<p>Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; reading period, eight hours. Preparation: two courses from 101, 105, M107. Requisite: course 100. Analysis of geomorphic theories since scientific revolution, with emphasis on catastrophism, uniformitarianism, glacial theories, isostasy and eustasy, evolution and cyclicity, thermodynamics and mechanics, quantification, and current paradigms. View of each theme in its contemporary milieu. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Geography

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College of Letters and Science

Geography is the study of the natural world and how humans have changed it.

General Catalog

Advanced Topics in Geomorphology

GEOG 283

4 units