UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN MARINE SCIENCE
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Shallow Water Processes

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

UNIT I

Introduction to shallow water environments and their sediments supply of sediments to shallow water environments - variation in the supply and distribution of shallow water environment - Their relationship between shallow water environments and their changes.

Unit II

Sediment movement by waves and currents - fluid flow - sediment erosion - rate of sediment transport - deposition of sediment - bed forms.

Unit III

Tidal flats and estuaries - sediment transport and deposition on tidal flats- sediment distribution on tidal flats-low latitude tidal flats - Estuarine types - sedimentation in different types of estuaries - preservation of the dynamic balance of estuaries.

Unit IV

Deltas -The structure of delta-mixing and sediment deposition at distributary mouths - River dominated deltas-tide dominated deltas-wave dominated deltas-other types of deltas.

Unit V

Shelf seas - Shelf sediments-shelf processes-ocean currents-local wind driven currents-tidal currents-storm surges-wave action-bed forms on the continental shelf-scour hollows, furrows and sand ribbons, sand waves and other transverse bed forms-sand banks.

Books Recommended

Coastal and estuarine sediment dynamics by Dyer.K.R. John Wiley and Sons.

The waters of the sea by Gwen, P., Van Nostrand.

Sedimentology - process and product by Leeder, M.R., Allen and Unwin.

An Introduction to Coastal Geomorphology by J, Pethick., Edward Arnold.

Tides, Surges and Mean Sea Level by Pugh, D.T., Wiley.

Principles of Physical Oceanography by Allen, J.R.L published, Allen and Unwin.

Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Knauss, J.A., Prentice-Hall.

The waters of the sea by P.Groen, Van Nostrand.