iNTRODUCTION TO LANDFORMS DUE IN 25MIN ...

THE GEOMORPHOLOGY BIG PICTURE ASSIGNMENT

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your understanding of the geomorphology aspect of the course. In the course of the semester you’ve learned about some geomorphic agents and processes that shape both the surface and the subsurface portions of the Earth, as well as the associated landforms. By completing the assignment, you will be able to obtain a “big picture” of the course, that is, what the course is all about. It will be your “take-away” from the course.

Simply fill in the missing information in Tables 1-4 below using the examples given. The assignment is worth 2% extra credit.

Note: Use information from the course text as well as Chapter lecture notes to complete this assignment.

Table 1: Weathering Types

Physical (Mechanical)	Chemical
1) Frost wedging	1) Hydrolysis
2)	2)
3)	3)
4)	4)
5)

Table 2: Erosional Landforms

Types of Erosion Agents
Masswasting (Gravity)	Fluvial (Running water)	Glacial (ice)	Eolian (wind)	Coastal (waves)
1	Cliffs (scarp)	1	Canyon	1.	Glacial trough	1.	Deflation hollow	1.	Wave-cut bluff
2		2		2	Glacial striation	2.		2.	Canyons
3		3		3		3		3
4	Slump terrace	4		4				4
		5		5				5
		6		6				6
		7		7				7
		8	Entrenched meander	8				8
				9	Horn			9	Sea stacks

Table 3: Types of Transport (Movement)

Transporting Agents
Masswasting (Gravity)	Fluvial (Running water)	Glacial (ice)	Eolian (wind)	Coastal (waves)
1.	Land slides	1.	Bedload	1.	Internal Deformation	1.	Saltation	1.	Longshore drift
2.	Soil creep	2		2		2		2
3		3				3		3
4
5

Table 4: Depositional Landforms

Depositional Agents
Masswasting (Gravity)	Fluvial (Running water)	Glacial (ice)	Eolian (wind)	Coastal (waves)
1.	Talus cones	1.	Flood plain	1.	Drumlin	1.	Sand dunes	1.	Beach
2		2		2		2		2
3		3		3		3		3
		4		4				4
		5		5				5
		6	Alluvial terraces	6				6
				7	Kettle lake			7
								8	Coral reefs

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