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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Stratigraphy
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Cold climate conditions as a driver of alluvial fan deposition in the Lost River Range, Idaho, USA
Megan Kenworthy, Center for Ecohydraulics Research, University of Idaho, Boise
Numerous large alluvial fans sit along the western front of the Lost River Range (LRR) in east-central Idaho, USA (Figure 1). These alluvial fans form where streams exit confined basins within the mountain range, ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Chronology
Geomorphic Setting & Archaeology of the Cunene River, Namibia
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Introduction This vignette presents a virtual tour of the Cunene River, and a prehistoric archaeological site located on a fluvial terrace in northern Namibia. Today the Cunene River is an important transnational ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process, Chronology
Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay – Considering Morphology in Adapting Management
Adam Parris
The San Francisco Bay – A Community Investment The San Francisco Bay (Bay) is part of the largest estuary on the west coast of North America. It supports a densely populated and prosperous surrounding cultural ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Stratigraphy
Reconstructing the geomorphic history of a cave: a case study from Liang Bua, Indonesia
Kira Westaway
Liang Bua, a large cave situated 16 km from Ruteng in western Flores, Indonesia (Figure 1), was formed as a subterranean chamber over 600 ka. From this time to the present, a series of geomorphic events influenced ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Stratigraphy
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 ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process
Glacier Fluctuations Since the Last Glacial Maximum in Southwest Alaska
Jonathan Harvey
Glacier fluctuations since the last glacial maximum in southwest Alaska Introduction During the last glacial maximum (LGM), alpine glaciers in the western cordillera expanded, coalesced, and flowed onto ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Stratigraphy
Sediment transport (dis)connectivity in the upper Hunter catchment, NSW, Australia
Kirstie Fryirs
Sediment flux within river systems has been described as a 'jerky conveyor belt' (Ferguson, 1981). The distribution of riverine sediment stores and sinks, and the frequency with which sediment is added or ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Stratigraphy
A 54-year record of sediment yield linked with proglacial sedimentary dynamics
Martin Geilhausen, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Proglacial zones are newly formed landscapes in front of or just beyond the outer limits of glaciers (fig. 1). They are out of equilibrium with the current climate and therefore highly sensitive to climate change. ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process, Computation, Chronology
Landsliding in NW Washington - Tectonics, Bedrock, Mass Wasting, Stream Aggradation, Flooding and Asbestos Exposure
Scott Linneman, Western Washington University
Scott Linneman Western Washington University Location Continent: North America Country: USA State/Province: Washington City/Town: Everson, Nooksack UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: Humid ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Stratigraphy
Uplift Follows Deglaciation in Northern Southeast Alaska
Cathy Connor, University of Alaska Southeast
Cathy Connor University Alaska Southeast Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State/Province: Alaska Region: Alexander Archipelago (southeastern Alaska) UTM coordinates and datum: ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Computation, Stratigraphy