This course teaches sedimentological concepts so that students are able to interpret depositional environments and landforms. Learning is primarily achieved through field activities and firsthand exposure to diverse physical processes and coastal settings, from central Maine to Cape Cod. Global warming, sea-level rise, and increased storminess are preferentially impacting the coastal zone causing frequent flooding, wide scale erosion and shoreline recession, and storm induced damage. Information gained in this course informs decisions about managing coastal resources.

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