5221 (v.6) Geography 216 - Environmental Geomorphology

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	5226 (v.5) Geography 316 - Environmental Geomorphology - Geomorphic Processes and Human Impacts in the Context of the River Catchment
Prerequisite(s):	1436 (v.5) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards or any previous version AND 1437 (v.5) Geography 112 - Global Change or any previous version
Syllabus:	Geomorphology. Study of the drainage basin. Relationship between hillslope form, geomorphic processes and soil sequences. Lithology, structure and climate in determining drainage basin characteristics. Geomorphic agents of overland flow, throughflow, mass movement, wind and streamflow. Changes in geomorphic activity resulting from human activity. Factors and processes in soil formation. Methods of terrain classification and mapping.
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Field of Education:	010799 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

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