Bluedyed Water on Paper Demonstration: Rain vs. Springs

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Blue-dyed Water on Paper DemonstrationRain vs.
Springs
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What is a hypsometric curve?
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What is a hypsometric curve? A plot that shows
how quickly elevation drops off along a channel.
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Describe these two figures
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Describe these two figures
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What do hypsometric curves tell us?1. Whether
a valley network was carved by something high
energy like run-off or2. Whether the valley
network was formed by a low energy process like
sapping.
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Which hypsometric curve is representative of
run-off and which of sapping?
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Which hypsometric curve is representative of
run-off and which of sapping?
Sapping

• Run-off

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What is a circularity function?
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What is a circularity function? A plot that
shows how circular a valley network is.
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What does this graph tell us?
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What does this graph tell us?
Run-off
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What does this graph tell us?
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What does this graph tell us?
Sapping
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What do circularity plots tell us? Circular
networks are formed by run-off and oblong
networks are formed by sapping.
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Run-off or Sapping?
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Run-off or Sapping?
Run-off
Sapping