2018-2019 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue
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GLY 585 - Relative Sea Level Course Description: Coastal areas are dynamic and fast changing environments. Over millennia, changes in relative sea level, geological processes and extreme events such as storms and tsunamis have shaped and changed Earth’s coastlines. The impending threat of sea-level rise to large low lying coastal cities, countries with large areas of low-lying land, and island communities have highlighted the importance of understanding relative sea-level change in the past to better predict the future. This class focuses on three research themes - catastrophic events, sea-level fingerprints and sea-level change - to identify records of past coastal change, aimed at understanding the impacts of human interactions, coastal dynamics and vulnerability at different timescales.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisites Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restriction/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION
Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: OCN 485 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None
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