CIV 524 - Coastal Processes and Sediment Transport

This course describes processes associated with water and sediment movements close to shoreline. The topics covered in this course includes: sediment characteristics; long-term processes, hydrodynamics of coastal zone; field measurement techniques and analysis, equilibrium beach profiles, sediment transport, modeling of beaches and shorelines, shoreline modification and analysis including soft and hard engineering approaches and tidal inlets.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)