Introduction

Hello my name is Dylan Fadich

 

… and this is my capstone

Geomorphology of Water Canyon on Santa Rosa Island

My capstone will focus on gathering geomorphological information on Water Canyon on Santa Rosa Island. I will be taking cross sections of water canyon and studying sedimentation flow throughout the river channel. We will also be studying the erosion effects and dynamics of the stream channel in order to do this, permits must be granted to set up sediment traps in the canyon. My mentor and project overseer will be Linda O’Hirok. This Project was proposed to her by the National Park Service whose goal is to gather more data on the geomorphology of Water Canyon. My hypothesis is that there will be large scale changes to the sedimentation and erosion processes throughout the different sections of the Water Canyon stream channel. Once we are out in the field my hypothesis and aspects of my project could vary slightly.