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 > Modeling/Physical Experiments
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Effects of 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles on Beach Sediment Transport
Timothy Austin
The use of 4-Wheel Drive (4WD) vehicles on coastal beaches is an activity that attracts considerable controversy amongst beach users. 4WD vehicles are currently permitted access to hundreds of beaches throughout ...
Vignette Type: Process
The Drying of Sierra Nevada Wet Meadows Impacted by Channel Incision and Opportunities for Restoration
Eric Booth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Connection Between Groundwater and Stream Channels: When considering the water cycle of a watershed, stream valleys represent a zone where terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems interact through the exchange of ...
Vignette Type: Chronology, Process
Impact of deforestation on slope stability
veerle vanacker
Slope movement is a widespread hazard in mountainous regions around the world. Consequently, not only considerable financial costs are suffered, but also major ecological and environmental problems arise in a ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Vegetation restoration in gully beds enhances sediment deposition
veerle vanacker
Mountain ecosystems in developing countries are suffering from rapid land-use/land-cover change, induced by demographic growth and socio-economic development (Figure 1, Vanacker et al., 2003). Given their steep ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Erodibility, tensile strength, and the "k" problem in Grand kanyon
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
River profile shape is an important indicator of the geomorphic processes and history that contributed to its modern form. In the case of bedrock streams during episodes of incision, resistance of river-level ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Computation, Process, Chronology
Climate, Uplift, Erosional Processes and Landscape Form: Clues from Physical Experiments
Les Hasbargen, SUNY College at Oneonta
Les Hasbargen SUNY College at Oneonta Location UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: none Tectonic setting: none Type: Process Click the images for a full-sized view. Description Erosional ...
Vignette Type: Process
Tillage erosion in developing countries in Asia
ALAN ZIEGLER
Tillage erosion, which is the net redistribution of soil within the landscape as a result of farming activities, is one of the most important soil degradation processes on sloping croplands world-wide (Govers et ...
Vignette Type: Computation, 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
Sediment Entrainment and Channel Lifetimes in Braided Streams
allen hunt, Wright State University-Main Campus
Braided streams are typically found on steep slopes (high energy environments) with an abundance of sediment. Their channels are constantly choking up with sediments and shifting. This gives rise to the concept of ...
Vignette Type: Process
Some useful Non-dimensional Numbers in Geomorphology and the Art of Deriving New Ones
Nikki Strong, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Units of Measure One can express physical quantities in terms of many different units of measure and a particular quantity can take on very different numerical values under different unit systems. For example, ...
Vignette Type: Computation