ERTH 339 - Introduction to Geomorphology

(3 units)

Prerequisites: ERTH 102 with ERTH 104 or ERTH 105; or ERTH 106; or GEOG 140.
Study of landforms and processes producing and modifying them. Emphasis on mechanics of geomorphic processes and relationships between properties of earth materials and forces applied to them by gravity, wind, ice, water, waves, and humans. Conceptual basis of geomorphology addressed.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs., field trips). Not open for credit to students with prior credit in GEOL 339.