Fluvial geomorphology
Offered subject to staff availability
12 points * 5 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: Sixteen points of second-year physical geography, or permission of head
This subject is concerned with riverine erosion and transportation, and their role in the development of landforms. Processes on hillslopes, intimately related to fluvial processes, are also considered. Broad topics covered include basic fluvial hydraulics; the transport of material in solid form and in solution; the behaviour of alluvial stream channels and floodplains; and general controls on the rate of denudation at the earth's surface.
Assessment
Written (2000 words): 40% * Examinations (3 hours): 40% * Laboratory work: 20%
Recommended texts
Richards K Rivers Methuen, 1982