Three hours of integrated lecture, discussion, field and laboratory work. Botany 225 or Anthropology 381 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students. The physical mechanisms important in landscape development will be examined. Topics include erosion and deposition by the ocean, rivers, glaciers and landslides.
Laboratory focuses on field observation and field measurement techniques.
This is the same course as Geo- physics 314. Enrollment limited to 14 students. The development and evolution of natural channel systems will be investigated. Special emphasis on environmental river restoration and aquatic habitat. Topics include the physics of flowing water, sediment transport by rivers, flow and substrate characterization techniques and flood hydrology.