Course content: A detailed survey of the processes that shape earth’s surface, with particular emphasis on those that
have shaped the modern landscape of the upper Midwest: glacial, fluvial and hillslope processes. Applications to
engineering and environmental problems. Laboratory includes field trips, computer and map-interpretation skills.
Prerequisites: Introductory geology.
Instructor: Pete Moore
office: rm. 360 Science I
office hours: MW 11:00-12:00
phone: 294-7201
email: pmoore@iastate.edu
Teaching Assistant: Sarah Day
Office: rm. 359 Science I
office hours: TBA
email: seday@iastate.edu
Location & Time: MW 10:00-10:50, 175 Sci I
Lab: F 1:10-3:00, 157 Sci I
Note additional field trips!
Textbook & Readings:
RKM: Ritter, Kochel and Miller, Process Geomorphology, 5th ed. Waveland Press
Additional readings will be provided electronically
Grades:
479 grades – 20% each exam (2), 45% labs and field projects, 10% homework, 5% quizzes
579 grades – 17% each exam (2), 41% labs and field projects, 10% homework, 5% quizzes, 10% graduate
component
Academic expectations:
Learning is the responsibility of each student, and is facilitated by the instructor. Students are accountable for their own
success in this course and are expected to be present and prepared for all class meetings. Students are expected to alert
Pete or Sarah about expected absences as soon as possible. Unexcused absences will result in no credit for assignments,
exams or quizzes missed. Assignments turned in late will result in 25% reduction per weekday unless prior arrangements
are made.
Students with disabilities:
Students with disabilities that require accommodation should contact Pete during the first week of the semester so that
all learning needs may be appropriately met. Official documentation of a disability should be presented to the Student
Disability Resources (DR) office, located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1010; 515-294-7220;
disabilityresources@iastate.edu.
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Topic
Intro, historical perspective
Causes of landscape change
lab
reading
RKM 1 (2-16)
LAB: conservation (L1)
Tectonics and denudation
Weathering
RKM 2 (22-28, 38-45)
RKM 3 (48-83)
FIELD: Onion Creek
Labor day, no class
Weathering and soils
RKM 4 (86-109), Walder & Hallet
FIELD: Mass wasting
Landslides (HW1)
Slope processes
RKM 4 (109-139)
RKM 4 (139-147)
FIELD: Hillslope (L2)
Watersheds 1
Watersheds 2
LAB: Gullies
Stream Hydraulics (HW2)
Sediment transport 1
RKM 5 (150-176)
RKM 5 (176-209)
Thomas
RKM 6 (212-218)
RKM 6 (219-225), Church 325-41
SAT. AM: Hydraulics (L4)
Sediment transport 2
Channel morphology
RKM 6 (225-234)
RKM 6 (234-252)
LAB: Transport (L5)
Stream equilibrium 1 (HW3)
Fluvial landscapes
RKM 6 (252-259), Knox
RKM 7 (262-282)
LAB: River systems
Fluvial transitions
EXAM 1
RKM 7 (282-304)
SAT: Field mapping (L6)
Aeolian processes
Glacial processes (HW4)
RKM 8 (309-332)
RKM 9 (334-360)
COM: Glaciers (L7)
Glacial erosion
Glacial deposition
RKM 10 (362-375)
RKM 10 (375-382)
FIELD: Glacial
Glacial landscapes 1
Periglacial processes
RKM 10 (383-398)
RKM 11 (400-454 skim)
LAB: Glacial (L8)
Karst environments
Coastal/Lacustrine processes
RKM 12 (472-480, 480-501 skim)
RKM 13 (504-569 skim)
LAB: Marine terr. (L9)
Landscapes of Iowa
Human influences on landscapes
Prior
Wilkinson
LAB: TBA (L10)
TBA
AGU WEEK: schedule TBA
LAB: REVIEW
EXAM WEEK