WATS 5150 - Spring 2021 Syllabus

Schedule

Spring 2021 WATS 5150/6150

Fluvial Geomorphology - 12014 - WATS 5150 - 001

Class	Time	Days	Where	Dates	Instructors
Discussion, Workshop and/or Field Trips	1:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Monday	Mainly Zoom	Jan 19 - Apr 27, 2021	Joseph Michael Wheaton
Lecutre /Discussion	1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Wednesday	Zoom	Jan 19 - Apr 27, 2021	Joseph Michael Wheaton

We will use the same recurring Zoom Meeting Link:

Zoom Meeting Link
Mondays & Wednesdays

Course Schedule / Outline

See Spring 2021 Canvas
For Latest Schedule

Rough Plan:

Week	M/W	Date	Module	Topic	Book Chapter
1	Mon	MLK Holiday Monday 1/18 ; Classes Begin 1/19
1	Wed	1/21/21	1	Geomorphic Analysis - Reading the Landscape	Chapter 1: Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape
2	Mon	1/25/2021	2	Key Concepts in Fluvial Geomorphology	Chapter 2: Key concepts in river geomorphology
2	Wed	1/27/21	3	Catchment-Scale Controls on River Geomorphology	Chapter 3: Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology
3	Mon	2/1/2021	4	Catchment Hydrology	Chapter 4: Catchment hydrology
3	Wed	2/3/21	5	Hydraulics	Chapter 5: Impelling and resisting forces in river systems
4	Mon	2/9/21	6	Fluvial Geomorphic Processes	Chapter 6: Sediment movement and deposition in river systems
4	Wed	2/11/21	6	Fluvial Geomorphic Processes	Chapter 6: Sediment movement and deposition in river systems
5	Mon	Presidents Day Monday 2/15; No Class
5	Wed	2/17/21	7	Channel Geometry	Chapter 7: Channel geometry
6	Mon	2/22/2021	8	Instream Forms	Chapter 8: Instream geomorphic units
6	Wed	2/24/21	8	Instream Forms	Chapter 8
7	Mon	3/1/2021	9	Floodplain Forms & Processes	Chapter 9: Floodplain forms and processes
7	Wed	3/3/21	9	Floodplain Forms & Processes	Chapter 9
8	Mon	3/8/21	10	River Diversity	Chapter 10: River diversity
8	Wed	3/10/21	10	River Diversity	Chapter 10
9	Mon	3/15/21	11	River Behavior	Chapter 11: River behaviour
9	Wed	3/17/21	11	River Behavior	Chapter 11
10	Mon	3/22/21	12	River Evolution	Chapter 12: River evolution
10	Wed	3/24/21	12	River Evolution	Chapter 12
11	Mon	3/29/21	13	Human Impacts on River Systems	Chapter 13: Human impacts on river systems
11	Wed	3/31/21	13	Human Impacts on River Systems	Chapter 13
12	Mon	4/5/21	14	Sediment Flux at Catchment Scale	Chapter 14: Sediment flux at the catchment scale: source-to-sink relationships
12	Wed	4/7/21	14	Sediment Flux at Catchment Scale	Chapter 14
13	Mon	4/12/21	15	Applications of Fluvial Geomorphology	Chapter 15: The usefulness of river geomorphology: reading the landscape in practice
13	Wed	4/14/21	15	Applications of Fluvial Geomorphology	Chapter 15
14	Mon	4/19/21		Slop
14	Wed	4/21/21	16	Review
15	Mon	4/26/21	17	Projects	Last Day of Class 4/27/21

Instructor

Joseph Wheaton^1,2

Associate Professor of Riverscapes
Instructor
Office Hour: Wednesday, 12:00 to 13:00 - Zoom Drop-In or By Appointment

To get in touch with instructor(s), please use Canvas for communication. Please use Office Hours (Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 via Zoom

Course Resources

Slides & Handouts

Spring 2021 Canvas
WATS 6900 - Intro to LTPBR Course Assignments

Modules
Slides , Recorded Lectures and Exercises

Course Textbook

Mandatory Text - A hard copy of the required text book is strongly suggested. You can view the text digitally through the library’s Ebook Central.

Fyirs & Brierley (2013)

Fryirs KA, Brierley GA. 2013. Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems: An Approach to Reading the Landscape, First Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: Chichester, U.K.

To view through the library by Chapter:

See also the Student Companion website for the book.

Brierley & Fryirs (2005) - Optional

This is the so-called “River-Styles” text book and is a helpful follow up reference (not required)

Brierley, G., and K. Fryirs 2005. Geomorphology and River Management: Applications of the River Styles Framework. Blackwell Publishing, Victoria, Australia.

The Students and Their Work

2021 Cohort

The first class of the revamped Fluvial Geomorphology WATS/GEO 5150/6150 class was a phenomenal group of students. They had the challenge of taking a field-based course within the confines of Zoom classes during the pandemic. They were patient, engaged and had to work extra hard to overcome the inconveniences of learning virtually. These students did an excellent job learning to read riverscapes and starting down the road of becoming fluvial geomorphologists. Their hard work is showcased in some of their course websites below.

Student	Student Status and Department	Course Website
Triton Abeyta	Undergrad in WATS
Jens Ammon	Undergrad in WATS
Alec Andretti	Graduate in WATS
Devin Baumer	Graduate in WATS
Gabe Benitez	Graduate in CEE
Bryce Bollinger	Undergrad in WATS
Haley Canham	Graduate in CEE
Amy Carmellini	Graduate in CEE
Jeffrey Chandler	Undergrad in WILD
Casey Choate	Undergrad in WATS
Daniel Cremin-Thurber	Graduate in CEE
Denny Haynes	Graduate in WATS
Lauren Herbine	Graduate in WATS
Megh Raj	Graduate in CEE
Carter Lybeck	Undergrad in WATS
Kathryn Ann Margetts	Graduate in CEE
Manisha Panthi	Graduate in CEE
Anna Paulding	Graduate in CEE
Tansy Remiszewski	Graduate in WATS
Shelby Sawyer	Graduate in WATS
Clark Taylor	Undergrad in GEO