GEOL 4020 - Geomorphology

4 credit hours

Prerequisite: GEOL 1030/GEOL 1031 or GEOL 1040/GEOL 1041; or consent of the instructor. An introduction to the modern geologic study of Earth’s landforms and landscapes and their relationship to surface processes, underlying structure, and the history of geological changes. Emphasis on the relationship between process and form, the linkage between geomorphology and other geoscience disciplines, and Quaternary climate change. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week. A weekend geomorphic field trip is required.

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