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.



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Knickpoint migration and landscape evolution, Cullasaja River Basin, North Carolina
Sean Gallen, Colorado State University
Introduction: Localized high topographic relief, steep slopes, and frequent mass wasting — features commonly associated with tectonically active settings — characterize the landscapes of the southern ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Hillslopes, Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landscape Evolution
Vignette Type: Process

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 ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Dating and Rates, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Glacial/Periglacial, Hillslopes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landscape Evolution, Modeling/Physical Experiments, Weathering/Soils, Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy, Chronology

A general bedload transport equation for homogeneous grains
Peng Gao, Syracuse University
Bed load is one of two types of sediment load (the other one suspended load) transported in natural rivers (Fig. 1) and is originated from channel bed or banks. Although it only takes about 5% to 20% of the total ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology
Vignette Type: Process, Computation

Precipitation Phase and Runoff Characteristics in High Relief Topography
Christopher Tennant, Idaho State University
Mountainous watersheds are characterized by high relief and complex meteorological conditions. Because temperature decreases with elevation, high relief landscapes experience strong differences in the dominant ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes
Vignette Type: Process

Volcanic History and Cinder Cone Erosion at Newberry Volcano, Oregon
Steve Taylor, Western Oregon University
Surface landforms result from a balance of constructional and erosional processes operating at geological time scales of 102 to 105 years. The landscape evolves over time as masses of earth material are transferred ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Dating and Rates, GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landscape Evolution, Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines
Vignette Type: Chronology, Computation

Marine terraces in mid-latitude settings: the case of the Oregon USA coast
Harvey Kelsey, Humboldt State University
Marine terraces are terraced landforms that occur as elevated flats inboard of, and parallel to, coastlines. Outstanding examples of a stair-step landscape of marine terraces can be found in many places in the ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Dating and Rates, Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Vignette Type: Process, Chronology

Effects of urbanization on stream channel geometry in the Illinois River watershed in Northwest Arkansas
Amanda Keen-Zebert
The land-use changes associated with urbanization have a range of critical impacts on watersheds, stream geomorphology, and habitat. Much of the thinking about how streams respond to urbanization proliferating ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy

Coastline changes to Aceh from the great 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
Andrew Moore, Earlham College
Andrew Moore Earlham College Location Continent: Asia Country: Indonesia State/Province: Aceh City: Banda Aceh UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: Tropical Tectonic setting: Island Arc Type: ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Vignette Type: Process

Geomorphic Features in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Kathleen Nicoll University of Utah Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State/Province: Utah City/Town: Salt Lake City and Sandy UTM coordinates and datum: 432313, 4494662 Northing ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Glacial/Periglacial, Hillslopes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy

Eureka Flat: How glacial outburst floods started the dust engine of the Pacific Northwest
Mark Sweeney, University of South Dakota
Mark Sweeney University of South Dakota Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State/Province: Washington/Pacific Northwest City/Town: UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate ...

Subject: Geomorphology: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution
Vignette Type: Process, Stratigraphy