Mountain Geography 3251: Term A Summer 2008
Instructor: Julie Malmberg
TA: Adriana Bailey
Syllabus
Topic Paper
Picture Project
Group Presentation
Supplemental Material
Date Changes - revised June 19
Exam 1 - Key
Course images and links
Note - all images can be viewed larger by right-clicking on the image and selecting "View Image"
June 2:
Hamm Mountain
Longs Peak
Moere Mountain
Splash Mountain
June 3:
Web of Science
Earthquake Activity
Pangea
Continental-Continental Convergence
Shields
Lithospheric Plates
Structure of the Earth
Continental-Continental Convergence
June 4:
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Mountain Climates
Hot_Spots
Super Volcano
Range of Destruction from Yellowstone Eruption
Comparison of Yellowstone to other volcanoes
Crater Lake Caldera
Changes in temperature with altitude
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
June 5:
Current Boulder Weather
Current Earthquakes
Changes in temperature with altitude
Rain shadow
Mountain and Valley Breezes
Chinook Winds
Chinook Winds
Radiation Balance
Net Solar Radiation
Formation of rotor clouds
Rotor Clouds
Rotor Clouds
Lenticular Clouds
Lenticular Clouds
Even more lenticular clouds
June 9:
Alpine Plants
Tussocks
Cushion Plants
Krumholtz (flag tree)
Alpine Vegetatation Roots
June 10:
Landslide Video
Landslide Video
Mass Wasting Images
Open and closed stomate
Succulent Plants
Frost Action
Frost Action
Talus slopes
Talus slopes
Talus Slope
June 11:
Slab Avalanche
Slab Avalanche
Avalanches
Marshall Field Precip. Gauges
Slab Avalanche
Loose Snow Avalanche
Slush Avalanche
Snow Fences
Avalanche Barrier
Avalanche Deaths
NWS Precip Gauge
Precip. Gauge with Wind Shield
Snowboard
Snowboard
June 16
Mountain Top Removal
Open-pit Mine
Shaft Mining
Tailings
Tailings Pond
Tailings Pond
Coal Seam Fire
Major Mines in Colorado
June 19
Quenual Tree (highest growing tree on record)
Cloud Forest
Cloud Forest
Natural mist net (Old Man's Beard)
Coastal Rainforest
Redwoods
Soil Formation
Terracing
Terracing
More Terracing
Beekeeping
June 20
Watch the movie Himalaya
June 23
Inca Empire
Inca Roads
Inca Roads
Inca Aqueducts
Inca Mummy
Tobas Dancer
Inca Panpipe
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu building
Intihuatana Stone
June 24
Hypoxia Training (20,000 ft - 25,000 ft)
Percentage of Oxygen with increasing altitude
Chest Size with increasing altitude
Red Blood Cells
Birth Weight with Increasing Altitude
Variations in core body temperature
Vasoconstriction of Blood Vessels
Vasoconstriction Table
Countercurrent Vessels
Countercurrent blood vessels in humans
Insulation and core temp
Epicanthal Fold
Andean man
Tibetan man
Himalayan Woman
June 26
Earthquake in China
Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon
Climb to Safety
Flooding in Fort Collins
Possible climate change impacts on mountain vegetation