Readings for discussion 2/28/08

Here is a link to obtain a pdf version of the paper by McNinch and Luettich for discussion on Thursday

http://www.sendmefile.com/00613600

Here is a link to obtain a pdf version of the paper by Ashton et al. for discussion on Thursday

http://www.sendmefile.com/00613601

-Art

Link to lecture slides 02/26/08

You can access the slides from lecture today at this link

http://www.sendmefile.com/00613578

Link to lecture slides from 2/21/08

Here is a link to download today's lecture slides as .pdf

Note there is no password to get to the file.  Please let me know if any of you have difficulties getting the file this time and I'll look for an alternate distribution method.

http://www.sendmefile.com/00612919

Happy International Mother Language Day!

-Art

Lenz-Ising Model Reading- Hayes 2000

Here is the link to the assigned reading from the 2000 American Scientist article by Hayes

http://www.sendmefile.com/00612691

pwd is geomorph

if there is a problem with the password try it a few times and it if still doesn't work let me know.

-art

Assignment Number 1

Here is the link to the pdf file containing the instructions for the first coastal geomorph assignment.  Pwd is geomorph

http://www.sendmefile.com/00612663

Any problems let me know.

-art

Lecture slides and Ising Model Info

Lecture slides from Valentine's Day are now available for download from the UD Dropbox.  If you did not receive an email alert with a link to download the file let me know.

The slides for today's lecture have also been placed on the dropbox and you should receive an email with download instructions for that file also.

Here are some links to videos describing or demonstrating the Ising model in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmNg4g4GQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j11JRyUzht8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Qfmg4WiEE

Here are some links to other sites with interactive Applets allowing you to experiment with the model parameters...have fun

http://ags.uci.edu/~etolleru/IsingApplet/IsingApplet.html

http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/ijmp_c/Ising.html

http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/s0095122/Applet2-page.htm

Some videos of topical interest

Here are links to several Youtub videos on fluid flow that you may
find informative.

Turbulent flow in a pipe- note the rapid onset of mixing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=NplrDarMDF8&feature=PlayList&p=23D938B8B55F49E8&index=1

compare this to the case of laminar flow in a pipe and note the long
steady streamline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqqtOb30jWs&feature=related

USGS Bedforms animations- this is a great site showing work by Dave
Rubin at Co at the USGS looking at ripple formation, migration and
stratigraphic expression
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/seds/bedforms/index.html

Coastal Morphodynamics Reading- Wright 1995 Chapter 1

The first reading assignment (Chapter 1 in the text by Wright) can be obtained from the following link as a pdf file or you can check the whole book out of the library.

http://www.sendmefile.com/00611830

The password again is geomorph

-Art

Feb 12- Coastal Figures

Here are the figures I handed out in class today.

Course Syllabus

Here is a link to a pdf copy of the syllabus that we went over today in class.
you'll need the password "geomorph" then you'll have to wait through some advertisements before the "download file" link appears. Any questions/problems let me know.

http://www.sendmefile.com/00611636

Welcome!

Welcome to the Blog page for the Coastal Component of the Team Taught Geomorphology Seminar for Spring 2008. On this blog we will exhange discussions on topics from the class and readings, post links to interesting and relevant websites and share some of the results and findings from the class activities.

-Art