Geomorphology @ UNI - Dr. Heinzel

The Bus Fall 2026

Final exam =

Weekly Content - (These slides are subject to change, if I show something in class, it is not present here, just let me know and I will get it to you ;-)

1. Earth's Dynamic Surface

2. A Geomorphologist's Tool Kit

3.Geomorphic Rivers Historical will revisit Streams and Rivers a few times e.g. Week 6

4. A. Weathering to Karst and b. Soils

5. Gravity, Hillslopes and Mass Wasting

6. Streams and Rivers Intro. to Streams and Rivers e.g. Dry Run Creek

7. Coastal Geomorphology

8. Wind and Geomorphology - Reading - Mason, J.A., 2015, Up in the refrigerator – Geomorphic response to periglacial environments in the Upper Mississippi River Basin USA: J. of Geomorphology, v.248, p.363-381

9. Glacial Processes

10. Glacial Landforms - No in person class

11. Periglacial Geomorphology - Reading Walters, J.C., 1994, Ice-wedge casts and relict polygonal patterned ground in Northeast Iowa: Permafrost and periglacial Processes, V. 5, 269-282.

12. Iowa's Glacial and Soil History

13. Tectonic and Volcanic Geomorphology

14. Fall Break

15. Geomorphology, Fire and Climate Reading - Fitch, E.P., and Meyer, G.A., 2016, Temporal and spatial climatic controls on Holocene fire-related erosion and sedimentation, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Quaternary Research, v.85, p.75-86

16. Landscape Evolution

Dry Run Creek Geomorphology

2016 UNI Geomorphology Dry Run Creek Assessment

A day in the life of Dry Run Creek, Cedar Falls, Iowa

If time is available -

Heinzel, C.E., and Kolb, M.J., 2011, Late Holocene Land use on the Island of Sicily: A geoarchaeological perspective, in Human Interactions with the Geosphere: The Geoarchaeological perspective, Wilson, L. (ed.): Geological Society of London, London, England, Special Publication #352, p. 97-107.

Video/lecture assistance

Rock Cycle/Energy/Bowen's and Goldich Reaction series