Geography 423
Advanced Geomorphology

INSTRUCTOR:	D.J. (Dave) Sauchyn
	Room CL 322.1
	585-4030
	sauchyn@uregina.ca

TEXTBOOK:	Selected Readings

WEB SITE:	http://www.uregina.ca/~sauchyn/geog423/

GRADING:	Essays	40%
	Mid-term (March 1)	30%
	Final exam (April 17)	30%

DESCRIPTION

An advanced course in landforms and the processes that create and modify them. Theoretical geomorphology is the application of scientific and mathematical laws and principles to the understanding of landforms and geomorphic processes.

LECTURE TOPICS

• Nature and history of geomorphology
  
  
• Scientific and physical basis of geomorphology
  
  
• Applications of mathematics to geomorphology
  
  
• Philosophy and methodology
  
  
• Fundamental concepts of landscape evolution
  
  
• Time in geomorphology
  
  
• Space in geomorphology
  
  
• Morphology
  
  
• Models of landscape evolution