Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Coastal geomorphology, classification of coasts, geological factors influencing coastline development, beach profiles, dynamics of the coastal zone. Physical and environmental factors in relation to coastal sediment movement, sedimentation patterns in estuaries and bays, influence of coastal structures on sedimentation. |
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Unit Outcomes: | The coastal zone is a rapidly changing interface between the land and the sea, where much of the world's population lives. This course will provide an understanding of coastal processes and landforms, sediment transport and coastal dynamics. At the conclusion of the course students should have an understanding of threats from a variety of natural and anthropogenics, such as climate or sea level change, and the natural dynamics of shoreline movement. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Carter, R.W.G. and Woodroffe, C.D. (1994). Coastal Evolution, Cambridge University Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 50%, Final Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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