Large-Scale Change: Mountain-Building part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site is designed to help students learn how mountains form, identify the components of mountain systems, and explore the transfer of matter and the role of energy during mountain building. It ...

Carleton College: Geology: Geology Department News: Advanced Geomorphology Class Helps Carleton Assess Spring Creek Storm Damage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In late June 1998, a severe thunderstorm affected much of the Cannon River watershed, including Spring Creek, which runs through the Carleton campus. Abutments of the Highway 19 bridge over the ...

A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This downloadable (15 mb) atlas features photos of rocks, rock formations, and landscapes that have been shaped by aeolian (wind), fluvial (river), and other weathering processes. The photos are ...

Effects of vegetation on channel morphology flow dynamics and sediment transport part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Michal Tal
Movies and images from a model system examining the impacts of sustained vegetation forcing on braided morphology and how it might promote other channel planforms.

Combining Stream Table Experiments, High-tech Particle Analysis, and the Web to Help Geomorphology Students Evaluate Landform Evolution part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Douglas H. Clark, Scott R. Linneman
This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education features three sequential geomorphology labs that introduce students to concepts of landform evolution, hypothesis testing, and grain-size ...

Rainfall-induced lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies part of SERC Print Resource Collection
J. Barclay, J. Alexander, and J. Susnik
Rain falling on loose volcanic debris over the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat generates hazardous floods in the Belham Valley. These rainfall-induced lahars vary greatly in discharge and ...

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System: Education portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System promotes quantitative Earth Science education with models through its educational portal, which has collections of models and animations illustrating ...

The Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology (LEG) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Over the last 25 years the Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology (LEG) has been extensively studying overland flow hydraulics and soil erosion (both by overland flow and raindrop impact) and ...

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System: movies portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System promotes quantitative Earth Science education with models through its movies portal, which has collections of animations of computer models, movies of ...

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System: images portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System promotes quantitative Earth Science education with models through its images portal, which has collections of images of terrestrial, coastal, and marine ...