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Fundamentals of marine physical geography  

Description

- Data and methods in submarine Geomorphology. Seafloor mapping, seafloor sampling and visual surveys: tools and survey design. - Coastal landforms and processes. Beach and nearshore systems, coastal sand dunes, delta and estuaries, barrier systems. Rocky coasts and coral reefs. - Submarine landforms and processes. Drivers of seafloor geomorphic change in submarine environment (tectonic, sedimentology, oceanography and biology). Continental shelf landforms, submarine landslides, submarine canyons and gullies, channel and fans, contouritic drifts, oceanic islands and seamounts, mid-ocean ridges, fluid-escape features, abyssal hills and plains, trenches, bioconstructions.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Fundamentals of marine physical geography
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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