EAS 4205/6325 Geomorphology
Dr. Karl Lang
karl.lang@eas.gatech.edu.
Now offered as a 4 credit course (with lab).
This course is a quantitative overview of the processes shaping Earth and other planetary surfaces, predictive models of landscape evolution and modern methods for measuring landscape change over modern and geologic timescales. The course is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and includes field trips and hands-on outdoor labs.
Some topics include: tectonic geomorphology, alluvial and bedrock river dynamics, glacial erosion and deposition, weathering and hillslope processes, applications of surveying and radiometric dating to measuring rates of landscape change.
Please feel free to reach out to the instructor, Dr. Karl Lang, with any questions at: karl.lang@eas.gatech.edu.
