Subsections
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- Introduction to Geomorphology; types of geomorphic studies, models and systems; materials and geomorphic processes.
- Process, landforms and landscape: Weathering and paedogenesis, Hill slopes, Fluvial, Glacial, Periglacial, Aeolian, Coastal, Karst, and volcanic landforms.
- Tools in Geomorphology: Surficial geologic tools, dating of landforms; remote sensing and GIS, analysis of channel form, geomorphic indices and longitudinal profile analysis.
- Quaternary landform evolution - Geomorphic markers, estimation of erosion and uplift rates, climate-tectonic coupling and deconvolutions.
(Additional material may be suggested during the course)
- Hugget R. J., Fundamentals of Geomorphology, Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography Series, 2nd Edition, 2007.
- Kale V. and Gupta A.,Introduction to Geomorphology, Orient BlackSwan, 2001.
- Kondolf, G. M. and Piègay H., Tools in fluvial Geomorphology, Wiley. 2003.
- Anderson D. W. and Anderson, R. S., Tectonic Geomorphology, Blackwell Science, 2008.
- W. D. Thornbury, Principles of Geomorphology, 2nd edition, CBS, 2004.
