ES322 Geomorphology Fall Term 2010 Journal Reading and Class Presentation Exercise Science is conducted in a variety of ways with a variety of applications The academic discipline of Geomorphology crosses over many study areas geology biology chemistry archeology engineering One of the primary ways in which scientists communicate is through publication of research in scientific journals The Journal of Geomorphology is one such publication that is produced by Elsevier Publishers in the Netherlands This is an international journal dedicated to research in the field of Geomorphology This exercise involves the following tasks 1 2 3 4 students reading a high level journal article compiling a list of key words and technical terms students defining explaing the key words using web and instructor resources students writing a 1 page summary of the article students distributing copies of their key word explanation lists and summaries to fellow colleagues 5 students presenting an informal 15 minute summary of the article to the class using appropriate technology as needed The learning objectives include 1 familiarization with applications in the sub discipline of geomorphology 2 experience reading scientific journal articles 3 encountering managing and deciphering technical scientific terms and analytical techniques 4 organizing thoughts and presenting written oral summaries to colleagues For this project the instructor has assembled a sampling of 20 articles recently published in the Journal of Geomorphology These articles cover a wide range of surface process topics that will be introduced in ES322 The articles are written for technical specialists who have advanced graduate degrees and specialized training in geology geomorphology Your goal is to select an article of interest tackle the language and the science from an introductory perspective and work your way through summarizing what you ve learned from the experience During this process you will learn as much about what you don t know as you do The following is the list of articles available for students to choose from Pick one that interests you most first come first serve No duplication of topic The topic areas include Abb hl et al 2010 El Ni o forcing on 10Be based surface denudation rates in the northwestern Peruvian Andes Geomorphology v 123 p 257 268 Age dating surface erosion DZIEKAN Alexandrowicz and Margielewski 2010 Impact of mass movements on geo and biodiversity in the Polish Outer Flysch Carpathians Geomorphology v 123 p 290 304 mass wasting and biogeomorphology LEET Andreotti et al 2010 Measurements of the aeolian sand transport saturation length Geomorphology v 123 p 343 348 deserts and wind FLETCHER B se and Brande 2010 Landscape history and man induced landscape changes in the young morainic area of the North European Plain a case study from the B ke Valley Berlin Geomorphology v 122 p 274 282 glaciation and geoarcheology DESJARDIN Cadol and Wohl 2010 Wood retention and transport in tropical headwater streams La Selva Biological Station Costa Rica Geomorphology v 123 p 61 73 fluvial geomorphology biogeomorphology 1 Cheetham et al 2010 Nonsynchronous episodic incision Evidence of threshold exceedance and complex response as controls of terrace formation Geomorphology v 123 p 320 329 fluvial geomorphology Damm and Hagedorn 2010 Holocene floodplain formation in the southern Cape region South Africa Geomorphology v 122 p 213 222 fluvial geomorphology Duvert et al 2010 Drivers of erosion and suspended sediment transport in three headwater catchments of the Mexican Central Highlands Geomorphology v 123 p 243 256 fluvial geomorphology Eppes et al 2010 Cracks in desert pavement rocks Further insights into mechanical weathering by directional insolation Geomorphology v 123 p 97 108 rock weathering DANA Figueroa and Knott 2010 Tectonic geomorphology of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains California Evidence for uplift and basin formation Geomorphology v 123 p 34 45 tectonic geomorphology MEYER Hall and Migo 2010 The first stages of erosion by ice sheets Evidence from central Europe Geomorphology v 123 p 349 363 glacial DEVENBERG Hood 2010 Delta distributary dynamics in the Skagit River Delta Washington USA Extending testing and applying avulsion theory in a tidal system Geomorphology v 123 p 154 164 fluvial geomorphology BROWN Johnson et al 2010 Topographic disturbance of subaqueous gravel substrates by signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus Geomorphology v 123 p 269 278 biogeomorphology Lytwyn 2010 Remote sensing and GIS investigation of glacial features in the region of Devil s Lake State Park South Central Wisconsin USA Geomorphology v 123 p 46 60 glacial remote sensing RYE Maeda et al 2010 Potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change on soil erosion in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya Geomorphology v 123 p 279 289 disturbance climate change BECKER Ponza et al 2010 Thrust fold activity at the mountain front of the Northern Apennines Italy from quantitative landscape analysis Geomorphology v 123 p 211 231 tectonic geomorphology SAMPLE Prince et al 2010 New physical evidence of the role of stream capture in active retreat of the Blue Ridge escarpment southern Appalachians Geomorphology v 123 p 305 319 landscape evolution KELLER Rink and Lopez 2010 OSL based lateral progradation and aeolian sediment accumulation rates for the Apalachicola Barrier Island Complex North Gulf of Mexico Florida Geomorphology v 123 p 330342 Quaternary dating eolian process coastal Salinas and L pez Blanco 2010 Geomorphic assessment of the debris avalanche deposit from the Jocotitl n volcano Central Mexico Geomorphology v 123 p 142 153 mass wasting debris flow Strasser et al 2010 Quantifying erosion over timescales of one million years A photogrammetric approach on the amount of Rhenish erosion in southwestern Germany Geomorphology v 122 p 244253 remote sensing erosion rates 2