871012 Morphodynamics of mountain rivers
- Type
- Lecture and exercise
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2022/23
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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Overview of morphodynamics of mountain watersheds including hydraulics of steep channels, sediment supply and transport, channel and hillslope morphology, erosion, river-hillslope connectivity, and river network development, with practical applications to habitat restoration and hazard assessment in a changing climate. Focus is on quantitative predictions and understanding of processes. There will be four chapters:
1 - Landscape evolution: understand the big picture
2 - Hillslopes: forms and processes, incl. sediment production and transport
3 - Channels: little hydraulics, sediment transport, explain long-profiles
4 - Applications: from long time-scales to short time-scales, connection to hazard assessment
- Previous knowledge expected
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Basics of physics and calculus.
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Students will understand the nature of mountain watersheds. Students will also learn practical skills to calculate geomorphological transport processes in alpine regions. Students acquire problem-solving and critical thinking skills through the use of equations and field data to answer questions about river and hillslope morphology, ecology, long-term channel evolution, and climate change impacts.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.