Goals and Objectives | Coastal Processes, Hazards, and Society

Goals and Objectives

Students will continue to develop the fundamental geospatial skills and concepts needed to assess the coastal processes and hazards discussed in this course.
Students will develop an understanding of the relationships between the hydrosphere and lithosphere that result in the development of tsunami.
Students will consider the geology of tsunamis and their impacts on shorelines.
Students will consider current shoreline processes in the context of coastal hazards and past and present evolution of coastline morphology.

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

describe the geologic phenomena that lead to the occurrence of tsunamis;
analyze case studies of how coastal systems are impacted by geologic hazards such as tsunamis;

Module 7 Roadmap
--	Assignment
To Read	In addition to reading all of the required materials here on the course website, before you begin working through this module, please read the following required readings to build some required background knowledge on sea level rise predictions and future changes in storm intensity. USGS and the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center: Tsunami and Earthquake Research Tsunami Generation from the 2004 M=9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Details of tsunami generation USGS: Surviving a Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan Japan Earthquake: before and after. Aerial photos taken over Japan have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses Extra readings are clearly noted throughout the module and can be pursued as your time and interest allow.
To Do	Complete Module 7 Lab (Discussion). Take the Module 7 Quiz.

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