JD Photo: Horsethief Canyon on
the Colorado River
Required Readings: These need to be read in advance of the river trip.
Course Syllabus
Overview of Field Research
Abney Level
Chi-square Analysis
Stream Discharge
Triangulation
UTM
Grid Reader Print this on clear plastic
without enlarging: you use it to read maps on the trip!
UTM System
Water in the West
Field
Journal Guidelines and Tips
Rivers
as a Resource
Working
With Trees and Skeleton Plots
Class Lecture Files (posted after each day)
Opening Lecture
Participation Grade Evaluation Matrix
Fluvial Processes
Fieldwork for
2008
Riparian
Plant Invasions
Materials to Print and Bring on the Trip:
Precipitation and Data Charts (Colorado Trip only)
Precipitation and Data Charts (Gunnison Trip Only)
Skeleton
Plot Grids
Tangent
Table (if your calculator has trig functions, you don't need this file)
Additional Materials to Print and Bring (posted May 14, 2008)
New Chi
Square Application to Forest Edge Location
Grid Paper for Discharge Assignment
Random Number Table
Gunnison River Put In Map
Gunnison Study
Site Air Photo
Colorado Study
Site Air Photo
To Return to Each Trip's Home Page:
Gunnison Trip: main web page
Colorado Trip: main web page