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Earth Surface

Earth Surface. Oblate Spheroid = Largest Topo Feature of Earth. Course Notes: 1.2. Hypsometry, the Continental Freeboard, and Isostasy. Hypsometric Curve = 2 nd Largest Topo Feature of Earth. Course Notes: 1.2. Ocean Basin Shape / Seafloor Bathymetry.

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Earth Surface

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  1. Earth Surface Oblate Spheroid = Largest Topo Feature of Earth Course Notes: 1.2

  2. Hypsometry, the Continental Freeboard, and Isostasy Hypsometric Curve = 2nd Largest Topo Feature of Earth Course Notes: 1.2

  3. Ocean Basin Shape / Seafloor Bathymetry Ocean Basin Shape = 3rd Largest Topo Feature of Earth Course Notes: 1.2

  4. Crustal Thickening – e.g. Tibet Course Notes: 1.2

  5. Rock/Surface Uplift, Flexural Isostasy, Crustal Loading Course Notes: 1.2

  6. Fault Scale Tectonic Geomorph and Paleoseismology Course Notes: 1.2

  7. Glacial Processes – Mass Balance Bench Glacier, AK – June 2000 Bench Glacier, AK – September 2000 Course Notes: 1.2

  8. Glacial Flow, deposits, and landforms Course Notes: 1.2

  9. Periglacial Processes / Freeze-Thaw Course Notes: 1.2

  10. Convex Hilltops, Hillslope Diffusion Course Notes: 1.2

  11. Regolith Production, Landsliding Course Notes: 1.2

  12. Runoff, Drainage, Catchments Course Notes: 1.2

  13. Turbulent Flow, River Velocity Profiles Turbulent Laminar Course Notes: 1.2

  14. Fluvial Sediment – Bedload, Suspended Load, Flood Plains 1952 McMurdo Basin, Columbia River, B.C. 1988 Course Notes: 1.2

  15. Fluvial Incision of Bedrock Course Notes: 1.2

  16. Waves and Coasts – Erosional Features Course Notes: 1.2

  17. Waves and Coasts – Depositional Features Course Notes: 1.2

  18. Submarine canyons – Monterey canyon Origin? Course Notes: 1.2

  19. Geomorphic Evolution -Multiple Climate Cycles River terraces – geomorphic markers Wind River, Wyoming Course Notes: 1.2

  20. Guiding Principle #1:Conservation of … Mass http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/mass.html Energy http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/thermo1f.html Momentum http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/conmo.html Course Notes: 1.3.1 A&A Chap. 1

  21. Guiding Principle #2:Transport Rules • Process Geomorph involves movement of material – ice, water, air, sediment, piles of rocks, etc. • Rates of material motion are influenced by stresses – e.g.’s: • Water flowing downhill: velocity increases with greater slope. • Compost decay rate increases with ambient temperature. • Rate of people entering a football game increases with internal crowd roar. Course Notes: 1.3.2 A&A Chap. 1

  22. Guiding Principle #2:Transport Laws Time scales of motion / rates for different materials can vary several orders of magnitude within the same environment: Ice Sheet example – katabatic winds, meltwater streams, glacial flow, mantle flow. Course Notes: 1.3.2 A&A Chap. 1

  23. Guiding Principle #3:Timing and Magnitude of Geomorphic Events Jokoklaup (glacial outburst flood) Kennicott River, Alaska Course Notes: 1.3.3 A&A Chap. 1

  24. Guiding Principle #3:Timing and Magnitude of Geomorphic Events Fire in Geomorphology Tuttle Creek Fan, Eastern CA Course Notes: 1.3.3 A&A Chap. 1

  25. Guiding Principle #3:Timing and Magnitude of Geomorphic Events Windstorm December 1977 - San Joaquin Valley, California Course Notes: 1.3.3 A&A Chap. 1

  26. Guiding Principle #3:Timing and Magnitude of Geomorphic Events Course Notes: 1.3.3 A&A Chap. 1

  27. Whole Earth Shape: The Oblate Spheroid Phobos: ~27 km across, potato-shaped Earth: ~13,000 km across, spheroid-shaped Course Notes: 1.8 A&A Chap. 2

  28. Global Hypsometry Course Notes: 1.9 A&A Chap. 2

  29. Continental Freeboard and Isostasy Course Notes: 1.9 A&A Chap. 2

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