Vignettes are stand-alone, illustrated electronic case studies that teach about geomorphology, surface processes, and/or Quaternary history. Vignettes can be used alone or in combination with the "Key Concepts in Geomorphology", the first in a new generation of textbooks. Vignettes allow faculty to customize the learning resources they offer students to enrich and personalize student learning experiences.
Subject: Geomorphology
- 1 match General/Other
- Arid Region Geomorphology 42 matches
- Climate/Paleoclimate 57 matches
- Dating and Rates 64 matches
- Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines 37 matches
- GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques 40 matches
- Landforms/Processes 201 matches
- Landscape Evolution 102 matches
- Modeling/Physical Experiments 30 matches
- Tectonic Geomorphology 27 matches
- Weathering/Soils 34 matches
Results 1 - 10 of 229 matches
Fluvial geomorphology in a tank - The scientific value of physical experiments
Nikki Strong, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The beauty and utility of experiments is to illuminate the fundamental processes that drive the evolution of natural systems. Experiments help us build intuition for processes that otherwise might be hard to ...
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy, Chronology, Computation
Using geomorphology to determine tectonic slip at Wallace Creek
Sarah Robinson, Arizona State University Campus Immersion; Sarah Robinson, United States Air Force Academy
The Carrizo Plain along the San Andreas fault in California is world-famous for its dramatic offset features. Sag ponds, linear ridges, beheaded channels and scarps define the landscape along the fault (Vedder and ...
Vignette Type: Chronology
Glacial Features of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
R. Laurence Davis, University of New Haven
INTRODUCTION Franconia Notch, New Hampshire (Figure 1) is a classic northern Appalachian glaciated valley. It has geomorphic features from pre-glacial times, from the glaciation itself, from glacial meltwater, and ...
Vignette Type: Process, Chronology
Salt Karst: Mount Sedom diapir
amos frumkin
A unique, rapidly evolving karst landscape is described below. It develops on salt rock (halite) at such a rate that a human lifetime is enough to observe considerable geomorphic variations. Halite is the most ...
Vignette Type: Process, Chronology
Uncovering Details of Glacial History by the Marks Left on the Land
Twila Moon, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Glaciers can be thought of as large rivers of ice. One of the key elements that separates a glacier from an ice field is that a glacier more actively moves through the landscape, the mechanical properties of the ...
Vignette Type: Process
Rock Glaciers Move Mountains - Perhaps Right Under Your Skis
Twila Moon, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
What is a Rock Glacier?A rock glacier is an geomorphic feature that includes ice and talus. An "active" rock glacier meets two important criteria: 1) it contains ice currently and 2) it is moving and ...
Vignette Type: Process
The shaping of England's Peak District National Park
MATTHEW BLACKETT
The Peak District is a National Park in central England (Figure 1), characterized by a unique geology and geomorphology which are the product of processes extending back to the Late Tertiary period, approximately ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy
Development of Palimpsest Landscapes
Jasper Knight
In Physical Geography, a palimpsest landscape is one where, in any given region, the different landforms that make up the landscape are not of the same age, with some surface landforms being very young because they ...
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy, Chronology
Artesian blister wetlands, the intersection of geomorphology and hydrogeology
gail ashley, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Groundwater and Geomorphic Processes Many geomorphic processes (such as slumps and landslides) involve groundwater, but this invisible component of the hydrologic cycle does not always receive the attention or ...
Vignette Type: Process
Quaternary glaciation of the Himalaya and Tibet
Lewis Owen, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
The mountains of the Himalaya and Tibet are the most glaciated regions outside of the polar realm. The countries within and bordering the Himalaya and Tibet depend greatly on the glacial and associated hydrological ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Chronology