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Unit of Study GLY83003 - River and Floodplain Dynamics (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 5 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Extends and applies a student's knowledge of open channel hydraulics, catchment hydrology and geomorphology to understand and analyse the dynamic interactions between streamflow, the fluvial landscape, and human activities. The unit seeks to develop an advanced conceptual understanding, and skills in field investigation and computer modelling, of contemporary fluvial systems.

Unit content

Hydraulic behaviour of natural rivers and floodplains

Geomorphic characteristics of Australian fluvial systems

Fluvial erosion, sediment transport and sediment deposition

Fluvial sedimentology and geochronology

Evolution of rivers and floodplains

Human impacts on rivers and floodplains

River management and rehabilitation

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2018

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse and interpret causal relationships between stream hydraulics and fluvial landforms in the Australian context
2 analyse and interpret fluvial sedimentary records to assess past behaviour and predict future behaviour of fluvial systems
3 evaluate and apply appropriate field techniques to measure and analyse the hydraulics and geomorphology of fluvial systems
4 construct and interpret one- and two-dimensional numerical hydraulic models of water movement in rivers and across floodplains
5 identify, assess and manage the impact of human activities on fluvial systems.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse and interpret causal relationships between stream hydraulics and fluvial landforms in the Australian context
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. analyse and interpret fluvial sedimentary records to assess past behaviour and predict future behaviour of fluvial systems
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. evaluate and apply appropriate field techniques to measure and analyse the hydraulics and geomorphology of fluvial systems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. construct and interpret one- and two-dimensional numerical hydraulic models of water movement in rivers and across floodplains
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. identify, assess and manage the impact of human activities on fluvial systems.
    • GA1:
    • GA2: