GEOL477-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Sediment Transport and Deposition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Sediment Transport and Deposition

In an effort to encourage participation in class topics are organized so that responsibility for running the class alternates between the students and the lecturer.  Critical thinking is encouraged and synthesizing when reading published papers so the first lecture in a week of a topic will introduce the details of sediment transport processes while the second lecture will be devoted to examples of depositional environments where each process occurs.  A student will also get the opportunity to review a fellow student's paper in order to see what that is like.  Then you will be able to revise your own paper based on that review.  Finally, preparing a talk and speaking in front of a less threatening audience is always good practice.

Learning Outcomes

Things expected for this course:
1 or 2 20-minute presentations followed by questions on depositional environments
1 paragraph describing your paper topic
1 paper - ~10-15 pages of text on topic of choice, to be submitted and revised
1 review of colleagues paper
1 presentation of paper topic to class

Timetable Note

This course will run in Term 4, commencing 4 September, with two 2-hour lectures per week in Room 210, Geology building. (Monday 9-11 am and Wednesday 9-11 am)

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Kari Bassett

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Paper on field project 50%
Paper review 25%
Class presentations 25%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

This course will be run as a series of seminars in which class participation is encouraged. Responsibility for running the class will alternate between Dr Bassett and students. Students will each be responsible for organizing the reading and running at least one of the class lectures. The remaining students will come prepared to take part in a discussion. There will be one required field trip to be scheduled.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $545.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

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