1. Geomorphology GLG362/598 Instructor: Kelin X. Whipple, kxw@asu.edu, ISTB4-777 (5-9508)kxw@asu.edu TA: Andrew Darling, aldarlin@asu.edu, ISTB4- 603aldarlin@asu.edu Office Hours TBA Your Info (please jot down and hand in) –Year and Primary Interest (major/research focus) –Math/Physics/Geomorphology background –Software experience (ArcGIS, Excel, Matlab, SSH) –Own a laptop for in class use? If yes, prefer local install Aps, or use MyApps online? –Reminder LAB: 1:15-3:15 Wed in H461

2. Geomorphology GLG362/598 Process-based instruction. –Textbook is complementary. I do not survey different landscapes (desert, coastal, permafrost, alpine, etc): Hillslopes, Channels (glaciers), +/- Floodplains –Teach how to think about all landscapes –How to read a landscape, how to proceed with a quantitative analysis Project-based course –Hydrology; Hillslopes and Channel Heads; Alluvial Fans; Fluvial Processes; Landscape Evolution Project Reports (no exams) –Every other lab -- 4 page (single, 12 point) plus figures, maps, cross-sections, calculations. –START EARLY, STAY ON SCHEDULE

3. Geomorphology GLG362/598 Field Trips –Depart EARLY – 7:30am; We Provide Vehicles; No Make Ups –#1 Sept 19-20 (Camping); Flagstaff Volcanic Field –#2 October 9,10, or 11 (Fri, Sat, or Sun); Verde River Hydraulics Practical Skills –ArcGIS, Matlab/Excel –Airphoto Interpretation/ Mapping Surficial Units –Surveying (basics) –Stream gaging –DEM Analysis A Few Grads: same exercises, different expectations

4. Geomorphology GLG362/598 Textbook –Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes, Anderson and Anderson, Cambridge University Press, 2010. Class Website (not Blackboard) http://whipple362.asu.edu/index.html Motivations for Study of Surface Processes –First Wave Climate Science Completed: climate is changing, causes known –Second Wave Coming: what are consequences, how respond? –Landuse Change plausibly even more dramatic –Prediction: Need Quantitative Understanding of Processes / Record of Past Conditions/Responses –Earth System Response to Past Changes? –Record of Past Conditions (Tectonics, Climate) Preserved in Landscapes: Long Term Landscape Evolution

5. Geomorphology GLG362/598 Labs –First Lab Wednesday, Rm H461 –Topic is Landuse and Hydrology –Learn to Use ArcGIS Lab 1 has 3 parts, Lab 1a deliverable due this Friday (nothing major – just need to keep pace with learning Arc) Last Weekend’s Homework –Read Chapter 1 (pg 3-9) and Essay on “Landscapes and Geologic History” by Allen (3p), posted on class website (http://whipple362.asu.edu/index.html)http://whipple362.asu.edu/index.html –Class Discussion and/or Quiz : Questions?

12. Taiwan Topography and Geology

13. Orogenic WedgeTheory: Strong Climate-Tectonics Coupling Mechanics of Deformation: Theory for Control of Orogen Width; Strain Concentration Stolar et al, 2006 Penrose Volume

14. DESERT JUNGLE ~12m Annual Rainfall Deflected Rivers

15. TRMM Rainfall Map

17. Willett, 1999 JGR Beaumont et al., 2001 Nature Numerical Simulations: Strong Climate-Tectonics Coupling

22. Overview/Guidelines (Chapter 1) Many interacting processes: wind, rain, runoff, ice, heat/cool, freeze/thaw, chemical attack – all modualted by life; all event-driven, variable Our Approach: Conservation (of mass [water, sediment, atoms], energy, momentum) Transport Rules (flow of water ice, transport of sediment, etc) Event Size, Frequency and Duration (storms, floods, climate variations, etc)