Syllabus

This class will teach students via lectures, exercises, projects, and field trips about the interactions between surface and tectonic processes that form the topography we see, and how we can interpret that topography to learn about earth processes. We will look at processes and features ranging from the large spatial scale orogenic systems and their geomorphology to individual fault zones, fault scarps, and stratigraphic evidence for earthquake surface rupture. This class is geared toward upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.

2 classes per week, 2 weekend field trips (one to the active faults and volcanoes of the San Francisco Volcanic field (near Flagstaff, Arizona); the other to active faults and large scale tectonic geomorphology around Tucson, Arizona) 1 field trip at the beginning of spring break to the Carrizo Plain, California.

Instructors:

Kelin Whipple
PSF 638
Office hours: by appt.
Office #:
Email: kxw@asu.edu Ramón Arrowsmith
PSF 640
Office hours: by appt.
Office #: 965-3541
Email: ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu

Classroom: PS450
Tuesday and Thursday 10:40 - 11:55
GLG490 (undergraduate students) line #: 35523, 3 units, by instructor permission only

GLG598 (graduate students--who will have higher expectations and additional class assignments) line #: 35427, 3 units
Textbook: Tectonic Geomorphology, by Burbank and Anderson; supplemented by handouts

Objectives, approach, outline, and grading

The way to get a good grade in this course is consistent productivity. Don't miss any assignments, and keep up with the lectures, the labs, and the reading. If you have questions or difficulties, see Kelin or Ramón.

Note: Any student who feels that he or she may need accommodations for any sort of physical or learning disability, please speak to us after class, make an appointment to see see Kelin or Ramón.

GLG490/598--Tectonic Geomorphology

Last modified: January 16, 2008