017

Youtube Rockfall in Yosemite Sept. 2017

Rockfall Video from Tennessee

Lower Rock Creek - Landslide Examples

You Tube: Standard Penetration Test / Split Spoon Sampling Demonstration

Youtube Landslide Video - National Geographic

Youtube Landslide Mitigation - Wyoming

Youtube Boulder Crushing Experience in Taiwan

Youtube Landslide Video from Dagastan

Web link to USGS Debris Flume Photo Archives

In-Class Exercise on Baker Ck Landslide / Erosion Rates

HJ Andrews Debris Flow Flume (See page 11-12; Oregon Geology, Fall 2006)

Mt. Hood / White River Case Study (See page 3-18; Oregon Geology, Fall 2006)

Notes on Debris Flow Disturbance in Stream Networks - Andrews Experimental Forest

6. Overview of Engineering Geology

Geomorphology In-The-News Wickiup Junction Overpass Failure (Fall 2017)

Geomorphology In-The-News: US20 Eddyville-Pioneer Mountain Project (early phase, ~5 min)

Geomorphology In-The-News: US20 Eddyville-Pioneer Mountain Project (late phase, ~5 min)

7. Introduction to Aerial Photography

Figures to Accompany Aerial Photography Notes

In-Class Air Photo / EM Spectrum Exercise

In-Class Exercise on Spatial Scales / Raster Images

In-Class Exercise: Determining Scale of an Air Photo

In-Class Exercise: Large-Scale Photo Analysis

8. Taylor Geomorphic Mapping Criteria

9. Fluvial Geomorphology

Fluvial Hydraulics Equations

Figures to Accompany Fluvial Notes

Video Exercise: River Systems (Earth Revealed Running Water Video Time Mark 5:30 Erosion Processes)

River Systems - Key Word Search Exercise

Notes on Alluvial Fans

Basics of Rain-on-Snow Flooding in Western Oregon

Basics of Oregon Salmonid Fisheries

10. Glacial Processes and Landforms

Figures to Accompany Glacial Notes

Glaciers - Key Word Search Exercise

Video Exercise: Glaciers (Earth Revealed; Time Mark 9:15 = glacial erosion processes)

Video Exercise: The "Big Chill" Climate Change

Video Exercise: "Surviving the Ice Age"

Video Exercise: "Surviving the Ice Age" ver 2

11. Quaternary Climate Change and Geomorphology

Milankovitch Animation (*.swf shockwave flash file)

12. Arid Zone Geomorphology and Processes

Lab 9 Pre-Lab Desert Video Exercise (Earth Revealed; Time Mark 9:15 Wind Erosion)

13. Tectonic Geomorphology

Maverick Spring, WY Topo Map Example

In-Class Exercise: Topographic Expression of Folded Terrain

Figures to Accompany Tectonic Notes

Video Lecture Series Geodynamics University of Helsinki

Kekerengu Fault Earthquake News Report, New Zealand, November 14, 2016 (9 minutes)

Drone video of the Kekerengu Fault rupture, New Zealand, November 14, 2016

New Zealand Earthquake Raised the Seafloor 2 Meters

14. Geomorphology of Volcanic / Igneous Landscapes

Figures to Accompany Volcanic Notes

15. Coastal Geomorphology

Figures to Accompany Coastal Notes

Video Exercise: Coasts (Earth Revealed)

Quaternary Ice Volume Climate Reconstructions

In-Class Coastal Exercise

Landform Word Search / Worksheet

16. Oregon Coast - Neotectonics
Adams (1984) Active Deformation of Pacific Northwest Continental Margin
McInelly and Kelsey (1990) Late Quaternary Tectonic Deformation of Cape Aragon-Bandon Region

Kelsey and others (1996) Quaternary Deformation of Oregon Coast

Journal Reading Review Questions - Kelsey and others (1996)

Field Trip Guides and Assignments

ES322 DeVolder Science Center Construction Site Field Guide

Field Trip: Introduction to Geomorphology and the Luckiamute Watershed

Sunset Bay Neotectonics Field Guide
Sunset Bay Neotectonics Field Trip / Pre-Trip Reading Summaries (Read each of the following papers and provide a 2-3 paragraph summary to include in final portfolio)
Click Here for Example Reading Summary Format / Style

Adams (1984) Active Deformation of Pacific Northwest Continental Margin

McInelly and Kelsey (1990) Late Quaternary Tectonic Deformation of Cape Aragon-Bandon Region

Darienzo and Peterson (1990) Evidence for Late Holocene Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunamis and Earthquakes

Sunset Bay / Field Trip 2018
Sunset Bay Neotectonics Field Guide

Assignment 1 - Journal Article Reading Review Questions - Oregon Coast Range Landslide Processes
Summary Review Questions - Roering et al., 2005

Roering et al., 2005, Landslides in Oregon Coast Range

Assignment 2 - Journal Article Reading Summary (Read each of the following papers and provide a 500-800 word written summary)
Click Here for Example Reading Summary Format / Style

McInelly and Kelsey (1990) Late Quaternary Tectonic Deformation of Cape Aragon-Bandon Region

Smith Rock Field Trip Guide (See p. 15-23; Oregon Geology, Fall 2006)
Introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology and the Luckiamute Watershed
Geology and Geomorphology of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Video Exercise - Regional Geology and Geomorphology of the U.S.

Class Slide Shows

Introduction to Geomorphology
Weathering Processes and Regolith Production
Soils Geomorphology
Aerial Photography and Interpretation
Mass Wasting and Hillslope Processes
Class Slide Show: Tyee Landscapes and Lithologic Controls on Landliding and Mass Wasting in the Oregon Coast Range
Rivers and Fluvial Systems
Glacial Processes and Landforms
Quaternary Age Dating

Quaternary Time Scale (Wright and others, 1988)
Quaternary Climate Change
Tectonic Geomorphology
Volcanic Landscapes
Coastal Geomorphology

Overview of Oregon Coastal Processes and Neotectonics

Key Concepts in Geomorphology Imaging Earth's Surface (University of Vermont)
Key Concepts in Geomorphology Vignettes and Case Studies (SERC Carleton College)

Geomorphology Youtube/Video Resources

Engineering Geology
Geomorphology In-The-News Wickiup Junction Overpass Failure (Fall 2017)
Geomorphology In-The-News: US20 Eddyville-Pioneer Mountain Project (early phase, ~5 min)
Geomorphology In-The-News: US20 Eddyville-Pioneer Mountain Project (late phase, ~5 min)
Quaternary Geochronology

Introduction to Quaternary Geochronology (Youtube Lecture ~23 min)

Cosmogenic Isotope Dating (Youtube Lecture ~50 min)

Thermoluminescence Dating (Youtube Lecture ~50 min)

Weathering and Soils

Overview of Soil Development (YouTube Video Link Oct. 28, 2013)

Twain Harte Rock Exfoliating

Exfoliation in Progress

Mass Wasting

Sultan River Landslide Dam, Washington (Kayaking Sucks, 2004)

Sultan River / Kayaking Adventure with Tour of Kayaking Sucks Landslide Zone (Jacob Cruser, WOU Alum, April 2015)

YouTube Debris Flow Video (Oct. 2009)

Rockfall Video from Tennessee

Lower Rock Creek - Landslide Examples

You Tube: Standard Penetration Test / Split Spoon Sampling Demonstration

Youtube Landslide Video - National Geographic

Youtube Landslide Mitigation - Wyoming

Youtube Boulder Crushing Experience in Taiwan

France Coastal Cliff Rockfall

Utah Landslide Timelapse

Utah Landslide Newscast

Taiwan Rockfall

French Alps Debris Flow

Landslide in Taiwan 1

Landslide in Taiwan 2

Dart Landslide

Youtube Landslide Video from Dagastan

Youtube Rockfall/Glacier Collapse - Fluidized Flow (New Zealand)

Rivers and Floods

Sultan River / Kayaking Adventure with Tour of Kayaking Sucks Landslide (Jacob Cruser, WOU Alum, April 2015)

WV Flash Flood

Southern Utah Flash Flood

Mt Polley Tailing Breach 1

Mt Polley Tailing Breach 2

Mt Polley Tailing Breach 3

Israel Desert River

Virgin River Flooding 1

Virgin River Flooding 2

Glaciation

Glacial Flow - Columbia Glacier AK (Youtube UWa 3.5 min)

Internal Glacier Structure/Flow (Youtube Scots 4 min)

Glacier Calving - Ice Sheet (Youtube Chasing Ice 4 min)

Glacier Calving Example

Alpine Glacier Basics (Youtube 15 min total; Watch first 6 minutes)

Continental Glacier Basics (Youtube 3 min)

Glacial Till (Youtube 5 min)

Glacial Outwash (Youtube 2 min)

Permafrost Overview (Youtube 6 min)

Puget Lobe of Cordilleran Ice Sheet (Geology of Seattle Youtube 15 min)

Volcanism

Mt. Tavurvur Eruption

Iceland - Volcanic Eruption

Coastal Processes

Moroccan "Tsunami"

Fire as a Geomorphic Agent

Wildfire 1

Wildfire 2

Wildfire - Carlton Complex 1

Wildfire - Carlton Complex 2

Aerial Photography-Remote Sensing-Lidar

Youtube - Introduction to Photogrammetry (CalTrans Training Timemarks 3:45-10:00 Overview/photo scale; 17:15-20:00 Flight Lines/Overlap)

Youtube - Introduction to Remote Sensing (University of Edinburgh)

Youtube - Introduction to Lidar (University of British Columbia)

Geology of the Pacific Northwest

Youtube - Glacial Lake Missoula

Youtube - Ice Age Floods of the Pacific Northwest

Youtube - Ice Age Floods Dry Falls of Washington

Youtube - Columbia River Gorge

Youtube - Geology of Snoqualmie Pass

Youtube - Ice Age Lakes of Seattle

Youtube - Geology of Puget Sound

Youtube - Seattle Fault

Youtube - Mt Rainier Ticking Time Bomb

Youtube - Mt. Rainier Lahar Episode 2005

Youtube - Mt. Rainier Lahar Animation

Youtube - Mt St. Helens 1980 Eruption

Youtube - Lahars of the Cascades

Youtube - Cascadia Earthquake Simulation

Tectonic Geomorphology

Video Lecture Series Geodynamics University of Helsinki

Folds and Dip (Youtube, 9 min)

Folds and Faults (Youtube, 3 min)

Types of Faults (Youtube, 5 min)

Drone video of the Kekerengu Fault rupture, New Zealand, November 14, 2016

New Zealand Earthquake Raised the Seafloor 2 Meters

Reference Resources for Geomorphic Terminology and Concepts

Geomorphic Terminology and Definitions (Osterkamp, 2008)

Geomorphology Encyclopedia A-D

Geomorphology Encyclopedia E-H

Geomorphology Encyclopedia I-M

Geomorphology Encyclopedia N-P

Geomorphology Encyclopedia Q-Z

Geomorphology Encyclopedia Key Word Index

Case Studies in Applied Geomorphology

WOU / DeVolder Science Center Geotechnical Review Exercise(NEW!)

WOU / DeVolder Science Center Geotechnical Report

You Tube: Standard Penetration Test / Split Spoon Sampling Demonstration

Major et al. 2012, Geomorphic Response to Marmot Dam Removal (NEW!)
Major et al. 2010, Marmot Dam Reading (Alternative Assignment)
O'Connor et al., 2008, Marmot Dam Reading (Alternative Assignment)

Time Lapse Video Downstream of Marmot Dam Breach

Time Lapse Video Upstream of Marmot Dam Breach

Dam Breach Video: White Salmon River, WA, Oct. 26, 2011

Capstone Project: Contextual Applications in Fluvial Geomorphology

Chin, in press, Effects of Urbanization on Rivers

Goudie, in press, Effects of Global Warming on Rivers

HWY 20 Landslide Fieldtrip: Reactivation of Paleolandslides in Tyee Landscapes of the Central Oregon Coast Range

Field Trip Departs 1 PM Thursday Oct. 18 - NSB Jackson Street Entrance

Fieldtrip Reading Assignment 1: Hammond et al. 2009, Paleo-landslides in the Tyee Formation

Fieldtrip Reading Assignment 2: Roering et al., 2005, Lithologic Controls on Deep-Seated Landslides in the Central Oregon Coast Range

Field Trip Notes 1: Overview of Tyee Landscape/Central Coast Range Geology (Taylor Summary)
Field Trip Notes 2: ODOT Hwy 20 Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville Project (Squire Summary)
Link to ODOT Hwy 20 Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville Project Website
Bedrock Geology and Soil Maps for Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville Project Area

Fall 2013 Extra Effort Exercise -Geomorphology Journal Reading Summary (Choose one)

Perkins and others, 2013, Esker reconstruction and paleo-ice sheet dynamics in British Columbia

Barr 2013, Cirque geomorphology and ice reconstruction, Kamchatka Peninsula

Lebrouc et al, 2013, Late Quaternary permafrost and landslide initiation in French Alps

Renshaw and others, 2014, Effects of dams on sediment dyanmics in rivers

Levine and Meyer, 2014, Beaver dams and sediment dynamics in Montana

Wohl and Beckman, 2014, Leaky rivers and longitudinal transitions

Evans et al, 2013, Reconstruction of the southwest Laurentide Ice Sheet

Fall 2014-Geomorphology Journal Reading Summary (Choose one)
2014 Journal Reading Assignment

Example Powerpoing Summary Template (Bemis et al., 2007 - Make yours look like this!)

Example Journal Article (Bemis et al., 2007)

Click here for link to 2014 JGR Earth Surface Journal Articles to Download

Digital Lab Report Submission Instructions

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Instructions for Making Acrobat PDF Files and Compiling a Digital Lab Report

Example Lab Report (Model Document - make yours look like this!)

Link to WOU Moodle News Page / Updates

WOU VDI Client - Virtual Deskstop Link 2016-2017 (updated September 2016)
VMWare View Client - WOU UCS Instructions for Virtual Desktop Interface

Link to VMWare Download Page

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Lab Exercises and Resources

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Key Concepts in Geomorphology Textbook Review Questions

Example Style Format for Answering Text Reading Review Questions (professional, word processed, images)

Chapter 1 Introduction / Basic Concepts
Chapter 2 Geomophologist's Tool Kit (Surface Analysis and Age Dating)
Chapter 3 Weathering and Soils
Chapter 5 Hillslope Processes
Chapter 6 River / Channel Processes
Chapter 7 Drainage Basins
Chapter 9 Glacial Geomorphology
Chapter 10 Wind and Aeolian Processes
Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology
Chapter 13 Climate Change
Chapter 14 Landscape Evolution

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Unit Conversion Tables for Lab Exercises

Review of Units and Unit Conversions (Schoenfeld)

Method for Geologic Problem Solving (unit algebra)

Link to Online Custom / Printable Graph Paper

10 x 10 (10 lines/inch) Graph Paper

Triangular Diagrams (blank for soil textures)

Geologic Time Scale (DNAG, 1983)
Geologic Time Scale (MacRae, 1996)
Quaternary Time Scale (Wright and others, 1988)

Geomorphic Terminology and Definitions (Osterkamp, 2008)

Lab 1A - Review of Topographic Maps

Map Scale Review Exercise

Lab 1B - Introduction to Physiography of Oregon

In-Class Exercise: Introduction to Geomorphic Analysis
In-Class Exercise: Introduction to Landscape Observation

2012 Journal Reading Assignment

Click here for link to Geomorphology papers / download

Introduction to Journal Reading Summaries (Burbank et al., 1996)

Burbank et al., 1996, Himalayan Erosion Rates

Example 800-word Reading Summary Style/Format to Model

Lab 2 - Introduction to Aerial Photography

Air Photo Lab (Condensed) Complete Parts 1-5

In-Class Air Photo / EM Spectrum Exercise

Lab 3 - Online Air Photo Interpretation Lab Using Powerpoint (click and open in Powerpoint)

Humans as Geomorphic Agents / Erosion Rate Problem

Hooke (2000) Article: "Humans as Geomorphic Agents"

In-class exercise: Density, Buoyancy and Isostasy

In-Class Exercise: Lithostatic Pressure and Erosion Rates

Lab X- Tombstone Weathering Analysis

Tombstone Weathering Data Sheet (MS Excel)

Lab 4 - Introduction to Data Analysis via Hillslope Morphometry

Additional Reading: Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis

Summary Review Questions - Roering et al., 2005

Roering et al., 2005, Landslides in Oregon Coast Range

Lab 5 - Soil Surveys as a Tool for Geomorphic Analysis

Additional Reading: Lindholm, 1994, Using Soil Surveys to Develop Geologic Maps

In-Class: Watershed Hydrology Problems

In-Class: Western Cascades Erosion Problem

Introduction to Watershed Morphometry Exercise

In-Class Exercise: Watershed Discharge Problem

Lab 6 Part 1 - Fluvial Geomorphology (Field Techniques)

Lab 6 Part 2 - Fluvial Geomorphology (Hydrologic Analysis)

Blank Graph Paper (10 x 10 linear, Gumbel Plots)

Flow Meter Velocity Conversion Chart

In-Class Exercise: Stream Ordering

Lab 6 Part 3 - Drainage Basin Analysis

Lab 7 - Alluvial Fan Morphometry

Lab XX - Glacial Dynamics and Climate Change

Lab 8 - Tectonic Geomorphology of Steens Mountain

In-Class Exercise: Topographic Expression of Folded Terrain

Lab 9 - Neotectonics and Coastal Processes of Oregon

Quaternary Ice Volume Climate Reconstructions

Coast Lab Part 1 - Introductory Concepts

Coast Lab Part 3 - Sea Level Change

Coast Lab Part 4 - Coastal Erosion

Coast Lab Part 5 - Neotectonics

Kelsey and others (1996) Quaternary Deformation of Oregon Coast

Journal Reading Review Questions - Kelsey and others (1996)

Surface Water Hydrology Techniques

USGS Water Watch Web Site (Portal to U.S. Streamflow Data)

Beeson, 1968, Comparison of Flood Frequency Methods Used by Federal Agencies

Tips and Guidelines for Conducting Streamflow Analysis

Overview of Flood Frequency Analysis

Overview of Annual Streamflow Analysis

Tutorial on Annual Streamflow Anlysis

Annual Tutorial Data (*.xls)

Tutorial on Daily Streamflow Analysis

Tutorial on Instantaneous Streamflow Analysis

Instantaneous Tutorial Data (*.xls)

Overview of Flow Duration Analysis

Tutorial on Flow Duration Analysis

Flow Duration Tutorial Data (*.xls)

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Optional Extra Effort / Bonus Point Opportunities (2 exercises x 10 points each possible)

Text Review Questions: Chapter 12 Tectonic Geomorphology

Reading Summary - Choose one of the following journal articles and write a 500-800 word (2 page) summary

Adams (1984) Active Deformation of Pacific Northwest Continental Margin

McInelly and Kelsey (1990) Late Quaternary Tectonic Deformation of Cape Aragon-Bandon Region

Perkins and others, 2013, Esker reconstruction and paleo-ice sheet dynamics in British Columbia

Barr 2013, Cirque geomorphology and ice reconstruction, Kamchatka Peninsula

Lebrouc et al, 2013, Late Quaternary permafrost and landslide initiation in French Alps

Renshaw and others, 2014, Effects of dams on sediment dyanmics in rivers

Levine and Meyer, 2014, Beaver dams and sediment dynamics in Montana

Wohl and Beckman, 2014, Leaky rivers and longitudinal transitions

Evans et al, 2013, Reconstruction of the southwest Laurentide Ice Sheet

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Lab Data

Final Exam Study Guide

Digital Lab Report 1 Due Saturday Oct. 27, 2018

Assignment Checklist (Updated Oct 24 2018)

Midterm Exam Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018

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Digital Lab Report 2 Final Checklist (Updated Nov. 30)

Example Style Format for Text Reading Review Questions (professional, word processed, images)
Final Exam Study Guide

Final Exam Tuesday Dec. 6 12 noon, NS218; Digital Lab Portfolio 3 Due Thursday Dec. 8

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Class Announcement: Exam 1 Thursday October 20; Digital Lab Portfolio 1 Due Friday October 21, 11 PM

ES322 Digital Lab Portfolio Assignment Checklist (through Week 4; updated October 11, 2016)

Exam 1 Study Guide Fall 2016

Example Lab-Style Quantitative Problems with Solutions (Study Aid for Practice)

Unit Conversion Tables for Lab Exercises

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Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2014
Final Lab Portfolio Checklist - Due Thurs. Dec. 11

Final Exam Tuesday December 8, 12 PM, NS218; Final Lab Portfolio Due Thursday December 10 11 PM

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Final Lab Portfolio Task List - Due Thursday Dec. 10 (Updated Dec. 3, 2015)

ES322 Midterm Exam will be held on Tuesday November 4

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Moodle Site ES322 Text Chapter Readings Available for Midterm Exam Study Resource