GEOMORPHOLOGY
Course Description
Instructor(s):
M. Ersen AKSOY (Assist. Prof.)
Course Code / Semester: GEOE 3507 / Fall
Level: Undergraduate / Selective
Pre-requisites: No prerequisites
Assessment:
Midterm: %20 (written examination)
Term project: %20 (written and oral report)
Final: %60 (written examination)
Course Highlights: This course features lectures in the class room.
Course Description: This course is about the surface and near-surface processes that shape the Earth’s landscape. The course examines processes such as weathering, erosion, deposition, mass wasting and tectonics which create landforms at various scales. Students are introduced to landscapes of different environmental condition; fluvial, coastal, karstic, desertic, tectonic, glacial and extra-terrestrial. The course is held intensively with discussion and exercises.
Course Calendar
Week | Topic | Lecturer | Material |
1 | Introduction to Geomorphology | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
2 | Large Scale Topography | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
3 | Landforming – Tectonic Control | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
4 | Landforming – Atmospheric & Hydrospheric Control | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
5 | Weathering | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
6 | Tectonic Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
7 | Tectonic Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
8 | Midterm | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
9 | Aeolian Landforms – Glacial landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
10 | Fluvial Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
11 | Fluvial Landforms – Coastal Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
12 | Coastal Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
13 | Mass wasting – Karstic Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY | |
14 | Volcanic Landforms – Extra-terrestrial Landforms | M. Ersen AKSOY |
Tools
Students are expected to bring their course materials on each course. Course materials:
- Notebook
- Pencils
- Colour Pencils (set of 12)
Readings
Huggett, R., 2011, Fundamentals of Geomorphology: Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Routledge, 536-536 p.
Summerfield, M.A., 1991, Global geomorphology: an introduction to the study of landforms, Longman Scientific & Technical, 537-537 p.
Grotzinger, J., and Jordan, T.H., 2014, Understanding Earth, W. H. Freeman.
Hamblin, W.K., and Christiansen, E.H., 2004, Earth’s Dynamic Systems, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education.
Lecture Notes
Week | Topic | Slides |
1 | Introduction to Geomorphology | |
2 | The Earth & Large Scale Topography | Download |
3 | Weathering | Download |
4 | Tectonic Landforms 1 | Download |
5 | ||
6 | Tectonic Landforms 2 | Download |
7 | Tectonic Landforms 3 | Download |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | Fluvial Landforms – 1 | Download |
10 | Fluvial Landforms – 2 | Download |
11 | Coastal Landforms | Download |
12 | Karstic Landforms | Download |
13 | Glacial Landforms, Aeolina Landforms | Download: 1 & 2 |
14 | Mass wasting Landforms | Download |
Student Presentations:
– Ayberk Dikmen – Glacial Landforms
– Azam Ahmed – Volcanic Landforms
– İlkay Şah – Karstic Landforms
– Levent Tenis – Mass Movement
– Sevingül Üslü – Sinkholes
– Yiğit Can Çarkçı – Aeolian Landforms
Web sources
– Here is the journal Geomorphology where you can search and find scientific publications about studies of Geomorphology from around the world.
– Do you want to learn 10 reasons why Geomorphology is important? Read the booklet prepared by the British Society for Geomorphology
Downloads
Background photo: Meandering river / Alatna River – Alaska US (Credit: National Geographic 2011, Photograph by Micheal Christopher Brown)
Background photo: Meandering river / Alatna River – Alaska US (Credit: National Geographic 2011, Photograph by Micheal Christopher Brown)