Geomorphology Big Picture Assignment

The Geomorphology Big Picture Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your understanding of the geomorphology aspect of the course. In the course of the semester you’ve learned about some geomorphic agents and processes that shape both the surface and the subsurface portions of the Earth, as well as the associated landforms. By completing the assignment, you will be able to obtain a “big picture” of the course, that is, what the course is all about. It will be your “take-away” from the course. Simply fill in the missing information in Tables 1-4 below using the examples given.

The assignment is worth 2% extra credit. Note: Use information from the course text as well as Chapter lecture notes to complete this assignment.

Table 1: Weathering Types

Physical (Mechanical)

  • Frost wedging

Chemical

  • Hydrolysis

Table 2: Erosional Landforms

Types of Erosion Agents

  • Mass wasting (Gravity)
  • Fluvial (Running water)
  • Glacial (ice)
  • Eolian (wind)
  • Coastal (waves)

Associated Landforms

  • Cliffs (scarp)
  • Canyon
  • Glacial trough
  • Deflation hollow
  • Wave-cut bluff
  • Glacial striation
  • Slump terrace
  • Entrenched meander
  • Horn
  • Sea stacks

Table 3: Types of Transport (Movement)

Transporting Agents

  • Mass wasting (Gravity)
  • Fluvial (Running water)
  • Glacial (ice)
  • Eolian (wind)
  • Coastal (waves)

Types of Transportation

  • Land slides
  • Bedload
  • Internal Deformation
  • Saltation
  • Longshore drift
  • Soil creep

Table 4: Depositional Landforms

Depositional Agents

  • Mass wasting (Gravity)
  • Fluvial (Running water)
  • Glacial (ice)
  • Eolian (wind)
  • Coastal (waves)

Depositional Landforms

  • Talus cones
  • Flood plain
  • Drumlin
  • Sand dunes
  • Beach
  • Alluvial terraces
  • Kettle lake
  • Coral reefs

References

  • Schumm, S. A. (1977). The Fluvial System. Wiley-Interscience.
  • Johnson, E. A., & Jones, W. (2010). Earth Surface Processes: The Geomorphology of Landforms. Cambridge University Press.
  • Summerfield, M. A. (1991). Global Geomorphology. Longman Scientific & Technical.
  • Schmidt, S. T., & Wilford, D. J. (2014). Geomorphology: A Systematic Analysis. Routledge.
  • Migo, M. O. (2003). Geomorphology and Landforms. Pearson Education.
  • Harris, A. L., & Mitchell, M. S. (2010). Principles of Geomorphology. Pearson.
  • Turcotte, D. L., & Schubert, G. (2014). Geodynamics. Cambridge University Press.
  • FitzGerald, D. M., & Feary, D. (2009). Coastal Geomorphology: Landforms and Processes. Springer.
  • Dean, R. G., & Dalrymple, R. A. (2002). Coastal Processes with Engineering Applications. Cambridge University Press.
  • Davis, W. M. (1899). The Geography of the Earth’s Surface. Ginn & Company.

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