ES322 Geomorphology and Aerial Photo Interpretation
Class Syllabus (Adobe Acrobat Format)
ES322 Fall 2014 Class Syllabus
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Class Notes
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Exam study guides will be included as the term progresses. Please check future postings as exam time approaches
1. Introduction
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.
2. Review of Topographic Map Principles
Review of Units and Unit Conversions (Schoenfeld)
3. Geomorphology and Quaternary Age Dating
Introduction to Quaternary Geochronology (Youtube Lecture ~23 min)
Cosmogenic Isotope Dating (Youtube Lecture ~50 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
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
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
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 and Air Photo
In-Class Exercise: Large-Scale Photo Analysis
8. Taylor Geomorphic Mapping Criteria
9. Fluvial Geomorphology
Figures to Accompany Fluvial Notes
Video Exercise: River Systems (Earth Revealed)
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)
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
13. Tectonic Geomorphology
Maverick Spring, WY Topo Map Example
In-Class Exercise: Topographic Expression of Folded Terrain
Figures to Accompany Tectonic Notes
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
Key Concepts in Geomorphology Imaging Earth's Surface (University of Vermont)
Key Concepts in Geomorphology Vignettes and Case Studies (SERC Carleton College)
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
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
Geomorphology Youtube/Video Resources (Thanks to OSU Geomorph
Brownbag Team for catalyzing the idea for this link section)
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
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
Rivers and Floods
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
Glacier Calving 1
Glacier Calving 1
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)
Youtube - Introduction to Remote Sensing (University of Edinburgh)
Youtube - Introduction to Lidar (University of British Columbia)
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
Upload Instructions:
(1) Clicking on the link at the end of this section will take you to a web-based
course management software called "Moodle".
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(6) Scroll down your list of online classes to ES473 Environmental Geology; you are automatically enrolled in the Moodle course with your class registration.
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(9) Make sure you print hard copies and make back-up files of your lab report materials; save back up files!
Note: Pay attention to the availability and due dates.
Click Here to Go to Moodle and the ES322 Class Page
Instructions for Making Acrobat PDF Files and Compiling a Digital Lab Report
Example Lab Report (Model Document - make yours look like this!)
Moodle User Notes (Scott Carter, 2009)
Moodle User Notes (Scott Carter, 2010-11)
Instructions for WOU Terminal Server Access from Home
Lab Exercises and Resources
Unit Conversion Tables for Lab Exercises
Review of Units and Unit Conversions (Schoenfeld)
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
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
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)
Lab Data
Fall 2012-2013 Data
Tombstone Weathering Data - Updated with 2013 Information
Fall 2012 - Tombstone Weathering Cumulative Data
Fall 2009 Data
Fall 2009 - Tombstone Weathering Cumulative Data
Combined Fall 2008-2009 - Tombstone Weathering Cumulative Data
Fall 2008 Data
Fall 2008 - Tombstone Weathering Cumulative Data
Fall 2008 - Grinnell Glacier Data
Fall 2006 Data
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 1 (Josh/Pat)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 2 (Aaron/Renae)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 3 (Dan/Cody)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 4 (Ian/Melissa)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 5 (Nolan/Courtney)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 6 (Kristin/Trevor)
Tombstone Weathering Data Set 7 (Andrew/Rachel)
Fall 2004 Data
Fall 2004 Tombstone Weathering Data
Fall 2004 Debris Flow Experiment Data
Fall 2004 Helmick/Luckiamute Transect Data
Other Data
Data Analysis Tutorial (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Appalachian Slope Data (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Polk County, OR Soil Survey Data Sheet (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Luckiamute River Data (vel., Tables 4,5,6) (MS Excel
Spreadsheet)
Fall 2000 Luckiamute River Transect Data (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Fall 2000 Luckiamute Bridge Data (Acrobat Reader File)
Fall 2000 Luckiamute Channel Data (Acrobat Reader File)
Fall 2001 Luckiamute-Baker Ck Data (Excel File)
Fall 2003 Helmick/Luckiamute Transect Data
Decker's Creek, WV Discharge Data
Fan Morphometry Lab Data (Excel Spreadsheet)
Tectonic Geomorphology of Steens Mountain (Excel Spreadsheet)
Coastal Lab Data (Part 1)- Tables 1, 2, 3, 3A
Coastal Lab Data (Part 2)- Tables 4, 5
Software Downloads / Applications
Methods of Particle-Size Sampling and Analysis for Gravel-Bed Rivers (Bunte and Abt, 2001)
Excel Pebble Count Analysis (enable macros)(Potyondy and Kristin Bunte, 2001)
Excel ZigZag Pebble Count Analysis (enable macros)(Bevenger and King, 1995)
Link to USGS Flood Frequency Analysis Web Site
USGS Flood Frequency Software Installation Instructions
USGS Flood Frequency Software (self-extracting zip)
USGS Flood Frequency Software (accompanying Access Database File)
Link to USACE Hydraulic Engineering Web Site
HECRAS ArcView Pre-Processing Extension (self-extracting zip)
HECRAS ArcView Extension Users Manual
HECRAS (v.3.1.2) (self-extracting zip, with manuals and samples data)
Link to USFS Stream Systems Technology Center -
WinXSPRO: A Channel Cross-Section Analyzer
Win XSPRO User Manual
Win XSPRO (v.3.0) Channel X-Section Analyzer (self-extracting zip, rename to *.exe and run)
Link to Culvert BC Images of Mannings "n" Estimates
Stochastic Dune Simulation Model (from Baas, 2002; *.exe, text data files, *.pdf user manual)
Baas (2002) “Simulating dune landscapes in vegetated environments” (Geomorphology 48, 309-328)
Lab Answer Keys
Topo Map Lab Key
Airphoto Map Lab Key
Answer Key: In-Class Lithostatic Pressure / Erosion Rate Problem
Answer Key: Introduction to Geomorphic Analysis
Answer Key: Introduction to Physiography of Oregon
Answer Key: Western Cascade Erosion Problem
Humans as Geomorphic Agents/Rate Problem
In-Class Exercise Keys (Part 1)
Map Scale Review Key
Physics Review Exercise Key
Key In-class exercise: Density, Buoyancy and Isostasy
Tombstone Weathering Key
Baker Creek Landslide Key
Answer Key: Geotechnical Terminology / Word Search
Hillslope Analysis Lab Key
Fluvial Lab Key
Key - In Class Watershed Discharge Exercise
Tectonic Geomorphology Key
Coast Lab Key
Writing Guides and Presentation Templates
Example 800-word Reading Summary Style/Format to Model
Example Powerpoint Template / 10-minute Seminar Summary Presentation (Bemis et al., 2007, Cinder Cones)
Example Journal Article: Bemis et al., 2007, Growth and Erosion of Cinder Cones
Guide to Writing Scientific Abstracts
Guide to Preparing Abstracts
Reference Citation Method (use for all text/graphics)
Study Guides and Lab Portfolio Instructions
Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2014
Final Lab Portfolio Checklist - Due Thurs. Dec. 11
ES322 Midterm Exam will be held on Tuesday November 4
Click Here for Midterm Exam Study Guide 2014
Click Here for Week 5 Assignment Checklist (Lab Portfolios Due Tuesday November 4, 2014)
Moodle Site ES322 Text Chapter Readings Available for Midterm Exam Study Resource
Related Links
Watershed Processes Group - Oregon State University
Key Concepts in Geomorphology Imaging Earth's Surface (University of Vermont)
Key Concepts in Geomorphology Vignettes and Case Studies (SERC Carleton College)
Link to USGS Western Region Colloquim Videos (Fall 2014)
Fluvial Geomorphology 101 Webinar (Forest University)
Trans. of the Instit. of British Geographers -
Special Virtual Edition of Papers in Geomorphology
Link to Geomorph. Wiki at Caltech
Teaching Geomorphology Web Site - Carlton College
Link to Fall 2007 Reds Wolman Lecture at Boston College
USGS Water Watch Web Site (Portal to U.S. Streamflow Data)
Watershed Processes Group - Oregon State University
Link to River Restoration Northwest
Luna
Leopold River Reference Library (UC Berkeley)
Oregon
Debris Flow Hazard Resources
Link to River Basin Bulletin Boards
Geomorphology
Journal (abstracts and links to current geomorphic research)
Fall 2003 Geomorphorum (Geomorph Newsletter
of AAG)
USGS Open File Report:
Maps of Ice-Rafted Erratics of Late Pleistocene Missoula Floods in the Willamette
Valley, Oregon
New Interactive Landform Simulation Model!
International Association of Geomorphologists
Website
Geomorphology Specialty
Group of the Association of American Geographers
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Divsion of GSA
Color Landform Atlas of
the U.S.
Geomorphology
from Space
Concepts and Modelling in Geomorphology
Vanderbilt
University Geomorph Image Library
SHALSTAB
- Slope Stability Model from Berkeley
Quaternary Climate of SW /
Western U.S.
Historical
Photos from Willamette Basin Stream Survey (1934-1945)
FILTER -
Fluvial Geomorphology Online Resource and Tutorial (University of Bristol)
Searchable Bibliography
of Canadian Geomorphology
USGS
Missoula Flood Information Site
Link to Binghamton
Symposium Volume: "The Scientific Nature of Geomorphology"
Link to Terrain Analysis
Software Web Site (John Lindsay, University of Western Ontario)
USDA Stream Systems Technology
Center
AGI World Image Bank
Berkeley Geoimages Project