Geomorphology

There are various geomorphic features in the world. A careful study of the landforms will reveal the factors responsible for their development. At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. explain origin of landforms; 2. describe forces responsible for landforms development; 3. identify and classify landforms; 4. describe landforms development; and 5. foster sustainable human development.

Key content includes Nature and scope of geomorphology: aims and objectives of geomorphology. Developments in geomorphic thought; Approaches to geomorphological studies, Conceptual developments in geomorphology. Landforms, their formative agents and processes; classification of landforms; volcanic and tectonic landforms, landforms of weathering and mass wasting, fluvial landforms, coastal landforms, Aeolian landforms, glacial landforms. Introduction to applied geomorphology.