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 > Landscape Evolution
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Influence of Dam Operations on Geomorphology and Sediment in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Amy Draut
Large dams can greatly alter the physical and biological environments of rivers, by changing the magnitude and timing of flows, sediment transport, and water temperature. One of the most iconic landscapes in the ...
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 ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process, Stratigraphy
Lightning as a Geomorphic Agent in Low-Latitude Mountains
Jasper Knight
It is often assumed that high mountain environments are dominated by the geomorphic imprints of cold-climate weathering and erosion processes, forming angular bedrock fragments that are commonly found across ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process
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 ...
Vignette Type: Process
Defining rates of erosion using terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides in the Himalaya
Lewis Owen, North Carolina State University
The Himalaya and Tibet comprise the greatest mountain mass on our planet, stretching for ~ 2000 km east-west and >1500 km north-south with an average elevation of ~5000 m above sea level. The mountain mass ...
Vignette Type: Process
Quaternary glaciation of the Himalaya and Tibet
Lewis Owen, North Carolina State University
The mountains of the Himalaya and Tibet are the most glaciated regions outside of the polar realm. The countries within and bordering the Himalaya and Tibet depend greatly on the glacial and associated hydrological ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Stratigraphy
Natural and anthropogenic impacts on a freshwater wetland, Lake Bogoria, Kenya
gail ashley, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Introduction Wetlands are an important water resource in arid regions (<400 mm annual precipitation) and may also provide grazing opportunities for farm animals. Permanent freshwater wetlands are also important ...
Vignette Type: Process
Soil geomorphology and change over time: A case study from the Catawba River, North Carolina
Anthony Layzell, University of Kansas Main Campus
Despite their value in Quaternary studies, relatively few soil chronosequences or long-term landscape evolution studies exist for the Piedmont physiographic province of the southeastern United States. Investigating ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process, 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
Living on a slippery slope: Case studies of geologic hazards from the Wasatch Front, Utah
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Throughout their history, humans have fought the natural elements; we build shelters, roads, hospitals and malls wherever we can engineer "solutions" and strategies that permit us to thrive, even in harsh ...
Vignette Type: Process