Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
GG30420
Module Title
RIVER SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
GG22510
Other Staff
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
---|---|
Lecture | 20 Hours. 10 x 2 hours |
Seminars / Tutorials | 2 Hours. 5 x 2 hours |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
---|---|---|
Semester Assessment | 750 word seminar report. Course Work: | 10% |
Semester Assessment | 2500 word assessed essay. Essay: | 30% |
Semester Assessment | 10 minute seminar presentation. Presentation: | 10% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written examination. | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resubmission of failed CA component. Resit failed examination. | 50% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Re-sit: written examination | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to :-
- assess the relative importance of natural and anthropogenic factors responsible for catchment disturbance and river instability in both the Developed and Developing World.
- evaluate and forecast the likely impact of changes in climate, land-use, pollution and engineering on rivers and catchment systems.
Aims
This module is designed for students to develop a conceptual, factual and practical knowledge of channel, floodplain and catchment response to environmental change over the last 20,000 years resulting from natural and anthropogenic perturbations.
Content
Drainage basin & river response to the last glacial-interglacial transition (18,000-10,000 BP):
Pleistocene context & inheritance in catchment dynamics
Pleistocene context & inheritance in catchment dynamics
- Britain & Northern Europe
- Quaternary environmental change in the Mediterranean
- Pleistocene river histories in the Mediterranean
- Africa
- Britain & Northern Europe
- The Mediterranean
- North America
- Flood histories in Britain in North America
- Mountain river systems in the Old & New World
- Heavy metals in river systems
Reading List
Recommended TextMacklin, M. G. & Lewin, J. (1997) 'Channel, floodplain and drainage basin response to environmental change'. Pages 14-45 in: Applied Fluvial Geomorphology for River Engineering and Management, Edited by C.R. Thorne, R.D. Hey & M.D.Newson Chichester & John Wiley & Sons Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6