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Geoscience > Geology > Geomorphology > Landforms/Processes > Mass Movement
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Landslide Mapping and Analysis part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Alison Duvall, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
The purpose of this module is to familiarize students to empirical methods of mass movement hazard analysis, to provide them training in mapping and analyzing inventories of landslides from lidar datasets, and to ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Simple Landslide Demo part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Katherine Scharer, Appalachian State University
Demonstration of control of surface friction on slope stability. Simple analogue model uses a wooden board (the slope), a large rock (the landslide), and transparency and rough sand paper. Students anticipate how ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Viewing geomorphic landforms with Google Earth part of Geomorphology:Activities
Amy Brock, Western Illinois University
Geomorphic processes are not limited to the local or regional area around the University and most students have not been outside of the region. With today's technology we are able to see features on the ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Coastal-zone, Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology, Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Geomorphology Field Research Project part of Geomorphology:Activities
Jeff Marshall, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
This research project allows students to integrate and apply their geomorphic knowledge in a comprehensive study of a local landscape. Working in teams, they investigate uplifted alluvial deposits along the ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Writing Assignment, Activities, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Dating and Rates, Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Weathering and mass wasting part of Geomorphology:Activities
Jordan Clayton, Georgia State University
This class exercise is an opportunity for students to apply textbook information about weathering and mass wasting to local and nationally-recognized surface features, such as Stone Mountain (GA), Half Dome (CA), ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
The geomorphology of home part of Geomorphology:Activities
Michael Loso, Alaska Pacific University
In this lab, students read and interpret 1) peer-reviewed literature, 2) LIDAR-derived hillshade maps, and 3) the landscape itself to better understand the geomorphology of their local urban/suburban environment ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Fluvial, Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Field Exercise: Caddy Canyon Debris Flow(s) part of Geomorphology:Activities
Glenn Thackray, Idaho State University
This exercise focuses on field observation and analysis of a debris flow that occurred near our campus in 2002. The strengths of the exercise are its emphasis on field observation, data collection, and synthesis of ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Hillslopes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Geomorphic Landscape Analysis Project part of Geomorphology:Activities
Cathy Baker, Arkansas Tech University
Geomorphic Landscape analysis Project is a field-based capstone project in Geol 3044: Geomorphology at Arkansas Tech University and incorporates all aspects of topics covered during the course.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review