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Lecture 2: Intro to Geomorphology
What is geomorphology,
What is a landform,
What is a landscape
14
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Lecture 3: Plate Tectonics
2 layers of the mantle,
What minerals are the oceanic and...,
Continental drift evidence
5
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Lecture 4: Volcanic Landforms
Extrusive rocks,
Intrusive rocks,
3 main factors for magma production
14
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Lecture 5: Mountain Building & Crustal Deformation
Accretion,
Isostasy,
Folding
11
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Lecture 6: Weathering and Soil
2 types of weathering,
Mass wasting,
What properties affect the rate o...
12
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Lecture 7: Slope Processes and Mass Wasting
Weathering limited,
Transport limited,
Rainsplash
11
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Lecture 8: Glacier Formation and Classification
Order of snow to glacial ice,
Equilibrium line altitude,
Types of glaciers unconstrained b...
6
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Lecture 9: Glacier Erosion and Deposition
Source of water in a glacier,
Moulin,
Trimline
12
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Lecture 11: Periglacial Landforms & Processes
Permafrost,
Types of permafrost,
Active layer
17
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Lecture 12: Fluvial Systems I
Main energy sources for water mov...,
Rills,
Gullies
13
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Lecture 13: Fluvial Processes II
Alluvial channels,
Floodplains,
Levees
9
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Lecture 14: Coastal Processes I
Littoral zone,
Isostasy,
Eustasy
9
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Lecture 15: Coastal Processes II
4 zones that make up the nearshore,
3 behaviours of waves,
Rip currents
15
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Lecture 16: Coastal Processes III
High energy locations,
Low energy locations,
Beach types
13
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Lecture 17: Deserts and Wind
Ways wind moves particles,
Factors that affect aeolian movement,
Aeolian depositional landforms
4
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Lecture 18: Long-term Geomorphology
Denudation,
Types of palaeoplains,
Types of landscape evolution
3
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