GEOMORPHOLOGY

Paper Code: 
24GEO121
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To understand the associations between geomorphologic landforms, concepts and processes and critically evaluate and connect information about geomorphic processes.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Course Outcomes (Cos)

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

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24GEO

121

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geomorphology (Theory)

CO1: Analyze the formation of landforms           and           all the geomorphology.

CO2: Interpret theory related to origin and distribution of landmasses and oceans. Along this earth movement.

CO3: Assess the drainage system and river profiles.

CO4: Enquire the formation of all kinds of landforms which are built of different agents like glacier,                  underground water exists on earth.

CO5: Acquire knowledge on the step by step formation of slopes and valleys also the theory given by Davis and Penck.

CO6:Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in Teaching:

 

Interactive lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments.

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

Self-           learning assignments, Seminar presentation.

Class Test, Semester end examinations

,           Quiz,

Assignments, Presentation, Individual and     Group projects.

 

15.00
  • Fundamental in geomorphology.
  • Evolution of geomorphological Thoughts
  • Relationship between process and landform

 

15.00
  • Morphogenetic processes
  • Continental drift theory of Wegner
  • Plate tectonic theory
  • Earth movements: epeirogenic, orogenic
  • Folding and Faulting

 

15.00
  • Drainage system and patterns
  • Morphometry of drainage basin
  • River valleys, graded river and profile
  • Channel morphology

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
Geomorphological Processes and their Landforms
  • Karst topography
  • Fluvial
  • Aeolian
  • Glacial
  • Marine

 

15.00
  • Models of landscape evolution and slope development: Ideas of Davis, Penck, and King.
  • Multicyclic and polygenetic evolution of landscapes.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Chorley. R. J.: Spatial Analysis in Geomorphology, Methuen, London, 1972.
  • Garner, H. F.: The Origin of landscape – A Synthesis Geomorphology, Oxford University Press, London, 1974.
  • Thornbury, W. D.: Principles of Geomorphology, john Wiley, New York, 1960.
  • Bloom, Arthur L., Geomorphology: A systematic analysis of late Cenozoic landforms Prentice Hall of Delhi: 2002
  • Singh S.: Geomorphology, Prayag Publication, Allahabad, 1998.
  • Sparks, B. W.: Geomorphology, Longman, London, 1960.
  • Khullar D.R.: Physical Geography, Kalyani Publishers, 2012
  • Strahler, A.M.: Modern Physical Geography. John Wiley and Sons. 1983
  • Gurjar, R.K.: Jat, B.C, Geography of Water Resources, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2008
  • Sharma, H. S. (ed.) Perspectives in Geomorphology. Concepts, New Delhi, 1980.

 

References: 
  1. Huggett, R.J. (2007): Fundamentals of Geomorphology. New York, U.S.A.: Routledge.
  2. Strahler, A. H. and Strahler, A N. (2001): Modern Physical Geography (4/E). New York, U.S.A.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  3. Thornbury, W. D. (2004): Principles of Geomorphology. New York, U.S.A.: Wiley.
  4. Christopherson, R. W. and Birkeland, G. H. (2012). Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography (8th edition). New Jersey, USA: Pearson Education.
  5. Mal, Suraj, Singh, R.B. and Huggel, C. (2018). Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction. Switzerland: Springer. pages 309.

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025