Earth Surface Processes Groups of the Schools of Earth and Space Exploration and Geography and Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University

Kelin Whipple Arjun Heimsath Ramón Arrowsmith Mark Schmeeckle Enrique Vivoni

Earth Surface Processes seminar Fall 2010

The Earth Surface Processes Seminar (called "Geomorphology Seminar" in the GLG courses list) runs every term, for one unit credit (repeatable any number of times, and we prefer students do enroll) on a different theme each term. The seminar is held in the evening, in recent years always on Thursday evening, 7-9 (or 9:30) each week. The seminar is a causal, no-stress, beverage-in-hand, free-ranging discussion of science and the philosophy of science. Location rotates each week among faculty and student houses.

In a typical session we discuss a single research paper or two short ones. One or a pair of students have the charge to lead the discussion each session. Guiding a discussion, pointing out interesting angles to discuss and keeping the discussion on track are the main tasks. Usually this involves leading the group through the paper, but with an aim to highlighting discussion points rather than a report/summary of all points. Sometimes digging up essential background material from previous papers is essential to either understanding of the paper, or for drawing out key discussion points. Determining whether such ancillary material is needed is up to the student leaders.

Each week the paper to be discussed, the student leaders, and the location of each seminar will be posted here .

Encouragement from Arjun and Ramón.


The idea for this term's focus is the National Critical Zone Observatory Program (CZO) program. One of the observatories is in our back yard (Jemez River Basin and Santa Catalina Mountains Critical Zone Observatory). We will take advantage of this and focus on the processes, conditions, and characteristics of the two field sites of this CZO -- from geologic context to details of the water cycle, weathering and biogeochemistry, to ecology and feedbacks with landscape and hydrology. The proposal that funded this CZO will be used to guide, in part, the sequence of papers we discuss. Any suggestions in this regard are welcome from all participants.


As always, please send in any input for specific topics/papers folks would like to cover.

GLG 591 Geomorphology Seminar - #86264
Schedule
Date and locationDiscussion Leader(s)Reading/topic
Thursday, August 26, 7-9 pm; at Kelin Whipple's house: 235 E Dawn Drive Tempe

FacultyGeneral introductions, CZO overview, and AZ CZO proposal
Thursday, September 9, 7-9 pm; at the house of Arjun Heimsath: 3223 E Mitchell in Phoenix 85018

Matt Jungers and Matt Rossi Rasmussen, et al., An open system framework for integrating critical zone structure and function, Biogeochemistry, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 7-9 pm; at Kelin Whipple's house: 235 E Dawn Drive Tempe

Marina Bravo Foster and Sayaka Araki Amundson et al 2007 (primary paper)
Chorover et al 2007 (secondary paper)
Thursday, September 23, 7-9 pm; at the house of Roman DiBiase, Erin DiMaggio, Matt Jungers: 419 E Julie Dr., Tempe, 85283

Roman DiBiase and Erin DiMaggio Anderson, et al., Elements, 2007 (primary)
Brantley, et al., Elements, 2007
Thursday, September 30, 7-9 pm; at the house of Arjun Heimsath: 3223 E Mitchell in Phoenix 85018 Scott Robinson and Andy Darling Dietrich and Perron, Nature, 2006

Thursday, October 7, 7-9 pm; at the house of Arjun Heimsath: 3223 E Mitchell in Phoenix 85018
Faculty

Friends of the Pleistocene Henry Mountains Trip

Slide show from our scouting trip and discussion about next week's field trip to the Henry Mountains! Visit Henry Mtns FOP Site for more details.

Gilbert, Erosion 1877

Gilbert, JoG, 1909

No seminar Thursday, October 14th:
Friday, October 15 - Sunday October 17, Friends of the Pleistocene Henry Mountains Trip
Visit Henry Mtns FOP Site for more details.


Thursday, October 21, 7-9 pm; at Wendy Bohon's house
Faculty Jemez River Basin CZO Proposal - download by clicking here

Thursday, October 28, 7-9 pm; at Kelin Whipple's house: 235 E Dawn Drive Tempe
Marina Bravo Foster and Taufique Mahmoud

Boulder Creek CZO Proposal - download by clicking here


Thursday, November 4, 7-9 pm; 7-9 pm; at the house of Roman DiBiase, Erin DiMaggio, Matt Jungers: 419 E Julie Dr., Tempe, 85283
Sayaka Araki and Roman DiBiase Istanbulluoglu et al., Eco-geomorphic implications of hillslope aspect: Inferences from analysis of landscape morphology in central New Mexico, GRL, 2008
Thursday, October 28, 7-9 pm; at Kelin Whipple's house: 235 E Dawn Drive Tempe
Matt Jungers and Wendy Bohon

Bierman et al., 2005,Using cosmogenic nuclides to contrast rates of
erosion and sediment yield in a semi-arid, arroyodominated
landscape, Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico

Thursday, November 4, 7-9 pm; 7-9 pm; at the house of Roman DiBiase, Erin DiMaggio, Matt Jungers: 419 E Julie Dr., Tempe, 85283
Erin DiMaggio, Scott Robinson, Andy Darling

Burnett et al., JGR 2008,Aspect-related microclimatic influences on slope forms and processes, northeastern Arizona


Past seminars
Spring 2010 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2009 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2009 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2008 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2008 SESE Geomorphology Seminar


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