River Dynamics, Landforms, and Landscapes (formerly GEOL 3433)

3 credit hours · Undergraduate

Students examine processes, landforms, and environments associated with rivers. Topics include drainage basin controls, channel processes and morphology, erosional and depositional fluvial landforms, evolution of fluvial landscapes, and relationships with other geomorphic domains. Human intervention in fluvial processes and impacts of fluvial processes on humans and infrastructure will be considered. Classes 3 hrs. and lab 3 hrs. per week.