Fall semester
MEA 591 T002,
3 Credits
Their Evolution and Human Impacts.
http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea591w/lec/002/
Days: T, H 4:05-5:20;
Location: 1112
Major
world rivers and deltas are the most important
environmental features on the surface of the Earth in terms of their
sedimentary dynamics, direct impact on and by human activities, and their quick
response to the climatic changes. Their tremendous sediment flux to the
world oceans also plays an important role in global changes
especially with regards to the carbon cycles.
This
course is to review major world rivers and deltas (Amazon, Mississippi,
Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus,
Nile, etc), to understand their initiation, development, and evolution
processes, to define the impacts caused by climatic changes and human
activities, to examine the river-ocean interaction, sedimentary and geochemical
processes in term of sea-level change, monsoon, and sediment dispersal and
deposition.
Contact: Dr. Paul Liu,
Tel: (919) 515-7977;
E-mail: jpliu@ncsu.edu
More information: http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea591w/