05-MAG-AS1 Applied Sedimentology Fundamentals
Representative Elda Miramontes García
Coastal and river systems are strongly modified by human activities due to their important role in economic activities (e.g. maritime transport, fishing activities, tourism…). Coastal infrastructures can modify natural sedimentary processes. This module introduces the different techniques in coastal engineering used to deal with coastal erosion, sea-level rise, floods, beach protection and nourishment, dredging activities in harbours and canals, as well as sand extraction, and presents the consequences that these actions have in the natural sediment dynamic and in the ecosystem. The students will also visit coastal infrastructures during a field trip as part of this module.
1) Know the techniques of coastal protection and understand their impacts in sedimentary processes and ecosystems
2) Master the analysis and presentation of a case study about river and coastal management
3) Recognise the type and magnitude of anthropogenic effects on the sediment budget due to the maintenance of navigation channels
4) Understand the transport of nutrients and pollutants, and master the estimation and assessment of their dispersion in the environmental compartments
Course Type 1: Lecture, Exercise (L+E) 4.0 SWS ( 56.0 h)
Course Type 2: Field Exercise (F) 0.5 SWS ( 7.0 h)
Tutorial(s): with 0.5 SWS ( 7 h)
Workload:70.0 h presence time
40.0 h self-study
70.0 h exam workload
180 h total workload
module exam
exam elements: 1
SL: 0
100 % Presentation with written elaboration
Judith Bosboom and Marcel Stive. 2021. Coastal Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5074/T.2021.001 (free download)
J. William Kamphuis, J.W. 2000. Introduction to coastal engineering and management. https://doi.org/10.1142/7021
Timothy Beatley. 2002. An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management: Second Edition
Basic Data
Master Applied Geosciences
Module Type
Compulsory
First Year of Study
Offering Departement
FB5 Geosciences
Wintersemester
Course LanguageGerman and English
6 CP
4.5 SWS
Contact
Contact
Prof. Dr. Elda Miramontes García
GEO 2560
Contact
Contact
Prof. Dr. Elda Miramontes García
GEO 2560