Geomorphological Methods. Systems Terminology Steady State – A time-invariant condition Equilibrium – A balance between form and process Dynamic Equilibrium.

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Geomorphological Methods

Systems Terminology Steady State – A time-invariant condition Equilibrium – A balance between form and process Dynamic Equilibrium – State changes around a central point

Systems Terminology Threshold – A condition that must be exceeded in order for state to change within the system Feedback – Positive – self-reinforcing; accelerating – Negative – self-regulating; damping Equifinality – Similar final states achieved through different mechanisms

Scale matters…

GTOPO30

USGS 30m: Mount St. Helens

Time and Space in Geomorphology GEOLOGY CLIMATE GEOMORPHOLOGY Geology

Rates of Processes

Magnitude vs. Frequency

How do geomorphic processes work? Process studies…

Force balances

How fast does this happen? Process studies and field measurements…

USGS suspended sediment sampling apparatus, Cowlitz River, Washington (1982)

Stream gauge on bridge support, Chippewa River, Wisconsin

GPS Surveying in the Mojave Desert, California Repeated high- resolution surveys can document landscape change and characterize landform.

What is this landform made of? Field studies…

Trench in floodplain sediments, Richmond, Virginia

Drilling into floodplain sediments, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Logging the wall of a trench across the San Andreas Fault, California

How old is this rock, surface, or landform? Geomorphological dating techniques…

Scarp degradation

Thermochronometry

Different minerals have different cooling temperatures and thus reveal erosion rates over different time scales

Radio carbon dating

Dendrochronometry, tree-ring dating

Lichenometry

Cesium 137 dating

Thermoluminescence dating (TL)

Cosmogenic dating