Semester: | 6th |
Course Type: | Elective |
Course Code: | Ε6203 |
eClass URL | ➽ |
Hours per Week | |
- Lecturing: | 2 |
- Practical/Lab Exersices: | 1 |
Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice: | 10 |
ERASMUS: | ✔ |
ECTS: | 4 |
Teaching Units: | 3 |
Prerequisites: | - |
Expected Prior Knowlegde: | - |
The course focuses on the acquisition of knowledge related to the formation and evolution of coastal and submarine landforms, the natural processes contributing to their formation, while special emphasis is given to coastal management issues including human interventions.
Factors shaping coastal geomorphology - coastal classification; Sea level change and coastal landforms as indicators; Coastal hydrodynamic conditions (waves, coastal currents, tidal currents); Coastal zones (morphology, hydrodynamics and morphodynamics); Coastal terraces; Coastal dunes (morphology, development); River delta; Lagoons and coastal lakes (formation process, description); Coastal cliffs - Marine notches; Beachrocks; Underwater relief (landforms, mapping techniques); Underwater relief of Greece (in relation to its geodynamic evolution); Basic concepts of coastal zone management. Institutional framework (DPSIR Tools); Foreshore Law (causes of erosion, protection projects).