MSCI 620A - Coastal Environments I

Fall, every three years (1) Kuehl.

Field experience examining modern and ancient coastal environments. Course rotates annually among three field environments. A 4-5 day field trip during the second half of the semester will be conducted to one of the three field areas each year.

Barrier Islands and Beaches from Virginia to Georgia: This offering will examine coastal environments along the East Coast from Virginia to Georgia. A 4-day field trip will highlight barrier-island and beach morphologies encountered along this stretch of the coast, and will also examine dunes, tidal flats, marshes, inlets and deltas. This stretch of the East Coast is a natural laboratory for investigating the relative roles of physical and biological conditions in creating a remarkable gradient in coastal geomorphology, and also provides many examples of human modification to the natural system.