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    Geoscience > Geology > Geomorphology > Landforms/Processes > Fluvial

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    Using Autocorrelation and Cross-correlation to Explore Links Between River Discharge and Regional Climate part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
    Peter Adams, University of Florida
    Students conduct autocorrelation and cross-correlation analyses on river discharge and climate indices to test the hypothesis that coastal streams draining mountainous terrain are strong indicators of climatic ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
    MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Using Univariate Statistics to Understand Regional Drainage Patterns part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
    Peter Adams, University of Florida
    In this activity, students use MATLAB to compare two data sets of organic matter content in order to provide quantitative evidence that tests the null hypothesis that sediment samples have the same fluvial source. ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Soils, Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils:Soils
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Exploring topographic steady-state in Taiwan part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
    Karen Gran, University of Minnesota-Duluth
    This activity is designed as both an introduction to GIS and an exploration of topographic steady-state. Students analyze DEMs from Taiwan to extract topographic profiles across the range. They reconstruct a series ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Lab 7: Hawai'i part of Teaching Activities
    Jo Martin, Oberlin College; Amanda Schmidt, Oberlin College
    Students extract streams and watersheds from a DEM for the island of Hawai'i. They then look to seeif there is a correlation between precipitation and the way a stream network develops on a mountain. Students ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Wind Landforms part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
    Lisa Tranel, Illinois State University
    In this assignment, students evaluate depositional and erosional landforms created by wind processes. This exercise looks at sand dune and yardang features using satellite images and topographic maps in an online ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Exploring hypsometry in glacial and fluvial environments part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
    Karen Gran, University of Minnesota-Duluth
    This laboratory exercise explores the topographic signature of fluvial and glacial landscapes in different tectonic environments. Students develop a list of mountain ranges around the world to explore, then extract ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Measuring bankfull channel features, bed sediment, and bed load part of Geomorphology:Activities
    Jordan Clayton, Georgia State University
    The students gain field experience measuring bankfull channel characteristics in an urban park, and apply their measurements to determine whether the channel is 'adjusted' to its incoming flow regime and ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity, Field Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Hydraulic Geometry in the Greys River Watershed part of Geomorphology:Activities
    Ben Crosby, Idaho State University
    Following lectures regarding catchment hydrology and fluvial processes, students complete a two day field analysis of a watershed from headwaters to outlet, measuring fluvial parameters such as channel geometry, ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Project, Field Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments, Landscape Evolution, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Sediment Transport part of Geomorphology:Activities
    Karen Williams, Montana State University-Bozeman
    Use locally collected data to calculate hydrologic and hydraulic parameters. Apply to a real world problem.

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Analysis of USGS Discharge and Channel Geometry Gage Data part of Geomorphology:Activities
    Andrew Wilcox, The University of Montana-Missoula
    Analysis of USGS peak flow and streamflow measurements (velocity, channel geometry) data.

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes