Course:
Fluvial Geomorphology with Emphasis on Large Alluvial
Systems, given by Professor Edgardo Latrubesse and
Carlos Ramonel, in 6th
Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morhodynamics (RCEM),
in Santa Fé city (Argentina).
This
intensive course was based over 4 days, 5 one hour lectures
on the following specific topics, and 12 hours of field work
on:
• Fluvial basin: a fundamental unit in geomorphology.
Erosion, transport and runoff, as a changing variable from
geological time scale to historical time. The organization
of fluvial networks in time and space at a global scale.
• Routing of sediments: sources and sinks. Morphotectonic
settings, climate and sediment production. The role of mega-alluvial
traps in foreland basins and other
geological settings.
• Channel patterns: classification, discrimination of
channel patterns. Channel morpho-dynamics and landforms.
• Floodplains: classification systems, sedimentary architecture
and facies models. Floodplain as an archive of fluvial history.
Paleohydrological reconstructions.
• River engineering and geomorphology. Geomorphologic
responses to the impact by dams, bridges, dredging and others.
• Environmental fluvial geomorphology: techniques and
methods to assess direct and indirect impacts such as deforestation
and mining. Flood hazards. Applied geomorphology to environmental
projects, river ecology, river restoration. Quantification
of budgets of erosion and deposition.
