EARS 171 River Processes and Watershed Science (described under Earth Sciences 71)

Role of surface water and fluvial processes on landscape formation; magnitude and frequency relationships of flood flows; soil erosion, sediment transport, and fluvial landforms. This course examines the links between watershed scale processes such as weathering, denudation, and mass wasting on the supply of water and sediment to stream channels on both contemporary and geologic timescales and further evaluates the role of climate change on the magnitude and direction of shifts in watershed and fluvial processes. Not open to students who have received credit for GEOG 035.

Instructor

Magilligan

Cross Listed Courses

Described under EARS 71

Prerequisite

EARS 16 or EARS 33 or BIOL 23 or equivalent or permission of the instructor