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
- 1 match General/Other
- Arid Region Geomorphology 42 matches
- Climate/Paleoclimate 57 matches
- Dating and Rates 64 matches
- Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines 37 matches
- GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques 40 matches
- Landforms/Processes 201 matches
- Landscape Evolution 102 matches
- Modeling/Physical Experiments 30 matches
- Tectonic Geomorphology 27 matches
- Weathering/Soils 34 matches
Results 31 - 40 of 229 matches
Land disturbance and recovery following a massive deforestation event in the Missouri Ozarks
Winston Crausaz
In 1983 California businessman Raymond L. Sheeks purchased 40 square kilometers of wooded upland in the Ozark Mountains of south-central Missouri. Starting with steep forested slopes, a relief of 100 meters, thin ...
Vignette Type: Process
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
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 ...
Vignette Type: Process, Computation
Digital Topography: Should you choose a TIN or raster interpolation of the landscape?
Lisa Walsh, University of Maryland-College Park
The recent explosion of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools enable geoscientists to visualize the Earth's surface in three dimensions using digital topography. Digital topography can be represented in ...
Vignette Type: Computation, Process
Geomorphic Evolution of the Upper Basin of the Tigris River, Turkey
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Introduction The Tigris is one of Antiquity's famous rivers, as it flanks the fertile strip of land known as the Mesopotamian Plain, the heartland of the mighty biblical empires of Sumeria and Assyria (Figure ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process
Use of Large Woody Materials and Large Wood in Streambank Erosion Control
Frank Reckendorf
In recent years, woody material has been used to add a habitat component to the use of woody materials for bank protection. However, the use of large woody materials for bank protection has a long history. Use of ...
Vignette Type: Process
Causes of Streambank Erosion
Frank Reckendorf
Streambank erosion is a natural phenomenon but can become accelerated because of changes at the watershed and/or reach level. Background conditions are established using old photographs and maps and compare rates ...
Vignette Type: 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
Soil flowed over the slopes of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa about 30,000 years ago
arnaud temme
Several landscape processes cause the movement of soil over slopes. Erosion from overland water flow and sudden landsliding are among the best-known of these processes. Creep, the slow and depth-dependent movement ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process
When a tree falls in the forest, does it make a soil?
Emmanuel Gabet, San Jose State University
When a Tree Falls Over A tree, like most plants, sends roots down into soil and bedrock to absorb water and nutrients. The roots also anchor the tree to the ground and prevents it from tipping over. Strong wind ...
Vignette Type: Process