PřF:Z8308 Fluvial Geomorphology - Course Information
Z8308 Fluvial Geomorphology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 14:00–15:50 Z6,02006
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- It is convenient to pass subjects geomorphology and hydrology before registering for this subject.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the subject is to explain the relationships between the morphology of natural streams and rivers and fluvial processes which shape them. The changes of river channel morphology in space (downstream) and time are elucidated, relations between controling variables (hydrology, geology, ...) and evolution of rivers. The ways in which geomorphological knowledge is applied in the river management are presented.
- Learning outcomes
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to learn the variabilty of stream and river channel forms in space and time
to understand the principles of river hydrology, hydraulics and fluvial-geomorphological processes
to learn the methods and techniques of hydromorphological investigation of rivers
to analyze the human impact on rivers - Syllabus
- 1. Fluvial geomorphology in the past and today; state of the art
- 2. Concepts of river landscapes
- 3. Geomorphological classifications of rivers: Rosgen, Montgomery -Buffington, Brierley – Fryirs
- 4. Hydromorphological assesment of rivers
- 5. Channel patterns
- 6. Detailed channel morphology: reach scale
- 7. Detailed channel morphology: bed forms
- 8. Properties of fluvial sediments: size, shape and roundness
- 9. Flow in open channels
- 10. Forms of overland flow and initiation of channels
- 11. Channel erosion
- 12. Sediment transport in rivers
- 13.(Dis)connectivity in river catchments
- 14. Fluvial sedimentation
- 15. Biogeomorfology of river systems
- 16.Large wood in stream chzannels
- 17. Development and chnges of river systems – philosofy of fluvial evolution
- 18. Rivers in time – past
- 19. Rivers in time – recent
- 20. Rivers in time – future
- 21. Humnan impact on river systems
- 22.Direct anthropogenic channel changes
- 23. Urban streams
- 24.River restoration
- Literature
- recommended literature
- BRIERLEY, Gary J. and Kirstie A. FRYIRS. Geomorphology and river management : applications of the river styles framework. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, xii, 398. ISBN 1405115165. info
- GORDON, Nancy D. Stream hydrology : an introduction for ecologists. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, xiv, 429. ISBN 0470843586. info
- Tools in fluvial geomorphology. Edited by G. Mathias Kondolf - Hervé Piégay. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, viii, 688. ISBN 047149142X. info
- KNIGHTON, David. Fluvial forms and processes :a new perspective. London: Hodder Arnold, 1998, xv, 383 s. ISBN 0-340-66313-8. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is based upon lectures on various topics dealing with fluvial geomorphology. Excercises (seminars) are usually organized as a one day field trip with subsequent processing of gathered data and elaboration of final report and presentatuion of results.
- Assessment methods
- Examination has an oral form.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Teacher's information
- http://www.geogr.muni.cz/
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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