This course is designed to elucidate the principal geological processes operating at the earth’s surface and how these processes shape the landforms. The topics and associated lecturers are shown below:

Subject Lecturer

1. Introduction and basic concepts Louis Teng
2. Weathering and soils Louis Teng
3. Mass wasting and groundwater Louis Teng
4. Eolian processes and landforms Louis Teng
5. Fluvial processes Ping-Mei Liew
6. Fluvial landform Ping-Mei Liew
7. Shorelines Ping-Mei Liew
8. Midterm
9. Tectonic landform Wen-Shan Chen
10. Topographic expressions of folded strata Wen-Shan Chen
11. Topographic expressions of joints and faults Wen-Shan Chen
12. Landform developed on igneous rocks Wen-Shan Chen
13. Dating geomorphic features Wen-Shan Chen
14. Field trip Louis Teng
15. Glacial processes and landforms Ping-Mei Liew
16. Climate changes and ice ages Ping-Mei Liew
17. Final

The students will be graded on the base of the following four items:
1. Class performance 10%
2. Homework and quiz 30%
3. Midterm 30%
4. Final 30%

Textbooks:
Eastebrook, D. J. (1999) Surface Processes and Landforms (2nd ed.), Prentice Hall, 546p.
References
Ahnert, F. (1998) Introduction to Geomorphology: Arnold, London, 352 p.
Bloom, A. L. (1991) Geomorphology (2nd ed.): Prentice-Hall, 532p.
Ritter, D., Kochel, R. C., and Miller, J. R. (1995) Process Geomorphology (3rd ed.): Wm. C. Brown Pub., 544p.