Cal Poly Pomona, Geological Sciences Department

NOTE: Course schedule altered this quarter due to budget cuts & mandatory faculty furloughs!

GSC 323: Geomorphology - Fall 2009

Please see separate handout from California Faculty Association (CFA) for further information.

Professor: Dr. Jeff Marshall

Lecture: Tu & Th 10:45-12:00, Rm. 4A-608

Office: Bldg. 4, Room A-406

Lab: Tu 1:00-3:50, Rm. 4A-634

Phone: 869-3461

Office Hours: Mo & We 10:00-11:00, Th 1:30-3:30

E-mail: marshall@csupomona.edu

Text: Process Geomorphology (Ritter, Kochel, & Miller)

WEEK

DATE

LECTURE TOPIC

LABORATORY EXERCISES & FIELD TRIPS

READING

1

9/24 Th

Course Introduction: The Earth's Surface

Ch. 1

2

9/29 Tu

Process Geomorphology: Fundamentals Concepts

Lab Exercise #1: Topo Map & Air Photo Analysis

Ch. 2

10/1 Th

Dynamic Equilibrium of Landscapes

3

10/6 Tu*

No Lecture or Lab (Furlough Day 1)

Continue work on Exercise #1

Ch. 5

10/8 Th

Hydrologic Cycle & Drainage Basins

4

10/13 Tu

Stream Networks & Longitudinal Profiles

Field Trip - Claremont Wilderness Park

Ch. 6

10/15 Th

Hydrology of Hillslopes & Stream Channels

Lab Exercise #2: Drainage Basin Morphometry

5

10/20 Tu*

No Lecture or Lab (Dr. Marshall at GSA Meeting)

Continue work on Exercise #2

Ch. 7

10/22 Th*

No Lecture (Dr. Marshall at GSA Meeting)

10/24-25 Sa-Su

WEEKEND FIELD TRIP - Coastal Geomorphology & Tectonics of San Diego County

Field Trip Handouts

6

10/27 Tu

Active vs. Passive Margin Coastlines

Lab Exercise #3: Coastal Uplift & Marine Terraces

Ch. 13

10/29 Th

Coastal Processes, Beaches, & Tidal Platforms

7

11/3 Tu

Tectonic Geomorphology

Field Trip - Sierra Madre-Cucamonga Fault Zone

Article: Van Buskirk & Brooks, 1994

11/5 Th

Neotectonics & Paleoseismology

Lab Exercise #4: Earthquakes & Mountain Uplift

8

11/10 Tu

The Critical Zone: Regolith & Soils

On Campus Field Trip - Voorhis Ecological Reserve

Ch. 3 & 4

11/12 Th

Soil Geochemistry & Rock Weathering

Lab Exercise #5: Soils Classification Field Exercise

9

11/17 Tu

Quaternary Climate & Pleistocene Glaciations

Lab Exercise #6: Glaciers & Quaternary Climate

Ch. 9, 10, &11

11/19 Th

The Ice Record & Global Climate Change

10

11/24 Tu

Landscape Denudation & Isostasy

Geomorphology Research Case Studies

Article: Pinter & Brandon, 1997

11/26 Th*

No Lecture Today (Thanksgiving Holiday)

11

12/1 Tu*

No Lecture or Lab Today (Furlough Day 2)

Work on Take Home Exam

12/3 Th*

No Lecture Today (Furlough Day 3)

12

Finals Week

Take home exam - Due Mon. 12/7

GRADING

Take Home Exam:

40%

Practical Exercises:

60%

TOTAL:

100%

Take Home Exam:

The final take-home exam will cover material from the lecture, labs, field trips, readings, videos, and homework assignments.

Practical Exercises:

Lab and field trip reports will be due at the beginning of the following week's lab period (unless otherwise specified). You will receive a separate handout

that explains the expected format and content of these reports. While you may consult with other students while working on these assignments, the work

that you turn in should be written in your own words and should reflect your own individual effort. No late work will be accepted.

Research Project:

We will not engage in the Geomorphology Research Project this Quarter due to CSU systemwide budget cuts and mandatory faculty furloughs.

Participation:

Students are expected to attend all class sessions, take careful notes, ask questions, and join in class discussion.