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GEPL305 Past Australian Coastal Environments

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Compulsory Field school at Bundeena, Royal National Park, NSW. Dates to be advised.
Supervised Exam November
Pre-requisites 12cp or postgraduate candidature
Co-requisites
Restrictions GEAR 210, 310/410; GEPL405
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL405 - Past Australian Coastal Environments
Coordinator(s) Robert Baker (rbaker1@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit demonstrates, from field study, how coastal systems have evolved in Australia over the past 20 000 years as a result of global climatic change, and how human occupation has adapted to such changes, from the evidence left by past sea-level movements on local coasts and estuaries. The unit develops observational, recording and analytical skills about marine environmental change, and associated Aboriginal remains and at the 400 level will require an extended assessment of literature. Assessment is by Literature Review (30%), Field Report (40%) and an interpretive essay (30%).

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
None
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics
ISBN: 9780521598903
Carter, R.W.G. and Woodruffe, C.O., CUP
Australian Coastal Archaeology
ISBN: 9780731533145
Hall J. and McNiven I.J., ANH Publications
Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780470517307
Bird, E., John Wiley 2nd ed.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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