GLG490/598--Tectonic Geomorphology


Announcements Syllabus Schedule Weekly lecture notes Links

Approximate outline for Tectonic Geomorphology

Subject to Change!!! and update!!!

WeekTopicLead
January 14-18 Introduction and definitions Whipple
January 21-25 Big Picture: climate and tectonics; wedges; Gerard Roe (orographic ppt) Whipple
January 28-February 1 Couple of lectures on IsostasyWhipple
February 4-8 Using DEMsWhipple
February 11-15 Tectonic geomorphology of fault systems Arrowsmith
February 18-22 High resolution digital topography, LiDAR, and geomorphic mapping Arrowsmith
February 25-29 Simple models of earthquake displacement fields Arrowsmith
March 3-7 Paleoseismology Arrowsmith
March 8-12 (Sat-Weds) Spring Break field trip to the Carrizo Plain, California Arrowsmith
March 17-21 Bedrock channels-various ways to have diverging or converging terraces Whipple
March 24-28 Hillslope responses to active tectonismArrowsmith/Whipple
March 29-30Field trip to active faults and large scale tectonic geomorphology around Tucson, Arizona; OR Computer lab exercise
March 31-April 4 Fault scarps and diffusion
Penck module
Arrowsmith
April 7-11 Deformed markers-marine terraces; fluvial terraces
Coastal Tectonic geomorph of Peru: Project
Whipple
April 14-18 Tectonic geomorphology anecdotes: Himalaya and AndesWhipple/Arrowsmith
April 19-20Field Trip to active faults and volcanoes of the San Francisco Volcanic field-near Flagstaff, Arizona (overnight)
April 21-25 Tectonic geomorphology anecdotes: Himalaya and AndesWhipple/Arrowsmith
April 28-May 2 Term project and final presentations

GLG490/598--Tectonic Geomorphology


Last modified: February 12, 2008