Welcome to Alluvial Boundary Layer Processes and Deposits GEOG595/GEO593 for 2007-2008!
Class: Tuesdays at 13.30-16.30. Geography 329 Davenport Hall
This graduate course will examine the structure of turbulent boundary layers in river flows, and examine how turbulent flow, sediment transport and the development of channel morphology interact over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The course will move towards progressively larger scales and will seek to develop critical analysis of contemporary research in fluvial geomorphology and sedimentology.
These web pages and links are designed to provide you with the essential class information for the course, and will be supplemented by the lectures, seminars and reading we do for the course. Brief lecture notes will be posted here, togetehr with the key references for reading/group discussion, as well as other relkated course information.
Class format and schedule
EACH week, the class will consist of:
- A c. 50 (ish) minute lecture from Bruce or Jim, which will introduce a topic and set reading for the next week. Two or three papers will be given as reading each week and ALL will be expected to read and critique these.
- One person will be assigned to present a short summary seminar on each paper. This should consist of a 10-minute (maximum) PowerPoint presentation (8 slides maximum) and a two-side (pdf) printed summary. These must be emailed/given to Jim on the Monday before the Tuesday class, for inclusion on the course website and you should also print a copy of your pdf document for us to xerox for distribution. This will then allow approximately 10 minutes for discussion/questions on each topic/paper – you will all be expected to contribute. You will all also have the opportunity to chair these sessions…..keeping the speakers on time and helping guide discussion!
- EACH session will thus last approximately 2 hours.
For questions regarding the course, email:
Jim Best and/or Bruce Rhoads.