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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Geoscience > Geology > Geomorphology > Landforms/Processes
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Subject: GeomorphologyResults 71 - 80 of 201 matches
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
When streams unravel: the tale of Plum Creek, CO
Laurel Larsen, University of California-Berkeley
Streams that have recently undergone disturbance provide a natural laboratory for understanding how fluvial landscapes evolve. Plum Creek, CO, which experienced catastrophic flooding in the 1960s, has provided ...
Vignette Type: Process
Restoration of the Elwha River system, Washington, through dam removal
Amy Draut
Most of the world's rivers contain one or more dams. On streams and rivers in the U.S. alone there are more than 75,000 dams large enough to store more than one year's runoff capacity, and many more dams ...
Vignette Type: Process
Optimality hypotheses for river network development
Kyungrock Paik, Korea University
Earth's surface is full of fascinating patterns and many of them are created by the flow of water. For example, natural stream reaches are composed of regular repetition of riffles and pools. Streams meander ...
Vignette Type: 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
River Knickpoints: Distinguishing Between Mobile and Fixed Steps in River Channels
Ben Crosby, Idaho State University
Benjamin Crosby Idaho State University Location Continent: South Pacific Country: New Zealand State/Province: North Island City/Town: Gisborne UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: Humid ...
Vignette Type: Process
Geomorphic Features in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Kathleen Nicoll University of Utah Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State/Province: Utah City/Town: Salt Lake City and Sandy UTM coordinates and datum: 432313, 4494662 Northing ...
Vignette Type: Stratigraphy, Process
Glacial River Warren and the retreat of St. Anthony Falls
Tom Hickson, University of St. Thomas (MN)
Thomas Hickson University of St. Thomas Location Continent: North America Country: United States State: Minnesota City: Minneapolis/St. Paul UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: Humid Tectonic ...
Vignette Type: Chronology
Coastline changes to Aceh from the great 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
Andrew Moore, Earlham College
Andrew Moore Earlham College Location Continent: Asia Country: Indonesia State/Province: Aceh City: Banda Aceh UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate Setting: Tropical Tectonic setting: Island Arc Type: ...
Vignette Type: Process
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