COURSE LAYOUT
WEEK 1: Fundamentals of the Earth Surface System and Processes WEEK 2: Interior of Earth, Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading WEEK 3: The Atmospheric System: Atmospheric composition and mixing, Hydrological cycle, carbon cycle greenhouse effect, Milankovitch Cycles WEEK 4: Fluvial Geomorphology: Drainage basins and river systems, river morphology and hydrology, hydraulic geometry and governing principles of open channel flow WEEK 5: Fluvial Geomorphology (continued): fluvial erosion, sediment transport and depositional landforms, river dynamics. WEEK 6: Aeolian Geomorphology: Atmospheric circulation, wind erosion, sediment transport and depositional landforms. WEEK 7: Glacial Geomorphology: Glacial Basics and Mass Balance; Ice Motion: Deformation, Sliding, and Surging; Glacial Erosional Processes and Landforms; Depositional Glacial Landforms WEEK 8: Karst Geomorphology: KarstErosional Processes and Landforms; Depositional Landforms; Coastal and submarine Geomorphology: Coastal environment, waves, tides and currents. The relative movement ofland and sea, coastal erosion and resulting topographic features, coastal deposition and landfarms
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