MORPH SYL 1999


GEOMORPHOLOGY -- GEOL 151  
Paul Bierman 656-4411 203 Perkins Hall  
      pbierman@zoo.uvm.edu      
             
  LECTURE   LABORATORY   PRACTICUM  
  1:25-2:15   12:20-6:00   1:25-3:20  
  MONDAY   WEDNESDAY   FRIDAY  
             
  30-Aug   1-Sep   3-Sep  
  INTRODUCTION   MT MANSFIELD HIKE   Mansfield data reduction  
      hike up, hike down   lecture on lapse rate  
             
  Room 200   Room 200 (lab will run late)   compu lab  
             
  6-Sep   8-Sep   10-Sep  
  NO CLASS   SURVEYING   Survey data reduction  
  LABOR DAY   How to and data reduction      
             
      Room 200   Room 200  
             
  13-Sep   15-Sep   17-Sep  
  FLUVIAL PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS   FLOW GAGING   RIVER DATA REDUCTION  
  slide lecture   Huntington River   Flood video  
  read McPhee, Atchaflaya   read Leopold, Water      
             
  Room 200   Room 200   compu lab  
             
  20-Sep   22-Sep   24-Sep  
  local glacial and post glacial history   RIVER TRIP   UTM plotting  
  slide lecture   Winooski River      
  read Bierman et al., GSA Today          
             
  Room 200   Room 200 (may run late)   Room 200  
             
  27-Sep   29-Sep   1-Oct  
  GLACIERS- LANDFORMS   GLACIAL SEDIMENTS   NO CLASS--NEIGC  
  slide lecture   Champlain Lowland      
  read Skinner and Porter, Chapter 15          
             
  Room 200   Room 200      
             
  4-Oct   6-Oct   8-Oct  
  GLACIERS-PROCESS   LAKE MANSFIELD HIKE   GLACIER RECONSTRUCTIONS  
  slide lecture   Lake Mansfield, Stowe fan   Miller Brook Valley  
  have read Wagner, read Loso et al.          
             
  CLEAR PROJECT PLAN WITH PAUL          
             
  Room 200   Room 200   Room 200  
             
  11-Oct   13-Oct   15-Oct  
  WEATHERING AND SOILS   LAKE LEVELS AND TERRACES   NO CLASS--Fall Break  
  slide lecture   Huntington River      
  have read Summerfield, Weathering          
             
  SUBMIT 1 PAGE PROJECT PLAN BY EMAIL          
             
  Room 200   Room 200      
             
  18-Oct   20-Oct   22-Oct  
  Hurricane Discussion   ALLUVIAL FANS   FAN DATA REDUCTION and 14C  
      survey and trench log   Trench log prep and survey compilation  
  read Coch, Geologic Effects of Hurricanes   read Kochel, Humid Fans      
             
      Room 200   compu lab  
             
  25-Oct   27-Oct   29-Oct  
  NO CLASS GSA WEEK   NO CLASS GSA WEEK   NO CLASS GSA WEEK  
             
  PROJECT DATA GATHERING  
             
  1-Nov   5-Nov   7-Nov  
  Storm Discussion   LANDSLIDES   LANDSLIDE MECHANICS  
      Town Line Brook and Jeffersonville   hands on exercises  
  have read "the perfect storm"   have read "LA against the Mountains"   have read Dethier, Rainfall induced mass movements  
             
  SUBMIT RAW PROJECT DATA          
             
  Room 200   Room 200   compu lab  
       
  8-Nov   10-Nov   12-Nov  
  ANDESITIC VOLCANISM   VOLCANIC HAZARDS   volcanoe video fest  
  slide lecture   Mt. St. Helens mapping   SEASON OF FIRE  
  have read Volcanoes by Van Rose and Mercer   have read Crandell and Mullineaux, Future eruptions of St. Helens      
             
  Room 200   Room 200   compu lab  
             
  15-Nov   17-Nov   19-Nov  
  BASALTIC VOLCANISM   QUAKES 1 - lecture   QUAKES 2  
  slide lecture   seismic program   slide lecture  
             
  have read Mcphee, Cooling the Lava       DRAFT PROJECT DUE  
             
  Room 200   compu lab   Room 200  
             
  22-Nov   24-Nov   26-Nov  
  NO CLASS       NO CLASS  
             
             
  29-Nov   1-Dec   3-Dec  
  RATES OF SURFACE PROCESSES   NO CLASS   FINAL WRITTEN PROJECTS DUE  
  slide lecture   work on projects   @ start of class  
  have read Bierman, JGR paper          
  have read Summerfield, Rates of uplift and …          
             
  Room 200   Room 200   Room 200  
             
  6-Dec   8-Dec      
  Written Projects returned   PROJECT PRESENTATIONS      
  class evaluations          
             
  Room 200   Room 200      
             
             


Last Updated on 8/30/99
By Paul Bierman
Email: pbierman@zoo.uvm.edu