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 Show all
Geoscience > Geology > Geomorphology > GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
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Understanding soil erosion and landscape evolution using computer based predictive models
Greg Hancock
The ability to measure and model soil erosion and resultant landscape evolution is important because soil erosion has a range of environmental impacts, including loss of organic matter and nutrients, reduction of ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Soil Geomorphology and Landscape Modeling in South-Central Minnesota
Holly Dolliver, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Holly A.S. Dolliver University of Wisconsin- River Falls Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State: Minnesota City/Town: Waseca UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate ...
Vignette Type: Process
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
Topographic signatures of lithologies in the Modi Khola valley of central Nepal
Lisa Walsh, University of Maryland-College Park
Rock resistivity to erosion plays a vital role in the evolution of the Earth's topography. Since different rock types exhibit different levels of resistivity to erosion, the more resistant rock types tend to ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Holocene landscape evolution of alpine areas in the southern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Brad Johnson, Appalachian State University
Alpine landscapes that were glaciated during the Last Glacial Maximum are filled with landforms which are often confusing and difficult to understand. Yet, many researchers are drawn to researching problems in ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process
Debris flow behavior: Impacts of compositional variability and channel geometry at Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand
Brian Kastl, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Debris flows are violent geomorphological hazards that threaten lives and infrastructure near mountains around the globe. Areas surrounding volcanoes are particularly susceptible to these torrents of boulders, ...
Vignette Type: Process
The Occurrence of Small-Scale Debris Fans in Sandstone Landscapes of the Central Appalachians
Steve Taylor, Western Oregon University
Alluvial fans occur in diverse landscapes, and represent critical sites of sediment routing in mountainous watersheds. These radiating, wedge-shaped deposits of sediment are commonly associated with high-energy ...
Vignette Type: Computation, 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) Accounting 101: An Example
Chuck Podolak, Johns Hopkins University
I. Introduction Rivers transport both water and sediment [rock fragments such as sand and gravel] from hillsides to the oceans. As sediment moves downstream it creates river bars, accumulates into floodplains, and ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Tidal Currents in a Microtidal Estuary - Port Stephens, Australia
Timothy Austin
Port Stephens is a popular tourist destination located on the mid-north New South Wales (NSW) coast, 230 km north of Sydney, Australia (Figure 1). Despite the regions popularity, it is not protected from the ...
Vignette Type: Process