Geomorphology
GEO 320
Professor: Dr. Rhawn Denniston
Office: 202 Norton (x 4306)
Home Phone: 895-8517
E-mail: rdenniston@cornellcollege.edu
Office Hours: 3:00-4:00 M-F or by appointment. You may call me at
home any day until 8:00 pm.
Text
Process
Geomorphology by Ritter ??????
Various journal and newspaper articles will assigned
Course Meeting Times
9:00
11:00 am
1:15 3:00 pm M-F unless otherwise noted
Grading Scheme:
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5%-Class
Discussion
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10%-Project
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20%-Papers
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15%-Exam #1 |
20%- Exam #2 |
30%-Exam
#3
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Policy on Late Work
Homework
assignments, papers, and exams are to be completed within the scheduled time
frame. You will be penalized 25% for every day that the assignment is late.
If you have a college-sanctioned excuse for missing class or an assignment deadline,
notify me in immediately.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is passing other peoples work off as your own. If you use
someones data or interpretations, you must give them credit by either
quoting or citing them. Consult The Compass, the Cornell College student
handbook, for a more complete description of plagiarism and cheating, in general.
There will be a two day field trip at the end of the course.
Exams
Exams
are closed book; handouts, flowcharts, etc. used in class will not be used during
tests. All exams are cumulative.
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Week 1
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Monday
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9
AM
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Introduction and Climatic Geomorphology |
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1:15
PM
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Topographic maps; sediment particle size |
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Reading
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Tuesday
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9
AM
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Chemical Weathering and Soil Formation |
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1:15
PM
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Lab exercises with chemistry of soil forming reactions |
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Reading
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Wednesday
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9
AM
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Soil Classification |
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1:15
PM
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Visit sites in field to see well-developed soils |
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Reading
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Thursday
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9
AM
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Mass Movements and Slopes |
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1:15
PM
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More lecture? |
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Reading
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Friday
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9
AM
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Drainage Basins |
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1:15
PM
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Lab exercise with maps; discuss Paper #1; Paper #1 summary due |
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Reading
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Week
2
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Monday
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9
AM
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EXAM #1 |
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1:15
PM
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No lab |
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Reading
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Tuesday
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9
AM
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Fluvial Processes |
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1:15
PM
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Lab exercise | |
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Reading
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Wednesday
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9
AM
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Fluvial Landforms |
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1:15
PM
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Fieldtrip to Palisades-Kepler, etc. |
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Reading
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Thursday
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9
AM
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Glacial Processes |
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1:15
PM
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Lab exercise with retreating glaciers on Kilamanjaro?; discuss Paper #2; Paper #2 summary due |
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Reading
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Friday
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9
AM
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Glacial Landforms |
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12:30
PM
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Fieldtrip to Conklin Quarry |
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Reading
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Week
3
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Monday
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9
AM
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Periglacial Processes |
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1:15
PM
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Reading
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Tuesday
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9
AM
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EXAM #2 |
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1:15
PM
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No lab | |
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Reading
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Wednesday
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9
AM
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Karst |
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1:15
PM
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Map exercises | |
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Reading
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Thursday
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9
AM
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Fieldtrip to Maquoketa Caves |
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1:15
PM
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No afternoon class |
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Reading
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Friday
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9
AM
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Iowa/Midwestern Geomorphology |
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1:15
PM
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Discuss Paper #3; Paper #3 summary due | |
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Reading
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Saturday
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7
AM
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Depart Norton for two day fieldtrip |
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Sunday
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9
PM
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Return from fieldtrip |
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Week
4
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Monday
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9 AM | Class cancelled - recover from fieldtrip |
| 1:15 PM | No afternoon class; trip log (typed) due by 5 pm | |
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Tuesday
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9 AM | Review session |
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1:15 PM | Discuss Paper #4; Paper #4 summary due |
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Wednesday
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9 AM | EXAM #3 |