Geomorphology Weekly Notes 11, 12, & 13-2.htm
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!-- Created from PDF via Acrobat SaveAsXML --> <!-- Mapping table version: 28-February-2003 --> <HTML> <HEAD> <META name="dc.creator" content="downaj" > <META name="dc.title" content="11,12,& 13-2" > <META name="dc.date" content="2009-08-14T11:36:44-04:00" > <META name="dc.date.modified" content="2009-08-14T11:36:47-04:00" > <META name="generator" content="Adobe Acrobat Exchange-Pro 7.8" > </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor=white text=black link=blue vlink=purple alink=fushia > <DIV class="Sect" ><DIV ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1" color="#000000"></B>13-2</P ></DIV ><DIV ><P align="justify" >Drainage Basin - infiltrate & flow<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Results in - drainage basin to river watershed<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Open System<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Divide - boundaries that determine of river flow<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">11,12,& 11,12,&<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Interfluves = between rivers<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Dambos - tropical, seasonal wet, linear grass covered, shallow<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Chemical Network - Main trunk & tributaries<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Playfair's Law<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Bifurcation<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Stream ordering<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">1st Order- No tributary<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">2nd Order- Junction of 2 1st order<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">3rd Order- Junction of 2 second order<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">4th Order- Is main trunk - Branching like a tree<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Random & organization of networks predict & describe but don't explain computer<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">simulations<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Strata<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">NE - glacial till - volcanic & metamorphic rock basement<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Joints - tors massive joints of blocks<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Faults, normal, reverse, transform, block<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Melange (mess)<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Outcrop evidence (exposed rock)<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Folded sedimentary rock - very thin few m to 10km<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Structural benches & cap rock (oil traps)<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Mesa & Butte (diameter lessji than height)<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Cuesta - Steep scarp, gentle deep slope<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Hogback - symmetrical<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Topographic inversions<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Allochtochthanous terrains - Formed elsewhere & transported<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Domes & Basins -<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Inland Facing Cuestas - downs chalk cliffs or Dover<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Thrust fault folds - maps<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">River Drainage Patterns<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Insequent - small valley or gulley cut<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Consquent- follows land<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Dendrite<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Parallel<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Trellis<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Rectangular<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Radial<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Multi-basal - Karst or Glacial<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Subsequent - Develop independently of congruent drainage<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">All except - dendrite, parallel or radial<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Antecedent - Maintain valley through mts.<FONT size="+1"> </P ><P align="justify" ><FONT size="+1">Superposed - Glacier changes river flow direction<FONT size="+1"> </P ></DIV ></DIV ></BODY> </HTML>
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