Geology 335 - Earth Surface Processes (Geomorphology)
Lectures: Monday
& Wednesday 12:00 -
1:15 MLH 115
Laboratory Tuesday 3:00 - 6:00 MLH 115
Instructor: Tom C.
Walker tcwalker@lcsc.edu 792
– 2798 MLH 120C
Office Hours: Monday,
Tuesday, & Wednesday 8:00 – 9:00 Or
By Appointment
Required
Text:
Ritter, D.F., Kochel,
R.C., and Miller, J.R., 2002, Process Geomorphology (Fifth Edition):
Weekly Schedule
Lab
Field Sites
Grading Scale
Syllabus Addendum
GEOL-335 EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES (4 CR.)
This course examines the evolution of natural landscapes by
water, wind, ice and tectonic processes. Topics include: weathering and mass
wasting, neotectonics, fluvial geomorphology, glacial
geomorphology, and Quaternary geology field techniques. To help understand
these dynamic processes we will integrate concepts and investigate processes
from sedimentology and stratigraphy.
Approximately
one third of instructional time is spent in the field. Lecture
and laboratory.
Pre-requisite: a grade of “C” or better in GEOL 100. Lab fee.
Laboratory: Many of the Tuesday’s Labs will be conducted outside!
Please make sure that you wear or bring clothes appropriate for Laboratory work
and outside activities!! This course does require an
amount of walking over uneven ground and occasionally steep terrain and will be
conducted during inclement weather.
Attendence and Participation: It is very simple - to pass
this class you must be here, be willing to participate and share ideas.
If
you feel there is any physical or mental challenge (including physical
disabilities or perceptual impairments) that may impede your ability to
participate in the class, please let me know so that we can make arrangements.
You may speak to me before or after class, during office hours, by e-mail, or
any other way that meets your needs. Please inform me of any pertinent
emergency medical information or any special accommodations you might need in
case the building must be evacuated.
Classroom
Etiquette: Cell phones going off and text messaging in class will NOT
be tolerated! Cell phones must be stored
away. If a cell phone goes off, or if I
see someone text messaging I will confiscate the cell phone and will hold on to
it until the class is over. This is
your first and only warning.
In the event of academic dishonesty, those involved will
receive an "F" grade for the assignment and will be referred to
the Director of Student Life. As defined in the LCSC Student Handbook, Academic
Dishonesty includes:
Cheating—intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise. The term
"academic exercise" includes all forms of work submitted for credit
hours.
Fabrication—intentional
and/or unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or the source
of any information in an academic exercise.
Collusion facilitating
academic dishonesty—intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help
another to commit an act of Academic Dishonesty.
Plagiarism—the
deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statement of another
person as one’s own without acknowledgment.
Point
Values:
Exams will vary in point values: Point values will be
provided for each question presented.
14 LABS @ 25
points each = 350 Points
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A > 94% |
A- 90 – 93% |
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B+ 87 – 89% |
B 83 – 86% |
B- 80 – 83% |
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C+ 77 – 79% |
C 73 – 76% |
C- 70 – 72% |
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D+ 67 – 69% |
D 60 – 66% |
F < 60% |
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Date |
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Exams |
PowerPoint Presentation Links |
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Week 1 January 18 |
Chapter 1 |
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Week 2 Jan 23 & 25 |
Chapter 2 Mon Pgs 21 - 31 Wed Pgs 31 - 41 |
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Internal Forces as External Controls for Landforms |
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Week 3 Jan 30 & Feb 1 |
Chapter 3 |
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Week 4 Feb 6 & 8 |
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Week 5 Feb 13 & 15 |
Chapter 4 Mon Pgs 92 - 99 Wed Pgs 99 - 123 |
Gradational Processes |
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Exam #1 Chapter 1 & 2 |
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Week 6 Feb 22 |
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Unconsolidated Debris |
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Week 7 Feb 27 & 29 |
Chapter 5 |
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Week 8 Mar 5 & 7 |
Chapter 4 |
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Week 9 Mar 19 & 21 |
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Week 10 Mar 26 & 28 |
Chapter 5 Mon Pgs 176 - 190 Wed Pgs 190 - 209 |
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Week 11 Apr 2 & 4 |
Chapter 6 Mon Pgs 219 - 230 Transportation Entrainment Erosion of bedrock channele Bank erosion Deposition Wed Pgs 231 - 258 Frequency & Magnitude Channel Morphology Channel slope Channel shape Channel patterns Rivers, Equilibrium, & Time |
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Fluvial Processes
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Week 12 Apr 9 & 11 |
Chapter 7 Mon Pgs 262 - 274 Floodplains Wed Pgs 274 - 282 Fluvial terraces |
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Week 13 Apr 16 & 18 |
Chapter 7 Mon Pgs 282 - 303 The Piedmont Environment |
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Week 14 Apr 23 & 25 |
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Week 15 Apr
30 & May 2 |
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Week 16 May 14 - 18 |
Finals
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References:
Lemke, Karen A., Geography/Geology Department, University of Wisconsin
- Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Compton, Robert R., 1985. Geology in
the Field. Wiley Press, New York, pp. 229-234
Invertebrate Paleontology, Trenton,
Intro to Sedimentology, Sedimentary Processes & Structures
University of South Carolina -
Geology Department
Hanson, Lindley, Department of
Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Geomorphology
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Laboratory |
Destination |
Geologic Interest |
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Week
1 |
NO
LAB - No Van Needed |
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Week
2 |
Asotin
Cemetery |
Valley
overlook of Tammany Bar, the unofficial name for the large Bonneville Flood
expansion bar on the Idaho side of the Snake River. |
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Week
3 |
Scablands
of Eastern Washington & Palouse Falls |
Road
log for flood & backwater flow path of Glacial Lake Missoula Floods to
identify landforms |
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Week
4 |
Starbuck |
Road-cuts
along Hwy 261 reveal exposures of Glacial Lake Missoula floods & gravels |
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Week
5 |
Tammany
Bar |
Glacial
Lake Missoula backwater deposits at access point to Corps of Engineers
Wildlife Habitat Area |
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Week
6 |
Old
Lapwai Road |
Road-cut
exposure of Lickskillet soil profile |
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Week
7 |
Hwy
129 between Clarkston & Asotin |
For
walking distance access to numerous earth slides and slumps in area |
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Week
8 |
Crichfield Road |
Comparative
analysis of basalt confined stream & gravel confined stream channels |
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Week
9 |
Nez
Perce, Whitman, & Asotin Counties |
Lithologic
analysis of gravel exposures throughout the Clearwater & Snake Rivers
confluence |
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Week
10 |
Nez
Perce, Whitman, & Asotin Counties |
Asotin
County |
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Week
11 |
Paffile Trucking
Company |
Gravel Pit on private road revealing excellent exposure of Clearwater River
sands & gravels |
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Week
12 |
Kendrick
Grade |
Stratigraphic analysis to
identify and describe depositional stratigraphy
& paleocurrents |
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Week
13 |
Asotin
County |
Surficial geology
mapping project covering the Clarkston and Asotin 7.5 min topo
quad maps |
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Week
14 |
Wawawai River Road
(Hwy 193) |
Best
access for large truncated alluvial fan analysis and comparative analysis
with debris flows in area |
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Week
15 |
Asotin
County |
Surficial geology
mapping project covering the Clarkston and Asotin 7.5 min topo
quad maps |
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