GEOS 451: Coastal Environmental Oceanography
(Taught at Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island, VA, every even summer session: 2012)
This course is scheduled for the 3rd Summer Session at Marine Science Consortium from July 2 to July 20, 2012.  Inquiries: mkhalequ@lhup.edu
Students from any college or university can enroll in this course as long as they meet the pre-requisite.  Click on this link, if you are interested about the course.

             


Course Syllabus    Course Schedule     Evaluation Rubric for Term Paper   Rubric for Lab Reports

Week 1:  Lecture Notes on Introduction to the Course and Coastal Landforms
  
     Lab Exercises and Field Trips   Reading Assignment
   
    Related Resources:  Geology of Delmarva Peninsula    Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain     Natural Environment of Chesapeake Bay    Delaware Bay
                                   Images of Coastal Landforms       Coastal Processes    Images of Salt Marshes    Coastal Wetlands & Estuaries
   
    Photo Gallery of Labs and Field Trips    Boat Trip

Week 2:  Lecture Notes on Costal Processes
  
    Lab Exercises and Field Trips   Reading Assignment
   
    Related Resources:  Sea level Curves   Impacts of Climate Change   Wave Energy Conversion   Calculating Wave Energy   Tidal Erosion
    Coastal Processes & Hazards   Coastal Dynamics and Management    Chemical Processes   Chemical Ocenaography   Chem Oc Notes
    Biological Processes   Microbes, Oil, Dead Zone    DHAB and Symbioses    DHAB Sampling    Algal Bloom   Oxygen Depletion
    Hypoxia and Ecosystems   Bioluminiscense   Glossary

    Photo Gallery of Labs and Field Trips

Week 3:  Lecture Notes on Water and Soils Quality
  
     Lab Exercises and Field Trips   Reading Assignment
   
    Related Resources:  Water Quality in Delmarva    Environmental Issues in Worester County    Manure Management and Environment
                                   Economic & Environmental Benefit of Manure  Management    Water Quality Assessment in VA     Map of Impaired Water
                                   State of the Bay    Clean Up Plan for the Bay   TMDL Summary     TMDL for the Bay    Water Pollution by Industrial Agriculture    
                                   Sources of Pollution     Nutrient Sources in the Bay     Back Issues of the Bay Journal (search for environmental topics)
                                   Ecology of Delaware and Maryland Coasts    Extreme Weather and Climate Change   Global Warming and Tundra Forest
   
    Photo Gallery of Labs and Field Trips